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Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 (1798)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 (1810)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826)
Balourdet Quartet opens the season with a tour of Beethoven’s substantive string quartet landscape. Marked No. 3, the D major is widely considered his first quartet, a bright and gentle step into a realm he would redefine. Sourced from personal turmoil and his impending deafness, the darkness and lyricism of No. 11 share the stage in one of his most experimental compositions. The evening concludes with No. 16, the shortest of Beethoven’s late quartets and his last complete major work.