Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 1
Eric Tsai, violin
Jinyoung Yoon, violin
Hae Sue Lee, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Performed on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
0:00 Adagio—Allegro vivace
8:45 Adagio non lento
18:15 Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto—Allegro di molto
23:22 Presto—Adagio non lento
Felix Mendelssohn put himself on the musical map with his string octet when he was only 16, but his chamber music output continued at a brisk pace throughout the rest of his teens. His second string quartet, Op. 13, came just two years later, and with it he demonstrated not only a prodigious virtuosity, but a deep well of maturity and creativity.
The piece draws on a variety of inspirations. The piece introduces itself with a quotation of a song Mendelssohn wrote the same year, Ist es wahr (“Is it true?”), concerning youthful and unrequited love. The question is asked tentatively at first befor
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