Rhodora String Quartet
Sun, Jan 25
|Southern Vermont Arts Center
Join Manchester Music Festival, Green Mountain Academy of Lifelong Learning, and Southern Vermont Arts for an afternoon with the Rhodora String Quartet
Time & Location
Jan 25, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 860 Southern Vermont Arts Center Dr, Manchester, VT 05254, USA
About the event
Admission is free; advance registration is required and can be made here.
Join Manchester Music Festival, Green Mountain Academy of Lifelong Learning, and Southern Vermont Arts for an afternoon with the Rhodora String Quartet
This program highlights a turning point in the history of the string quartet. Haydn’s String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 comes from his final and most ambitious set of quartets, written after his London triumphs and showcasing the craftsmanship that earned him the title “father of the string quartet.” Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2, composed less than a decade later for Count Razumovsky, dramatically expands the form’s scale and emotional range. Heard together, these works reveal how Beethoven built on Haydn’s foundation to transform the quartet from an elegant classical conversation into a bold, expressive art form.
Program
Haydn – String Quartet in G major, Op.…