Event Title:

Organization:

  Concert

  Boston

Start Date:

  4/26/2026

End Date:

  4/26/2026

Start Time:

  1:30 PM

End Time:

  3:30 PM

Event Info: 

  Butter Quartet, a period-instrument string quartet, presents a program exploring the origins of the Classical period string quartet. The four composers on this program-Haydn, Mozart, Va?hal, and Dittersdorf-are reported to have performed together as a string quartet at private gatherings. At the core of this program is a musical tip-of-the-hat between two of them: Hadyn's Opus 20 "Sun" quartets number among his greatest works-witty, erudite, profound. Dazzled by Haydn's fusion of counterpoint and gallant gesture, Mozart dedicated his most learned set of quartets to Haydn.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Winter/Spring 2026 Weekend Concert Series features a fifteen-concert season curated by Abrams Curator of Music George Steel running from January 25 through May 17, 2026. The winter/spring season showcases world-class artists in the Museum's extraordinary Calderwood Hall-a 300-seat "sonic cube" with three levels of balconies designed so that 80% of seats are front row, creating a uniquely intense and intentional listening experience. Dating to 1927, the Gardner's Weekend Concert Series is the longest running museum music program in the country.

https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/butter-quartet

Location:

  Calderwood Hall

Room:

Address:

  25 Evans Way

Phone:

  617-278-5156

City:

  Boston

State/Province:

  MA