The Parker Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with The Beethoven Project, a multifaceted project that centers around performances of the complete Beethoven quartet cycle:
The Quartet is commissioning six composers to write encores for each of the Beethoven cycle concerts, to bring in fresh and diverse voices of today to these Beethoven programs and to continue the lineage of creation that Beethoven himself was so much a part of: Anthony Cheung, Suzanne Farrin, Sky Macklay, Jeffrey Mumford, Wang Lu, and Michi Wiancko
At home in Boston, the Quartet is celebrating Beethoven’s music by presenting each quartet in venues beyond the concert hall throughout the city, aiming to reach audiences who may not usually have access to live chamber music.
2022
Dec. 01 Boston Youth Sanctuary
Dec. 09 Mass/Cass Engagement Center
Dec. 13 Cambridge Public Library
2023
Jan. 10 Cambridge Public Library
Jan. 20 Boston Medical Center, Moakley Lobby
Feb. 02 Sociedad Latina
Feb. 07 Cambridge Public Library
Feb. 13 Shelter Music Boston
Feb. 20 Shelter Music Boston
Feb. 27 Shelter Music Boston
Feb. 28 Boston Children’s Hospital
Beginning in November 2022, the Quartet released weekly videos spotlighting each Beethoven quartet, creating a free online resource and reference center on their YouTube channel. You can view the entire series here 
Introducing Beethoven: Illuminated
EP 1: A brief overview of Beethoven's quartets
EP 2: Beethoven's "First" Quartet - Op. 18/1
EP 3: Op. 18/2: Bows & Curtsies
EP 4: Op. 18/3: The Entry Point
EP 5: The Minor One: Op. 18/4
EP 6: Op. 18/5: A Classical Throwback
EP 7: From Exuberance to Melancholy: Op. 18/6
EP 8: From Op. 59/1: The Epic Razumovsky
EP 9: Op. 59/2: The Volatile Razumovsky
EP 10: Op. 59/3: The Heroic Razumovsky
EP 11: Returning Home: Op. 74 "Harp"
EP 12: Serioso: Op. 95
EP 13: Entering the Late Quartets: Op. 127
EP 14: Op. 130: A New Divertimento
EP 15: "Contemporary Forever": Große Fuge, Op. 133
EP 16: From the Abyss: Op. 131
EP 17: Op. 132: A Holy Song of Thanksgiving
EP 18: "Must it be?": Op. 135
Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall | Boston, MA
Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall | Boston, MA
Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 - III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
Holden Chapel | Cambridge, MA
Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 - V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
Holden Chapel | Cambridge, MA
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