Austria's Hagen Quartet—praised by The Guardian for their "fiery elan"—are set to present a complete cycle of Beethoven's monumental string quartets at the 92nd Street Y (a feat they achieved earlier in the year at London's Wigmore Hall). With sixteen quartets programmed over the course of six concerts, the journey that lays ahead of the Hagen players is the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest, and New Yorkers are soon to find out why BBC Music Magazine recently chose the series as one of November's Top 20 events.
Single tickets start at $35, with special three-, four-, and six-concert packages available through the 92Y box office.