RAZUMOVSKY COACH TRIP
A major highlight of ENF 2026 will be the chance to hear 3 wonderful string
quartets play all 3 of Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartets over the course of
a single day. Around 1800, when he wrote his first quartets, he was very
much a young man with plenty to prove. But by 1806 when he started to
write the ‘Razumovsky’ quartets he was the internationally famous and
acclaimed composer of four symphonies, four piano concerti, an opera and
much more besides. In responding to the commission from Count Andrey
Razumovsky, he moved into a remarkable new sphere of musical ambition. Not
only is each quartet more substantial and daring than any that went
before, some argue that all three should be taken as a kind of ‘mega
quartet’. That’s quite a thought, and for ENF 2026, our three resident
quartets have come together to offer a day including all three quartets,
each paired with music that complements them in different ways.
Event
11: RAZUMOVSKY 1
12pm, Kilrenny Church
Approx. 65 mins
Arriaga:
Quartet No. 3 in E-flat
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op. 59 No. 1
Cuarteto
Quiroga
EVENT 12: RAZUMOVSKY TALK
2pm, Crail
Community Hall
Approx. 30 mins
Join Festival Director Svend
McEwan-Brown for some thoughts on Beethoven’s ‘mega-quartet’.
EVENT
13: RAZUMOVSKY 2
3pm Crail Church
Approx. 65 mins
Turnage:
Arietta (UK Premiere, ENF co-commission)
Beethoven: Quartet in
Em, Op. 59 No. 2
Calidore String Quartet
EVENT 15:
RAZUMOVSKY 3
6pm Crail Church
Approx. 70 mins
Stenhammar:
Quartet in Am, Op. 25
Beethoven: Quartet in C, Op. 59 No. 3
Opus13
A
coach will depart from central Edinburgh (location to be advised closer to
date of departure at 09.45 and arrive in the East Neuk in time for event
11 at noon in Crail Kirk (offer also includes events 12, 13 and 15 above).
The
coach will return to Edinburgh after the concert (approximately 7.30pm),
arriving back in Edinburgh no later than 9.30pm. Total cost for the coach
and best tickets for the three concerts and talk will be £110.
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£110.00 -
4 July 2026 -
705 minutes -
09:45 -
Edinburgh
