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Period instrument string quartet, the Quatuor Mosaïques, perform the final works for string quartet by Mozart and Beethoven at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh at the 1999 festival.

Pioneers of the period instrument string quartet, the Quatuor Mosaïques, appeared at the Queen's Hall in 1999 as part of the Festival's rich chamber music series.

The concert begins with an early work by the teenage Mozart dating from his visit to Milan followed by the final quartets ever written by Beethoven and Mozart respectively. Written a year before his death, Beethoven's quartet Op 135 is surprisingly bright and congenial but with the subtlety of great experience and Mozart's late F major quartet features a prominent cello part dedicated to the cello-playing King Frederick William II of Prussia.

Mozart: String Quartet in G major K.156
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major Op 135
Mozart: String Quartet in F major K.590

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Piano Quintet in C major, Op. 57, No. 6, G. 418

    Performer: Patrick Cohen. Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
    • Boccherini: Piano Quintets, Op. 56 & 57.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, K. 156

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in F major, K590

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Aug 2022 23:00