Alexandra Osbourne playing the violin amid an orchestra.

Cocktail Hour with Alexandra Osborne Beethoven’s String Quartets

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Utzon Room

Commemorating 200 years since Beethoven’s death, Associate Concertmaster Alexandra Osborne has chosen three of his string quartets that reveal his evolution as a composer and a man

Beethoven’s string quartets are the ultimate achievement of the genre. 

To mark 200 years since his death, Associate Concertmaster Alexandra Osborne has chosen three – one from his early, middle and late periods – that reveal his evolution as a composer and a man. 

Full of virtuosity, invention and expression, this is a performance not to be missed.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.4
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.11
BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge

Artists

Violin
Alexandra Osborne
Musicians
Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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