The Fine Arts Quartet 80th Anniversary Series – Complete Mozart String Quintets & Beethoven Early Quartets

The quartet will perform an ambitious FREE series in May of twelve masterworks over six concerts, closing with: Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major — This is Beethoven at his most concentrated and intense, building an entire opening movement from a single six-note idea that returns over 130 times in endlessly varied forms. Listen for the slow movement’s volcanic emotional outbursts, inspired by the tomb scene from Romeo and Juliet. AND Mozart String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516 (1787) — The emotional dark twin of K. 515, one of the most searching explorations of grief in all chamber music. The muted slow movement and the finale’s hard-won turn toward happiness are unforgettable.

Program
Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in G Minor, KV 516

Celebrating 80 Years – Full Festival Lineup

Pre-talks begin one hour prior to each program (except May 19)

Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
UWM Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in C Major, KV 515

Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in B-Flat Major, KV 174

Thursday, May 21 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in D Major, KV 593

Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici 
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in E-Flat Major, KV 614

Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici 
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in C Minor, KV 406

Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici
UWM Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in G Minor, KV 516