Beethoven Quartet Society
The most exclusive club in Cambridge!
United by a love of Beethoven's string quartets, we meet monthly to discuss and to play this endlessly fascinating music. We also delve into the music of Beethoven's contemporaries, as well as contemporary arrangements of his violin sonatas and symphonies, which is how this music would have been shared in the nineteenth century.
Discussion draws on our ongoing research into this fascinating period (we will even share materials from archives!).
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Did you know...?
The Beethoven Quartet Society is inspired by a group of the same name founded in London in 1845. It aimed to listen to and discuss every note of Beethoven’s quartets with performers and listeners alike!
Performers included Joseph Joachim and Henryk Wieniawski (as violinist and violist)!
Meet some of our friends!
Richard Heffer, Waldstein friend and Beethoven Quartet Society member
As a Friend of Cambridge String Quartet I gain access to a fount of musical skills and knowledge both online and at concerts. Covid lockdowns were made bearable by this Quartet.
Hall of Fame
Stephen Clifton
Jonathan Holburn
Richard Heffer
Hartmut Kuhlmann
Edna Murphy
John Richards
Liz Stroud
Kate Wadsworth