Lydian String Quartet presents Beethoven +

The Lydian String Quartet and the Goethe-Institut Boston will continue their Beethoven+ concerts in the 2026/27 season, completing the cycle of Beethoven string quartets alongside contemporary works.&nbsp; Beethoven’s string quartets comprise one of the most complete and profound collections of chamber works in all of Western music.&nbsp;Revolutionary in their own time, these works have gone on to inspire and shape the course of chamber music composition even to this day. In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, the Lydian String Quartet will complete their traversal of the Beethoven quartets, culminating in Spring 2027 with the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. Each concert will include two Beethoven quartets alongside a contemporary work, highlighting Beethoven’s lasting impact and creating a dialogue between past and present musical voices.&nbsp; BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 no. 1 IRIS TER SCHIPHORST Und doch… BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 no. 1 This season launches with Beethoven’s first published string quartet - loaded with wit, charm, counterpoint. The opening of the Opus 18 set showcases all that Beethoven learned from his predecessors, and looks forward to ways he would change the genre forever. German composer Iris ter Schiphorst began composing Und doch… with Op 18 No 1 as a point of reference, resulting in “an attempt to draw a very personal trace of memory with my possibilities and my language.” The concert concludes with the first of Beethoven’s Razumovsky quartets, a revolutionary work that expanded the scope and possibilities of what a classical string quartet can be. Photo: © Lydian String Quartet

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