Novus String Quartet - Britten, Beethoven en Mendelssohn

Novus String Quartet

Their playing is often described as powerful. Their pure tone is also internationally noted. The string players of the Korean Novus String Quartet are now building up quite a grand repertoire and are putting together magnificent programs. This evening, during their second performance in the Kleine Zaal, is no different. The press already noted about their performance of Mendelssohn's Second String Quartet : 'The fugue of the second movement built up to a climax of powerful emotion.'

Britten, Beethoven and Mendelssohn

Outside influences often play a role in the composition process. Mendelssohn's first great infatuation was crucial for his Second String Quartet . Britten's Opus 36 reflects the impressions of a concert tour of liberated concentration camps. What was the reason for Beethoven's mysterious note 'Muss es sein? Es muss sein!' at the final movement of his String Quartet in F ? The most likely solution is prosaic: the sigh refers to his publisher's urging him to finally finish the quartet.