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Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
The Cypress String Quartet's 'Call and Response' program at Community Music Center
From WGBH- Boston / Drive Time Live: CSQ plays Barber's
1 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - I. Adagio  
2 Beethoven: Op.131 - II. Allegro molto vivace  
3 Beethoven: Op.131 - III. Allegro moderato  
4 Beethoven: Op.131 - IV. Andante  
5 Beethoven: Op.131 - V. Presto  
6 Beethoven: Op.131 - VI. Adagio quasi  
7 Beethoven: Op.131 - VII. Allegro  
8 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135 - I. Allegretto  
9 Beethoven: Op.135 - II. Vivace  
10 Beethoven: Op.135 - III. Lento assai  
11 Beethoven: Op.135 - IV. Grave  
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The Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) released a three-CD box set of Beethoven string quartets on March 6 2012. Interestingly the date coincides with the anniversary of Opus 127's premiere performance in 1825. Historically referred to as Beethoven's "Late Period," the six quartets featured were written between 1822 and 1826. Organized chronologically, The final disc (No.1) includes Beethoven's E-flat Major, Op. 127 and A Minor, Op. 132 Quartets. Both pieces were commissioned by Prince Nicholas Galitzin in 1822. With new program notes all of the recordings were produced by Cypress first violinist Cecily Ward, and engineered by Mark Willsher at Skywalker Sound. The March 6 release.

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  • Cypress String Quartet cellist - Jennifer Kloetzel discusses a range of topics with WQED: Pittsburgh
    Posted At: June 13, 2017

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  • After two decades, an intimate farewell to the Cypress Quartet / KUAF Radio
    Posted At: June 12, 2017

    After 20 years of performing, the Cypress String Quartet says goodbye in a significant way by recording Brahms' two sextets with two longtime collaborators in front of a live studio audience. "We were thinking about the intimacy of opening up our group to two more people, and the intimacy captured with people in the room with you," says cellist Jennifer Kloetzel. Cellist Zuill Bailey and violist ...

  • Cypress Quartet cellist Jennifer Kloetzel discusses Brahms: String Sextets with 89.7 WCPE - Wake Forest
    Posted At: May 22, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary and valedictory season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's final recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by longtime collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quartet applied innovation to its last recording: live in front...

  • Cypress Quartet interview with Classical Austin KMFA
    Posted At: April 9, 2017

    2016 heralded both the Cypress String Quartet's 20th anniversary and the group's valedictory season. With this final album, a recording of Johannes Brahms, String Sextets, the CSQ completes its legacy in a flourish with collaborators Barry Shiffman, viola and Zuill Bailey, cello. The group recorded in front of an audience at Skywalker Studios. KMFA: Classical Austin spoke with cellist Jennifer Kl...

  • CSQ's Jennifer Kloetzel interviews with Classical Purdue
    Posted At: March 27, 2017

    2016 heralded both the Cypress String Quartet's 20th anniversary and the group's valedictory season. With this final album, a recording of Johannes Brahms, String Sextets, the CSQ completes its legacy in a flourish with collaborators Barry Shiffman, viola and Zuill Bailey, cello. The group recorded in front of an audience at Skywalker Studios WBAA's - Classical Purdue Music Director John...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel interview with WVIA: ArtScene
    Posted At: March 21, 2017

    The Cypress String Quartet recently decided to disband after 20 years together. For their final recording project, the ensemble chose the two string sextets by Johannes Brahms. The quartets' members are Cecily Ward and Tom Stone (violins), Ethan Filner (viola) and Jennifer Kloetzel (cello). They are joined on this recording by longtime collaborators violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. Fo...

  • CSQ with Barry Shiffman & Zuill Bailery - Brahms String Sextets / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: March 8, 2017

    New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated Feature airing Nationally on Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to Julie Amacher's Feature with CSQ Cellist - Jennifer Kloetzel. READ THE TRANSCRIPT - It's one of the film industry's most legendary campuses. It's home to the legendary Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Skywalker Ranch is just 40 minutes north of...

  • Cypress Quartet cellist Jennifer Kloetzel discusses final recording with WGTE: Toledo
    Posted At: March 1, 2017

    The Cypress String Quartet recently decided to disband after 20 years together. For their final recording project, the ensemble chose the two string sextets by Johannes Brahms. The quartets' members are Cecily Ward and Tom Stone (violins), Ethan Filner (viola) and Jennifer Kloetzel (cello). They are joined on this recording by longtime collaborators violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Baile...

  • Cypress String Quartet releases final recording / WCVE interview
    Posted At: February 24, 2017

    The Cypress String Quartet recently decided to disband after 20 years together. For their final recording project, the ensemble chose the two string sextets by Johannes Brahms. The quartets' members are Cecily Ward and Tom Stone (violins), Ethan Filner (viola) and Jennifer Kloetzel (cello). They are joined on this recording by longtime collaborators violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. Fo...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel interviews with 104.9 IdeaStream - Cleveland
    Posted At: February 23, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary and valedictory season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's final recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by longtime collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quartet applied innovation to its last recording: live in ...

  • CSQ cellist Jennifer Kloetzel discusses final album for Quartet with KDFC: The State of the Arts
    Posted At: February 21, 2017

    San Francisco and the Bay Area have some of the world's best-known performing arts organizations and cultural offerings. As a listener-supported station, KDFC: San Francisco thinks it's important to let listeners know about activities, concerts, soloists and ensembles coming through the area, and with that we offer you this daily feature - The State of the Arts. Airing on Classical KDFC weekdays, just be...

  • CSQ's Jennifer Kloetzel talks Brahms Sextets with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: February 17, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary and valedictory season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's final recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by longtime collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quartet applied innovation to its last recording: live in front...

  • CSQ cellist, Jennifer Kloetzel chats with 88fm - Harlingen
    Posted At: February 6, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, (Cecily Ward, Tom Stone, Ethan Filner, Jennifer Kloetzel) which celebrated its 20th anniversary and valedictory season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's final recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by longtime collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quart...

  • CSQ cellist Jennifer Kloetzel discusses new Brahms Sextets recording with classical radio
    Posted At: February 2, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary and valedictory season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's final recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by longtime collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quartet applied innovation to its last recording: live in front...

  • Cypress Quartet - Brahms: String Sextets is IPR 'New Release of the Week'
    Posted At: January 23, 2017

    One of the nation's leading string quartets, the Cypress String Quartet, is ready to hang up its bows. After a 20-year career, during which they were hailed by the New York Times as "tender and deeply expressive," the ensemble played their farewell concert this past June--but they weren't quite finished. In January 2017, the ensemble gave their fans a final gift: one last album. p.p2 {margin: 0.0...

  • Cypress Quartet - Brahms: String Sextets is WFMT 'Featured Release'
    Posted At: January 19, 2017

    The legacy of the Cypress String Quartet, which celebrated its 20th anniversary and final season in 2016, is sealed by the ensemble's last recording – the two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms in which they are joined by long-time collaborators, violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Zuill Bailey. True to form, the Cypress String Quartet applied innovation to its final recording: live in front of a stu...

  • Cypress Quartet - 'Brahms Sextets' is KDFC: Download of the Week
    Posted At: January 18, 2017

    Each week, KDFC: San Francisco members can download a free mp3 from some of the biggest releases in the world of Classical music. This week's selection is from the Bay Area's Cypress Quartet wanted to do something different for their last ever recording, so they gathered at Skywalker Sound Studio in Marin County to record the two Brahms Sextets. To fill out the ensemble, they called upon good fri...

  • 'Beethoven' with the Cypress String Quartet / Houston Public Media's 'Classical Classroom'
    Posted At: November 15, 2016

    Before you get all excited, no: the Cypress String Quartet has not reunited. It's just that we at Classical Classroom have been so busy that we're a wee bit behind the times. By like…5 months-ish. This episode was originally recorded back in June of 2016, 3 days before the quartet's last performance after 20 years together, and just after the release of their CD Beethoven: The Early String Quartet...

  • Cypress String Quartet interviews with 88.9 WCVE Radio - Richmond VA
    Posted At: July 29, 2016

    The Cypress String Quartet recently performed their final concerts together after a 20-year collaboration. As a culmination of the group's work, they have released a CD set of the complete Beethoven string quartets. 88.9 WCVE - Classical Music Host, Mike Goldberg recently had the opportunity to chat with violinist Tom Stone and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel about the history of the San Francisco-ba...

  • Cypress Quartet interviews with All Classical Portland
    Posted At: July 12, 2016

    When I started interviewing musicians for my audio blog, violinist Tom Stone and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel were among my earliest guests, talking about their recording of Beethoven's late quartets. Both are back to share their thoughts about their third and final installment: Beethoven's Opus 18 quartets. Known as "early Beethoven", the composer seems to be stating right from the first bars of Qu...

  • Cypress String Quartet interview with KHFM: Radio - Albuquerque
    Posted At: July 8, 2016

    For the past several seasons, the Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) has immersed itself in performing Beethoven on tours throughout the United States and Europe as well as recording all 16 works plus the "Grande Fugue" (Große Fuge). The completion of the Beethoven cycle recording is a fitting celebration...

  • Cypress String Quartet feature on 'New Classical Tracks'
    Posted At: July 6, 2016

    New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated Feature airing Nationally on Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to Julie Amacher's Feature with violinist Tom Stone and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel from the Cypress String Quartet.  READ THE TRANSCRIPT - "I feel like I understand Beethoven in a way that I certainly didn't. I loved his music when we first starte...

  • Swan Song for Cypress String Quartet - WGTE Radio
    Posted At: July 1, 2016

    After two decades of spectacular music-making, the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) has decided to disband. During those 20 years the group has immersed itself in performing Beethoven on tours throughout the United States and Europe as well as recording all 16 works plus the "Grande Fu...

  • A moving farewell concert by the Cypress String Quartet / The Berkeley Daily Planet
    Posted At: June 29, 2016

    On Sunday, June 26, at 3:00 in the afternoon, with all the pandemonium of Gay Pride celebrations going on outside in the Civic Center, the Cypress String Quartet performed their Farewell Concert in the newly opened Taube Atrium Theatre of San Francisco's War Memorial Building. After twenty years of playing together (fifteen years with Ethan Filner as violist), the Cypress String Quartet, composed of Ceci...

  • Cypress Quartet interviews with Nebraska - NET Radio
    Posted At: June 29, 2016

    For the past several seasons, the Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) has immersed itself in performing Beethoven on tours throughout the United States and Europe as well as recording all 16 works plus the "Grande Fugue" (Große Fuge). The completion of the Beethoven cycle recording is a fitting celebration...

  • Cypress String Quartet interview with Kansas Public Radio
    Posted At: June 28, 2016

    For the past several seasons, the Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) has immersed itself in performing Beethoven on tours throughout the United States and Europe as well as recording all 16 works plus the "Grande Fugue" (Große Fuge). The completion of the Beethoven cycle recording is a fitting celebration of t...

  • Cypress String Quartet well represent their breadth in farewell concert / examiner.com
    Posted At: June 28, 2016

    The original members of the Cypress String Quartet (CSQ), violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violist Paul Wakabayashi, and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, first gathered to make music on July 10, 1996. Over the following years the group had only one replacement, when Ethan Filner became the violist. Yesterday afternoon in the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater in the Veterans Building, only a few weeks sh...

  • Cypress String Quartet bows out in style / SFGATE
    Posted At: June 28, 2016

    The old showbiz mantra says you should always leave 'em wanting more, and that truth has rarely felt as apt as it did during the farewell concert Sunday afternoon, June 26, by the Cypress String Quartet. For 20 years, this energetic ensemble - now comprising violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel - has offered audiences an array of musical treasures, incl...

  • After 20-Year Run, Cypress String Quartet plays farewell concert / WOSU Radio
    Posted At: June 26, 2016

    Sunday afternoon the members of one of the world's great string quartets will go their separate ways after 20 years together on the international concert stage. The Cypress String Quartet performs its final concert Sunday, June 26 in the Opera Lab at San Francisco's War Memorial. As the quartet disbands, it leaves a legacy of 17 recordings, the commissioning of more than 30 new works for string quartet a...

  • Cypress String Quartet caps off 20-year career - WCLV interview Tom Stone and Jennifer Kloetzel
    Posted At: June 24, 2016

    The Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) will disband in the summer of 2016 after 20 fulfilling years of performing together. A Farewell Concert will be presented by the Cypress at the Green Room of the War Memorial Building on June 26, 2016. As a culmination of the group's work together, the Cypress's recording of the complete...

  • Cypress String Quartet interviews with US Classical Radio about their new CD and final bow together
    Posted At: June 23, 2016

    The Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) celebrate their twenty-year legacy by disbanding at the end of this month, and by also releasing their final recording together - Beethoven's Early Quartets on AVIE Records. The Cypress String Quartet completes its cycle of the genre's greatest oeuvre with this 2-CD set of B...

  • Cypress Quartet plays swan song in SF / San Jose Mercury News
    Posted At: June 19, 2016

    Time indeed seems to fly when you're having fun. For the past two decades, violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, in collaboration with violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, have been having some exceedingly happy times combining their formidable musical skills into what has ultimately become one of our nation's most respected string quartets: The Cypress String Quartet. After 2...

  • Cypress String Quartet set for last concert on June 26 / The Strad
    Posted At: June 14, 2016

    The San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet – violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel – will perform their last concert on 26 June 2016 at the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater in the War Memorial Building. The event, which marks the end of the ensemble's 20 years together, includes works by Beethoven and Debussy, and selections from ...

  • Cypress String Quartet - Beethoven Early Quartets / KDFC: Download Of the Week
    Posted At: May 17, 2016

    Each week KDFC: San Francisco members can download a free mp3 from some of the biggest releases in the world of Classical music. The Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) will say farewell at the end of this season after 20 great years together. One of the Bay Area's most treasured ensembles, CSQ has just released the final ...

  • Cypress String Quartet takes a final bow in Napa / Napa Valley Register
    Posted At: May 13, 2016

    The much-lauded Cypress String Quartet will make its final bow in Napa on Saturday, May 14, at the Jarvis Conservatory. Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary season, the San Francisco-based string quartet has announced it will disband at the end of the current concert season. Their third all-Beethoven concert of the season at the Jarvis Conservatory at 7 p.m. on May 14 will be their final concert as...

  • CSQ - Beethoven: The Early String Quartets / WFMT 'New Release Of the Week'
    Posted At: May 8, 2016

    The Cypress String Quartet completes their Beethoven cycle with a two-album set of the six ground-breaking quartets, Op 18, alongside a reissue of their recording of the late quartets. For the past several seasons, the Cypresses have immersed themselves in performing Beethoven on tours throughout the United States and Europe as well as recording all 16 works. Beethoven: The Early String Quartets on A...
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