Maurice Ravel wrote music that was so intricate and detailed that it took him years of working with his publishers to correct errors in his printed scores. His meticulous nature was famously noted by Igor Stravinsky, who gave Ravel the nickname "The Swiss Watchmaker" (Ravel's father was in fact Swiss). Tonight, the Alban Berg Quartet performs one of Ravel's early masterworks, the String Quartet in F Major.
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