Name: The Beethoven Laboratory (VI)
Start: 2027-05-12T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Palau de la Música Catalana

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The Beethoven Laboratory (VI)

May 12 at 6pm

At Palau de la Música Catalana

Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

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Beethoven's final string quartets baffled his peers and still sound radical two centuries on. This listening talk unpacks the Grosse Fuge and Quartets 12 to 16, the strangest, most forward-looking music he ever wrote.

Wednesday, May 12, 6pm

Palau de la Música Catalana

C/ Palau de la Música, 4-6, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

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