With unequivocal artistry and technical mastery, the six-time Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet returns to Lively Arts for their highly anticipated annual visit. Close friends and collaborators for more than a quarter century, the illustrious ensemble brings freshness and vitality to a program that features Beethoven's complete “Rasumovsky” Quartets. From the seductive and sensual to the fiery and energetic, the three quartets are some of Beethoven's most dazzling. Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; David Finckel, cello.
“The four minds play upon each other, and upon the work, in perfect harmony; the players are in tune in all senses of the phrase.” —New Yorker
PROGRAM Ludwig van Beethoven: “Rasumovsky” Quartets: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, op. 59, no. 1; String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, op. 59, no. 2; String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, op. 59, no. 3