Close Encounters Concert 5 | The Omni Quartet plays Beethoven

You're invited to the final concert of Heights Arts' 18th season of Close Encounters! Experience an unforgettable evening with the Omni Quartet performing Beethoven. Join us for this captivating showcase of Beethoven's timeless compositions!

Close Encounters is Heights Arts’ signature Sunday afternoon chamber music series, and the first concert in this season's series features performers pianist Christina Dahl and of The Cleveland Orchestra: Amy Lee, violin, Alicia Koelz, violin, Joanna Patterson Zakany, viola, and Tanya Ell, cello.

These intimate Sunday afternoon concerts, curated by Cleveland Orchestra cellist Dane Johansen, are performed by some of the world's most renowned musicians. Held in unique venues and local residences, they offer a rare opportunity for audiences to experience chamber music as it was meant to be heard—up close and personal.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (1808)

I. Allegro

II. Molto adagio “Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento”

III. Allegretto, Maggiore – Thème russe IV. Finale. Presto

- intermission -

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 (1825)

I. Maestoso

II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile

III. Scherzando vivace

IV. Allegro Concert Hosts: Kathy and Dennis Barrie

Concert Hosts: Kathy and Dennis Barrie