Wigmore Hall, LondonBeethoven's 17 string quartets can be fitted neatly into six recitals, but how they are arranged within those programmes still gives plenty of scope for imagination. Most groups spread the six late works and the early Op 18 set evenly through the series, but the German-based Auryn Quartet – who are performing their cycle at the Wigmore Hall in two groups of three concerts – began with two of the Op 18 set, Nos 3 & 1, sandwiching the first of the late quart...
Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonBeethoven's 17 string quartets can be fitted neatly into six recitals, but how they are arranged within those programmes still gives plenty of scope... more info