The all-star chamber ensemble of violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter (in
residence with the SF Symphony this season) and Ye-Eun Choi, violist
Vladimir Babesko, and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott brings impeccable
musicality and virtuosity to a program that celebrates Beethoven’s
250th birthday. Composed in 1798, Beethoven’s charming early string
trio is one of the most important contributions to the genre; few
trios compare in drawing such alluring sonorities and captivating
textures from the instruments. Closing the program is one of the
composer’s “middle-period” works, the Harp string quartet. With
its combination of vitality, heart, and inventiveness, this chamber
piece has been called Beethoven’s most perfect quartet. Nestled in
between these is the world premiere of a string quartet by German
composer Jörg Widmann—whose music is often paired with
Beethoven’s—and who, in 2018, was surveyed as being one of the
world’s top three most-performed living composers.
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