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The Consone Quartet play Beethoven

The Consone Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartet in G, Op 18 No 2, known as 'The quartet of bows and curtsies'.

BBC New Generation Artists: The Consone Quartet
The period instruments of the Consone Quartet bring a special colour and phrasing to the work sometimes known as 'the quartet of bows and curtsies’. Beethoven wrote this quartet at the time he was studying with Haydn.

Beethoven: String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2
Consone Quartet

[recorded live at Wigmore Hall in October 2020]

31 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major Op.18 no..2

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ilker Arcayürek.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Jan 202116:30

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