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2 Quartet in C minor (op 18/4) CUM Beethoven (1770-1827) Allegro ma non tanto Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto Allegretto Menuetto: Allegro Beethoven's first six quartets, composed in 1798-1800 and published as opus 18 in 1801, offer a fascinating insight into the different aspects of the composer's developing style, while at the same time still showing traces of the important influences which helped to form that style. Thus, the imprint of Haydn can be seen in the first movement in the way in which the second subject is derived from the first. The work is unusual in that in place of the normal slow movement there is a graceful movement marked 'Scherzo', as if Beethoven wished to have as strong a contrast as possible after the serious first movement. The Minuet is far removed from the atmosphere of the eighteenth century salon and Beethoven heightens its sense of urgent intensity by directing that the repeat following the 'trio' section be played at a quicker pace. The finale has an intensity and bluntness which is indeed the hallmark of the work as a whole.

3 Quartet no 4, 'Divertimento (op 33) .stiow ubordat odd at Kurt Roger (1895-1966) a aa gaizqqa xoted tiny notantoffel offt I Sostenuto Allegro moderato to Allegr Andante grozioso Finale bojosi,dua Kurt Roger was born in Austria and studied at Vienna under (among others) Arnold Schoenberg. In 1940 he emigrated to America, but he spent the last two years of his life in Belfast where he is remembered with affection and respect. was a prolific composer and a notable teacher, holding important posts in Vienna, America and finally at Queen's. He Kurt Roger's fourth quartet was composed in 1939. The first movement is predominantly contrapuntal in texture, and the rhythmic and melodic configurations show the composer's affinity with the style of the Baroque period. The second movement has the character of an intermezzo, and is in ternary form with a quicker middle section. The material of the Finale is often anticipated in this movement. The Finale is in fact a set of variations on Hugo Wolf's song 'Abschied', which is about the fate of a critic who visits a poet and disparages the shape of his nose. The tune is gradually

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Quartet in D major (op 76/5) 5 (ort go) 8 on jotz Haydn (1732-1809) Allegretto otionLargo Menuetto: Allegro Finale: Presto If the quartet which began this evening's programme bears the imprint of a great composer still striving towards mastery of the quartet medium this present work has the strength and effortless grace of Haydn's maturity. To Haydn goes the main credit for the creation of the string quartet medium, and the distance that he travelled fron the rudimentary works of his o opus 1 to the refined utterances of his six opus 76 quartets (1797) is hard to comprehend. However, there are certain technical features which are as much a part of his late works as those of his youth, albeit worked out on a higher plane such as the major/minor contrasts of the first movement. The soul-searching slow movement in the remote key of F sharp major, the warm Minuet with its rather more sombre trio section, and the brilliant Finale all in their different ways represent the epitome of the style.

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7 THE ARTISTS The OLIN STRING QUARTET was formed in 1960 and has given numerous recitals, including broadcasts on Radio 3 and on Radio Eirean, with some performances of new works. All four players are members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Brett being the sub-leader of the orchestra. * NEXT RECITAL Friday 30 January at 7.30 p.m. in the Elmwood Hall THE GALWAY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE James Galway (flute) John Georgiadis (violin) Roger Best (viola). Moray Welsh (cello) Devienne, Quartet in G; Roussel, Trio in F; Beethoven, Serenade in D; Mozart, Quartet in D.