Thomas Adès, a contemporary giant in his own right, praises the great composers of the past while his compositions reveal a fascination with music history. The Doric String Quartet invites Dutch clarinet virtuoso Jelmer de Moed to join them in creating the Adesian sound spectrum of ‘Alchymia’. Beethoven, too, learned from his colleagues, and in his String Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major, he modeled the piece after an early Mozart quartet in the same key.

The Selected by series offers great works – alongside each other, in connection or contrast with each other. In an hour, you will hear the string quartet in its entirety: all times, styles, sounds, and colors.