Opus 76 Quartet
September 9, 2023 | Polsky Theatre
Past Event
Travel back in time to the Regency era of Jane Austen and "Bridgerton" with the "brilliant young string quartet" (London’s Spectator), the Opus 76 Quartet. Enjoy works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Add high tea service after the 2 p.m. or before the 5 p.m. performance to complete the afternoon experience.
- String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 1st Movement by Joseph Haydn
- String Quartet in D Major, K 499 1st Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K 465 4th Movement – Allegro Molto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Dissonance”
- String Quartet in C Major, Op.59, No. 3 1st Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
- String Quartet No. 13 in A minor 2nd Movement by Franz Schubert – “Rosamunde”
- String Quartet No. 13 in A minor 3rd Movement by Franz Schubert – “Rosamunde”
- String Quartet in C Major, Op.59, No. 3 3rd and 4th Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
The quartet’s residency at the Midwest Trust Center, which began as digital artists-in-residence in 2021, saw the group embark on a number of critically acclaimed recording projects in partnership with MTC as part of its innovative digital concert series, “Eat, Drink, Play!”
Adding to its previous recordings of “The Complete Works for String Quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven,” (broadcast live on Kansas Public Radio (KPR) in 2020), Opus 76 recorded Mendelssohn’s Op. 44 No. 1, Schubert’s Quintet in C, Brahms’s F minor Piano Quintet, Mozart’s Quintet No. 3 in C Major, Bartok’s Quartet No. 1 and Mozart’s “The Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn,” a project also supported by KPR.
In addition to a national touring schedule, as part of its residency the Quartet runs The Sunrise Programme, which provides a year of free lessons and performance opportunities to selected students in the Kansas City metro area.