Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat, Op. 74

Beethoven’s ‘Harp quartet’ received its title from the publisher, as was often the case with Beethoven’s music. It refers to the extended pizzicato section of the first movement, where the instruments collectively sound like the plucking of a harp.
The Merel Quartet performed this to a sold out crowd on a warm summer evening at the Music at Plush festival.

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Beethoven, cello, classical, Music at Plush, viola, violin, 2009, strings, Mary Ellen Woodside, Meesun Hong, Alexander Besa, Rafael Rosenfeld, Merel Quartet, Opus 74, and harp