Tetzlaff Quartet Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Elisabeth Kufferath, Violin Hanna Weinmeister, Viola Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
Sunday, November 12, 201 7, 3pm Hertz Hall tetzlaff Quartet Christian tetzlaff, violin Elisabeth Kufferath, violin Hanna weinmeister, viola tanja tetzlaff, cello PROGRAM wolfgang Amadeus MOZARt Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, (1756 –1791) K. 428 (K. 421b) Allegro non troppo Andante con moto Menuetto & trio Allegro vivace Alban BERG (1885 –1935) Quartet, Op. 3 Langsam Mässige Viertel INTERMISSION Franz SCHUBERt (1797 –1828) Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 Allegro molto moderato Andante un poco moto Scherzo: Allegro vivace – trio: Allegretto Allegro assai Recordings available on the CAvi Music and Ondine labels. The Tetzlaff Quartet appears by arrangement with CM Artists. This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Will and Linda Schieber. Cal Performances’ 2017 –18 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. 19 PROGRAM NOTES Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, eras, and by the composer himself, who insisted K. 428 (K. 421b) that the Parisian publisher Sieber pay consider - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ably more for them than for a set of three piano Of all the famous composer pairs—Bach and concertos. “the ‘Haydn’ Quartets are models of Handel, Bruckner and Mahler, Debussy and perfection,” wrote Homer Ulrich, “not a false ges - Ravel—only Mozart and Haydn were friends. ture; not a faulty proportion. the six quartets Mozart first mentioned his acquaintance with stand as the finest examples of Mozart’s genius.” Haydn in a letter to his father on April 24, 1784, Mozart played the first three of the quartets but he probably had met the older composer (K. 387, K.
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