PROGRAM LIBRARY

ELIAS STRING QUARTET
REPERTOIRE 

Programs for Mar 14 – 28, 2023 tour

Master list of pieces offered:

Beethoven:

Quartet in C-Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 18, No. 6

Quartet in F-Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Quartet in E-Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

Quartet in Eb-Major, Op. 74

Quartet in Eb-Major, Op. 127

Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fugue finale, Op. 133)

Quartet in F-Major, Op. 135

Suggested all-Beethoven combinations (others are possible):
Option 1: Op. 127; Op. 59/1
Option 2: Op. 18/6; Op. 135; Op. 59/2
Option 3: Op. 18/4; Op. 74; Op. 130 (with original finale, Grosse Fugue Op. 133)

Non-Beethoven works:

Stravinsky:  Three Pieces for String Quartet (1918)

Haydn:  Quartet in F#-Minor, Op. 50, No. 4

Florence Price:  Quartet No. 2 in A-minor (1935)

Also:  A Suite of Scottish Folk Tunes (15-18 min) as composed/arranged by Donald Grant.  This can be substituted freely for the above or alongside some of the Beethoven works.