Reimagine Tradition @ MetroNOME
Fri, Oct 02
|MetroNOME Brewery
Lux launches its 26/27 season performing the music of Maurice Ravel and Béla Bartók. Written just 25 years apart from one another, these two works exemplify the rapid musical development of the early 20th century.
Time & Location
Oct 02, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
MetroNOME Brewery, 385 Broadway St, St Paul, MN 55101, USA
About the event
Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major (1903), his only work written for the genre, harkens back to the more elegant and formal style of Mozart. The quartet’s ethereal opening gives way to characters both playful and sorrowful, providing comfort to the listener while also steering them down an unexpected road.
Structured in a five-movement ‘arch-form,’ Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4 (1928) reaches its emotional apex in the third movement’s nighttime lament. With astonishing creativity, Bartok reimagines the intricacies of folk music in his distinctly uncompromising style.
You’re invited! Join us as we explore these two fantastic string quartets.
Online Tickets available on MetroNOME's website.
Tickets also available at the door.
$20 Adults, $10 Students