Violist

Beethoven with a twist: four musicians perform three remarkable string quartets.
Everything that Beethoven touched became larger than life, and when he set out to write string quartets, he certainly didn’t hold back. Wild, passionate and surprisingly playful, his Fourth Quartet is the perfect curtain-raiser for our 2027 Beethoven festivities. Today, our players pair it with a romantic discovery from Sweden and Sally Beamish’s imagined portrait of Beethoven in California.

Centre Stage: Beethoven & Beamish Quartets

CBSO Centre

Pianist Alice Sara Ott stars in a celebration of the wit, the wonder and the boundless imagination of Maurice Ravel.
“I get inspired by things I see and experience," says our Collaborative Artist Alice Sara Ott, “by conversations, by people”. So, we’re especially delighted to be playing chamber music alongside her this afternoon: the enchanted visions of Maurice Ravel, from the fantastic Introduction and Allegro to the dizzying La Valse. Up close in the CBSO Centre, it’ll sound like magic.

Centre Stage: Kazuki Yamada & Alice Sara Ott

Violist

Amy Thomas

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 27, 2026

Centre Stage: Beethoven & Beamish Quartets · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

May 30, 2027

Centre Stage: Kazuki Yamada & Alice Sara Ott · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Viola in String Quartet No. 4 by Beethoven

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Viola in Introduction and Allegro by Ravel

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Viola in String Quartet No.1; II and IV by Aulin

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Viola in String Quartet No.2 (Opus California) by Beamish

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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