Heartland Chamber Music Festival String Quartet July 31, 2024 Anton Arensky String Quartet No 2,

Arensky was professor at the Moscow Conservatory, and a friend of Tchaikovsky whose music influenced him. After Tchaikovsky had died, Arensky wrote the quartet in memory of him, following a Russian tradition that Tchaikovsky had also observed when he composed his Piano Trio "À la mémoire d'un grand artiste", Op. 50, in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein. Both compositions are set in A minor.