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.