MF13 Takács Quartet

Takács Quartet

Edward Dusinberre violin
Harumi Rhodes violin
Richard O’Neill viola
Andras Fejér cello

Haydn String Quartet in C major Op 54 No 2
Mozart String Quartet No 2 in D minor K 421
Beethoven String Quartet No 7 in F major Op 59 No 1 Razumovsky

The New York Times describes the Takács Quartet as “one of the world’s great string quartets”, and Bath audiences agree, they have been firm Mozartfest favourites for many years (although their line-up has changed a little). Tonight’s programme from this most distinguished quartet will feature works by Haydn and Mozart. Then the first of the three Razumovsky String Quartets from Beethoven’s Middle Period. They take their name, and Russian theme, from the Russian ambassador to Vienna, Count Andreas Razumovsky, who commissioned them. Although the quartets are now much-loved mainstream repertoire they were initially received with uncertainty, as they were perceived as difficult to both play and comprehend.

Supported by Richard Brooks

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