Takacs Quartet

It's all about Beethoven when the Takacs Quartet visits Lively Arts this season. Grammy

Award winners for their 2002 recording of Beethoven's complete middle-period quartets,

these formidable and spirited musicians evoke the composer's complexity and power with

their precision, polish, and sensitivity. Edward Dusinberre, violin; Karoly Schranz,

violin; Roger Tapping, viola; Andras Fejer, cello.

PRE-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION: 6:45 pm

"If you think quartet music is bloodless and tame, think again." --Times (London)

PROGRAM: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, op. 18; String Quartet No.

2 in E Minor, op. 59 ("Rasumovsky"); String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 127