Lecture with concert

Why did Beethoven call the last movement of his sixth string quartet La Malinconia - melancholy? Together with Wolfgang Plagge we explore a side of the young Beethoven that already points towards the existential questions that would shape the rest of his life and his music. Wolfgang Plagge talks about the Heiligenstadt Testament and La Malinconia, with musical examples from the quartet. The Engegårdkvartetten performs String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6.