[MS.BEHAVIN]

I’ll give it a listen!
Thanks!

[Publius]

To prepare you, the Op. 131 quartet consists of 7 movements all linked togther to form one long arch of sound. The movements consist of:

1. The only slow fugue Beethoven ever wrote.
2. A Scottish dance.
3. A short transitional movement.
4. A slow movement in theme and variations format.
5. A scherzo that sounds like a music box run amok. There are a whole group of musical gags that are hilarious.
6. A short slow movement in which Beethoven writes a parody of his great slow movements that are conversations with God. Here the slow movement is just too sad for a genuine heartfelt Beethoven slow movement.
7. A finale that is the only movement in sonata format.

It's wonderful fun.