Ehnes Quartet Plays Beethoven

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Ehnes Quartet Plays Beethoven
Naples Philharmonic Sypert Salon Chamber Music

Ehnes String Quartet

Beethoven — String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Beethoven — String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

The Ehnes String Quartet performs a pair of middle-period Beethoven string quartets in this penultimate Sypert Salon program, highlighting the depth and cohesion of the ensemble led by Artis—Naples Artistic Partner James Ehnes. The performance opens with Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major, a revolutionary work celebrated for its thematic cohesion, tragic, operatic atmosphere and, ultimately, for transforming chamber music into high art. The program concludes with the String Quartet in E Minor, a more introspective and personal work that reveals the composer’s growing interest in lyricism alongside the restless energy that defines his middle period.

The Sypert Salon Series is generously sponsored by Drs. George Sypert and Joy Arpin.

Ehnes String Quartet

Ehnes String Quartet

The Ehnes Quartet is comprised of four internationally renowned string musicians: violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen and cellist Edward Arron. Formally established in 2010 at the Seattle Chamber Music Society, where they maintain a yearly residence, the members of the Ehnes Quartet have played chamber music together in various formations for more than 20 years. The quartet’s highly refined, sensitive and expressive performances have delighted audiences and critics across North America, Europe and Asia and have made them one of the most sought-after chamber groups performing today.