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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Groupmuse\nMusicians: Luis Eduardo Bellorín\, Brady 
 Anderson\, Chris Whitley\, and Kumiko Sakamoto\n\nIt’s with equal parts 
 excitement and enthusiasm that we’re here to announce our next SF Massiv
 emuse —\n\nIt’ll be at the atrium of the **Z-space** - a bleeding-edge
  performance space in San Francisco that specializes in new theatrical pro
 ductions. It'll feature local Groupmuse heroes **The Thalea String Quartet
 ** - undoubtedly among the very best young ensembles in the Bay Area. And 
 they'll be playing **Beethoven's 13th String Quartet\, op. 130 + The Groß
 e Fuge**. \n\nNow. If you’ll allow me for a second: Beethoven’s Große
  Fuge holds a singular and legendary place in the life of Groupmuse. 9 yea
 rs ago\, Groupmuse CEO Sam\, when Groupmuse wasn’t yet a twinkle in his 
 eye\, happened to hear this piece of music in the basement of a neighbor. 
 It was the first piece of classical music he’d ever seriously listened t
 o\, and it’s gnarled\, fevered enormity so obliterated all of the precon
 ceptions he’d brought to classical music - preconceptions largely born o
 f luxury car commercials and films about European royalty - that he had no
  choice but to start Groupmuse some four years later. I mean\, some stuff 
 happened in the meanwhile - like he listened to the Große Fuge easily ove
 r five hundred times - but that’s the gist of it.\n\nAnd so it’s with 
 enormous pride and humility that we present\, for the first time ever\, th
 e entire op. 130 string quartet + the Große Fuge (just like Beethoven ori
 ginally intended*) at a Massivemuse that you simply have to be there for. 
 In its totality\, this piece is truly one of the most astonishing aestheti
 c achievements the Western World can lay claim to.\n\nIt’ll be unforgett
 able and we hope you'll join us.\n\n-----\n*When he originally wrote his o
 p. 130 string quartet at the end of his life and deaf as a stone\, Beethov
 en included this fabled fugue as the finale movement. But it was so thorny
 \, so celestial\, so ahead of its time\, that his fans\, supporters\, and 
 friends pressured him to remove and replace it. Somewhat uncharacteristica
 lly\, Beethoven acquiesced\, writing another\, perfectly brilliant finale 
 in its place and released the fugue as a stand-\nalone opus - op. 133. The
  fugue is now hailed as a singular masterpiece\, arguably the greatest and
  most visionary piece of all time. 
LOCATION:Mission District\, SF\, San Francisco
SUMMARY:Thalea and the Greatest Fugue - A Groupmuse Massivemuse
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/5226-thalea-and-the-greatest-fugue-a-g
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X-PRICE:$20 tickets ($15 for Supermusers)
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