When the first violinist in the quartet that premiered the Beethoven quartets dedicated to Count Razumovsky complained about the difficulty of the part, Beethoven could only respond, "When inspiration comes I don't have time to think of your damned fiddle!"
The Pacifica Quartet performs one of the Beethoven middle quartets, from the famed Opus 59 set or Razumovsky quartets, from a Music in the Park Series concert recorded this past April.
Beethoven and the Pacifica are in this week's Regional Spotlight.
Regional Spotlight airs Thursday at 3 p.m. on Classical MPR stations and web stream.
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