Event Concerts and Performances Schoenberg at 150: Quatuor Diotima, Program I

Date and Location

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress

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Musicians 
Yun-Peng Zhao, violin 
Léo Marillier, violin
 Franck Chevalier, viola 
Alexi Descharmes, cello 

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth, we will survey many of his works for string quartet held in manuscript at the Library of Congress. The eloquent and indefatigable Quatuor Diotima offers two striking programs over the course of two days that are not to be missed, putting on display the passion, wit and craft of this oft-misunderstood artist. The first program includes the unnumbered D-major quartet that Schoenberg composed in 1897, a harbinger of other Romantic works to come. It is paired with Schoenberg’s final quartet, commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge in 1936. Both manuscripts are held at the Library, along with sketch material for Alban Berg’s enigmatic “Lyric Suite” from 1925-26.  

Preconcert Lecture: Harvey Sachs, author of “Schoenberg: Why He Matters” 
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion 

Schedule

Program 
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 
String Quartet in D major, 1897 
String Quartet no. 4, op. 37 

 ALBAN BERG 
Lyric Suite 

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