# Quatuor Diotima: Schoenberg at 150 Program I

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth, we surveyed many of his works for string quartet held in manuscript at the Library of Congress. The eloquent and indefatigable Quatuor Diotima offered two striking programs over the course of two days, putting on display the passion, wit and craft of this oft-misunderstood artist. The first program includes the unnumbered D-major quartet that Schoenberg composed in 1897, a harbinger of other Romantic works to come. It is paired with Schoenberg’s final quartet, commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge in 1936. Both manuscripts are held at the Library, along with sketch material for Alban Berg’s enigmatic “Lyric Suite” from 1925-26, which closes the concert.

Quatuor Diotima performed on the Library’s Stradivari instruments: Yunpeng Zhao: Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, “Betts” Léo Marillier: Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, “Ward”, Franck Chevalier: Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1727, “Cassavetti”, Alexis Descharmes: Violoncello by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, “Castelbarco”, Program:\[0:57\] Arnold Schoenberg String Quartet in D major (1897), \[27:34\] Arnold Schoenberg, String Quartet no. 4, op. 37, \[1:01:35\] Alban Berg Lyric Suite,\[1:33:08\] Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130 II. Presto

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 1 h 36 min
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11136/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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