Smithsonian Chamber Music Society audiences are privy to the unparalleled experience of being able to hear two magnificent quartets of instruments—one made by Antonio Stradivari, the other by his teacher Nicolo Amati—in this three-concert series.

This Axelrod Quartet concert balances the lively A Major Quartet, No. 6, by Haydn with two of the greatest—and decidedly more introspective—quartets of the early 19th century by Beethoven and Schubert.

Sat., Oct. 16,
Haydn: Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6
Beethoven: Quartetto Serioso in F Minor, Op. 95
Schubert: Quartet in D Minor, D810, “Death and the Maiden”

Programs, locations, and artists subject to change.