Beethoven's String Theory
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
From the Haydn-esque Quartet No. 1 to the absolutely Schoenberg-like Grosse Fuge, we'll explore Beethoven's String Quartets from the ground up. Lawrence Dutton, violist of the world-reknowned Emerson String Quartet, joins David in the studio to discuss "Beethoven as Visionary: The String Quartets."
Noted as a "poetic violist" by the New Yorker, violist Lawrence Dutton has earned distinction as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher of viola and chamber music. As violist of the world renowned Emerson String Quartet, Mr. Dutton performs over 100 concerts each season and has won six Grammy Awards, most recently in 2001 for "Best Classical Album" and "Best Chamber Music Performance" of the complete string quartets of Shostakovich on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
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Noted as a "poetic violist" by the New Yorker, violist Lawrence Dutton has earned distinction as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher of viola and chamber music. As violist of the world renowned Emerson String Quartet, Mr. Dutton performs over 100 concerts each season and has won six Grammy Awards, most recently in 2001 for "Best Classical Album" and "Best Chamber Music Performance" of the complete string quartets of Shostakovich on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
» More about WNYC's week-long Beethoven Festival
