Belcea Quartet - Late Beethoven: Opus 127

The top quartet literature in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. In Jan Caeyers' great Beethoven biography, the chapter on the late string quartets is called 'The Discovery of Heaven'. And with good reason: just like Mulisch's novel, these quartets open up a world that surpasses all understanding. Beethoven's music captures the essence of love and pain even better than words. At the height of his creativity, he explores the boundary between thinking and feeling, between matter and spirituality.

Belcea Quartet - Late Beethoven: Opus 127

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Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Piet Heinkade 1

1019 BR Amsterdam

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Late Beethoven: Opus 127

To 'Monsieur Louis van Beethoven à Viennes', was written on the envelope from Nikolaus Galitzin from St. Petersburg, who fell in love with Beethoven in 1822 – this address was sufficient; there was only one Beethoven: the Beethoven. The wealthy aristocrat Galitzin, amateur cellist and fan of the great Viennese, ordered several quartets from him. And so, after more than ten years, the composer returned to the string quartet and began his late opus numbers in this genre, unparalleled in quartet literature.

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