String Quartets from Beethoven to Today
Preview: Season 2025 Episode 296 | 23s
A late Beethoven string quartet meets the jazz-infused quartet writing of D'Rivera and Iyer.
Two violins, a viola, and a cello – the same four voices that Beethoven used to compose some of the most profound music of his life are still finding new things to say two centuries later. This program pairs a late Beethoven quartet with music by Paquito D'Rivera and Vijay Iyer – composers who bring jazz, Cuban rhythm, and the grooves of James Brown into the string quartet's conversation.
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String Quartets from Beethoven to Today
Preview: Season 2025 Episode 296 | 23s
Two violins, a viola, and a cello – the same four voices that Beethoven used to compose some of the most profound music of his life are still finding new things to say two centuries later. This program pairs a late Beethoven quartet with music by Paquito D'Rivera and Vijay Iyer – composers who bring jazz, Cuban rhythm, and the grooves of James Brown into the string quartet's conversation.
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