Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm, First Church in Jaffrey
Beethoven Quartet Op. 74, 95, 127
(see dates for additional concerts in the series below)
Tickets $25; $100 advance purchase for all five concerts (see right sidebar for ticket ordering details)
Electric Earth Concerts offers a rare opportunity to hear the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle of sixteen string quartets played by one of the great ensembles of our time. This extraordinary journey takes place in five concerts located across the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire.
The Borromeo program journeys from the classical perfection of the six Op. 18 quartets, through the heroic Op. 59s and the restless transition of Op. 74, 95 and 127, to the triumph of his late period quartets. Electric Earth Concerts is proud to bring this extraordinary offering from the Borromeo Quartet as part of the 2013 season.
Since their explosive debut in 1989, the critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet have become one of the most sought after string quartets in the world, performing over 100 concerts of classical and contemporary music across three continents every season. Audiences and critics alike champion their ability to bring back the contemporary fire to often heard works from the classic repertoire while making even the most challenging new music approachable. As one of today’s most adventurous quartets, they continue to push musical, intellectual, and technical boundaries to a level achieved by only a very few.
“Each of the greatest string quartets has redefined what the possibilities of the medium are: through the perfection of its ensemble and intonation, through its poise and its passion, the Borromeos are recreating the medium anew and we are lucky to be here to hear it.” The Boston Globe
Sunday, February 17, 3:00 pm, Peterborough Unitarian Church:
The complete Op. 18 quartets, Nos. 1-6 (two short intermissions)
Friday, March 8, 7:30 pm, First Church in Jaffrey:
Op. 74, 95, 127
Saturday, March 23, 7:30 pm, congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene:
The complete Op. 59 quartets, Nos. 1-3
Friday, April 26, 7:30 pm, Bass Hall, Peterborough Historical Society:
Op. 133 (Grosse fuge), 135, 130
Sunday, May 12, 3:00 pm, Francestown Old Meetinghouse:
Op.132, 131 & 130 (plus 133)
Tickets $25; $100 advance purchase for all five concerts
