Through all of Mendelssohn's A minor Quartet, I did not hear one played correctly.

Quartet in E minor for 4 violins, Op.

Quartet in C minor for clarinet, violin, viola and cello, Op.

Thus Mendelssohn's A minor Quartet from Opus 13 had a serious, lively passion here.

Yet the musical space between the two introductory Mozart pieces and Beethoven's A minor Quartet at the end seemed far wider.

String Quartet 1 in C minor, Op.10 (1858)

Like the late C sharp minor Quartet that came after intermission, Beethoven's sweeping sense of organization is exchanged for chains of events.

Piano Quartet 1 in C minor, Op.77 (1884)

The String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op.

String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op.