Classical Event Details

Brentano Quartet

Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater in Philadelphia | Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST

When

Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST

Where

Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater
Philadelphia, Philadelphia metro

Address

300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Yale University’s current quartet in residence, the Brentano Quartet, brings to PCMS a program highlighting the “fugue” and in particular it is the philosophical bent of fugal part writing which lends its compelling rhetoric to this concert. In Beethoven’s late C-sharp Minor masterpiece (Op. 131) he tosses convention aside by casting this work in seven continuous sections rather than the traditional four. In a similar vein Shostakovich’s final completed quartet (Op. 144) is a somber, six-movement work known for its profound melancholy and lack of pauses, creating a single, brooding dramatic arc. Program: Shostakovich : Fugue in E-flat Minor, Op. 87, No. 14 (Arr.) Shostakovich : Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 J.S. Bach : Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 (Arr.) Beethoven : Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131