Christmas Eve Virtual Concert for Beethoven’s 250 birthday

Dec 10, 24 & 31, 2020, 12pm Pacific time

The Alexander String Quartet celebrates Beethoven’s 250 birthday during the month of December with a series of video recordings on San Francisco Performances’ free online platform “Front Row.” Also included in the celebration is a Beethoven lecture by San Francisco Performances’ music historian-in-residence, Robert Greenberg.

All video recordings will be available beginning at noon on the scheduled day and will be available for viewing indefinitely at sfperformances.org.

Dec 3
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio affecttuoso ed appassionato

Dec 10
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor Op. 59, No. 2
I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op 135

Dec 17
Lecture by Robert Greenberg

Dec 24
Duet in C Major for Violin and Viola, WoO. 27/1, performed by David Samuels and Yuri Cho
String Quartet Op. 95 Quartet in F Minor, “Serioso”
String Quartet Op. 18/2 in G Major, “The Compliments”

Dec 31
Duet in F Major for Violin and Viola, WoO. 27/2, performed by David Samuels and Yuri Cho
String Quartet Op. 131 in C sharp

Presented by San Francisco Performances