Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival presents
the Miró Quartet
in livestreamed performances of the
Complete Beethoven String Quartets
and
An OICMF Encore Evening
July 16 – August 14, 2020
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival presents the Miró Quartet performing all 16 of Beethoven’s string quartets in 12 livestreamed summer concerts on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays beginning July 16th. The Miró Quartet will perform Beethoven’s quartets in the order in which he composed them, which differs slightly from the way they are numbered. The Festival concludes on August 14th with an OICMF Encore Evening hosted by Founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann and Artistic Advisor Jon Kimura Parker. This concert features live music from guest artists’ homes.
Concert Programs
Concert 1 July 16, 2020
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 (23 minutes)
- Allegro
- Andante con moto
- Allegro
- Presto
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 (23 minutes)
- Allegro
- Adagio cantabile – Allegro
- Scherzo: Allegro
- Allegro molto, quasi Presto
Concert 2 July 17, 2020
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 (27 minutes)
- Allegro
- Menuetto
- Andante cantabile – Variazioni 1-5 – Poco Adagio
- Allegro
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 (27 minutes)
- Allegro con brio
- Adagio Affettuoso ed appassionato
- Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Allegro
Concert 3 July 18, 2020
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 (23 minutes)
- Allegro ma non tanto
- Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
- Menuetto: Allegretto
- Allegro – Prestissimo
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 (24 minutes)
- Allegro con brio
- Adagio ma non troppo
- Scherzo: Allegro
- La Malinconia: (Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla più gran delicatezza.)
- Adagio – Allegretto Quasi Allegro
Concert 4 July 23, 2020
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, “Razumovsky” Op. 59, No. 1 (38 minutes)
- Allegro
- Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
- Adagio molto e mesto –
- Thème Russe: Allegro
Concert 5 July 24, 2020
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, “Razumovsky” Op. 59, No. 2 (34 minutes)
- Allegro
- Molto adagio (Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento.)
- Allegretto; Maggiore (Thème Russe)
- Finale: Presto
Concert 6 July 25, 2020
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, “Razumovsky” Op. 59, No. 3 (30 minutes)
- Introduzione: Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
- Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
- Menuetto (Grazioso) –
- Allegro molto
Concert 7 July 30, 2020
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “Harp” (31 Minutes)
- Poco Adagio – Allegro
- Adagio ma non troppo
- Presto – Più presto quasi Prestissimo –
- Allegretto con Variazioni
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” (19 Minutes)
- Allegro con brio
- Allegretto ma non troppo –
- Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
- Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato
Concert 8 July 31, 2020
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 (36 Minutes)
- Maestoso – Allegro
- Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile –
- Andante con moto – Adagio molto espressivo
- Scherzando vivace – Presto
- Finale – Allegro con moto
Concert 9 August 1, 2020
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (45 Minutes)
- Assai sostenuto – Allegro
- Allegro ma non tanto
- Molto Adagio (Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart.) – Andante (Neue Kraft fühlend.)
- Alla Marcia, assai vivace –
- Allegro appassionato
Concert 10 August 6, 2020
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 (and 133) (48 Minutes)
- Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro
- Presto
- Andante con moto ma non troppo: Poco scherzoso
- Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
- Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (in B-flat Major)
- Overtura: Allegro – Meno mosso e moderato – Allegro – Fuga – Meno mosso e moderato – Allegro molto e con brio
Concert 11 August 7, 2020
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (36 Minutes)
(All movements performed without pause)
- No. 1: Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
- No. 2: Allegro molto vivace
- No. 3: Allegro moderato – Adagio
- No. 4: Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
- No. 5: Presto
- No. 6: Adagio quasi un poco andante
- No. 7: Allegro
Concert 12 August 8, 2020
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (23 Minutes)
- Allegretto
- Vivace
- Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
- Der schwer gefasste Entschluss (The conclusion grasped with difficulty):
Grave, ma non troppo tratto (Muss es sein?/Must it be?) –
Allegro (Es muss sein!/It must be!)
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
- Finale: Allegro (Substitute finale)
Concert 13 August 14, 2020
An OICMF Encore Evening with
Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann & Artistic Advisor Jon Kimura Parker
A livestreamed concert featuring performances by violinist/violist Aloysia Friedmann and pianist Jon Kimura “Jackie” Parker, joined by performers familiar to OICMF audiences as well as musicians scheduled to perform in the 2021 August Festival.
