In this foyer concert, members of the orchestra led by concertmaster Vesna Stankovic-Moffatt devote themselves to Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms and their respective Opus 18 works for string quartet and string sextet. Beethoven composed his quartet between 1798 and 1800, revising it many times, very much in the genealogy of his teacher Joseph Haydn. While the first three movements bear no programmatic title, the quartet concludes with a fourth movement marked La Malinconia (Melancholy). Around 60 years later, Brahms wrote his Opus 18 for string sextet. In it, he draws on melodies “in the style of folk song” and alludes to the Baroque form of the Follia. Exquisite chamber music in the charming ambiance of the balcony foyer – a double delight of sound!