In-depth exploration of Beethoven’s monumental quartet in B flat, Op. 130.  The Fitzwilliam will play the quartet with the gargantuan Grosse Fuge in the first half, and with Beethoven’s replacement finale in the second half.

FRIDAY 6 MAY

1.45 onwards Arrival at the Moller Centre, Storeys Way, Cambridge

CB3ODE (01223 465562). I shall be in reception from 2.30.

3.00-5.30 Study session in Fitzwilliam College Auditorium (a 10-minute walk

from the Moller Centre) with myself and the Fitzwilliam Quartet.

There will be a break for tea/coffee, and time for questions

7.30 Dinner in Fitzwilliam College: three courses, including wine

SATURDAY 7 MAY

10.30-1 Study session in Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, with break

6.00 Concert in Fitzwilliam College Auditorium (ends c 7.45):

Beethoven: Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge)

Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 (with replacement finale)