# Tetzlaff Quartet at Hertz Hall, November 12, 2017

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/performances/2017-18/chamber-orchestra/tetzlaff-quartet.php) presents the [Tetzlaff Quartet](http://www.christian-tetzlaff.de/tetzlaff-quartett-2/?lang=en)  
[Hertz Hall](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+College+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94720+USA&hl=en)  
3:00 PM, Sunday, November 12, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Mozart: Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428
* Berg: Quartet, Op. 3
* Schubert: Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887

## Set One

[3:03 PM lights down, performers out, sans CT, who has misplaced his music, and arrives after another minute's wait]

### Mozart: Quartet No. 16, K. 428

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 (K. 421b) (1783)

01. [3:04 PM] _Allegro non troppo_
02. [3:12 PM] _Andante con moto_
03. [3:19 PM] _Menuetto & Trio_
04. [3:25 PM] _Allegro vivace_  
[work ends 3:30 PM; pause for a breather]

### Berg: Quartet, Op. 3

Alban Berg (1885–1935): String Quartet, Op. 3 (1910)

01. [3:33 PM] _Langsam_
02. [3:43 PM] _Mässige Viertel_  
[set ends 3:52 PM; all off after a minute or so, and I dash outside for fresh air!]

## Set Two: Schubert: Quartet No. 15, D. 887

[4:11 PM lights down, performers out]

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 (1826)

01. [4:12 PM] _Allegro molto moderato_
02. [4:31 PM] _Andante un poco moto_
03. [4:43 PM] _Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio: Allegretto_
04. [4:50 PM] _Allegro assai_  
[set ends 5:01 PM; all off after a few minutes of applause; no encore today]

## Performers

[Tetzlaff Quartet](http://www.christian-tetzlaff.de/tetzlaff-quartett-2/?lang=en)

* Elisabeth Kufferath: violin;
* [Christian Tetzlaff](http://www.christiantetzlaff.com/index_en.html): violin;
* [Tanja Tetzlaff](http://www.kdschmid.de/artistdetail/items/tanja-tetzlaff.html): cello;
* Hanna Weinmeister: viola.


## Notes

My initial assessment: double plus good on the Mozart; the members of the quartet are certainly well versed in the expression of taste and refinement. And they played the heck out of the Berg work too, but I had a much harder time appreciating it. Perhaps a lecture on what to listen for would help me out!

At break I was guessing that the second set wouldn't be anywhere near so fierce as the Berg, but I'd forgotten that the program was for Schubert's last quartet: an exceptionally tempestuous and long-winded work. Drat! No easy listening there! Like the first set, the Tetzlaff Quartet turned in a fine performance, but it certainly tried my patience. Did my attention wander? Yes. Did I snooze? Hmm. I don't think so... That was the old guy next to me snoring and wheezing. Reminds me that I need to do a better job getting the programs to make sure I skip buying tickets for shows I don't need to hear.

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