Programme
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
The String Quartets (I)
String Quartet in D, op. 18/3
Allegro
Andante con moto
Allegro
Presto
String Quartet in A, op. 18/5
Allegro
Menuetto
Andante cantabile
Allegro
– Intermission –
String Quartet in E-flat, op. 127
Maestoso – Allegro
Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
Scherzando vivace
Finale
Artists
Hagen Quartett
Lukas Hagen (violin)
Rainer Schmidt (violin)
Veronika Hagen (viola)
Clemens Hagen (violoncello)
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