Chamber Concert with Musina Amore String Quartet of VNSO

Fri 27 May 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut

From Goethe Institut:

Trinh Minh Hien: Violin I
Tran Thuy Ha: Violin II
Tran Ngoc Thuy: Viola
Dao Tuyet Trinh: Cello

This year, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi is hosting two chamber concerts. Lovers of string quartets can look forward to our second concert evening that starts with the Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1799 and consists of four movements. It is presumed that Beethoven dedicated the dramatic first movement to Lady Josephine Brunsvik, whom he got to know while he was composing the quartets Op. 18. She and her sister had been taking piano lessons with Beethoven which is when it is said the composer fell in love with Lady Brunsvik.

The second part of the program continues with catchy melodies: Alexander Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D major was composed in 1881 – hence about 100 years after Beethoven’s quartet – and also consists of four movements. The melody of the first part returns as a theme in the first movement again and again. It is considered to be one of the best examples of Borodin’s lyrical expression of the sonata form. The third movement, a ”Notturno”, is probably the most famous movement of Borodin’s quartet.

Program

L. v. Beethoven – String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18
A. Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Free tickets are available from Monday, May 23, 9am at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.

Listen to Beethoven’s string quartet No. 4:

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