The DaPonte String Quartet will launch its 23rd season this October, with a line-up that includes a tribute to Beethoven’s impact on the music world, a concert focusing on Viennese composers old and new, and an evening of short, light compositions.

Each program will be performed in five different venues: Portland, Topsham, Damariscotta, Thomaston, and, for the first time, at St. Columba’s Church in Boothbay.

The first series, “Walking in Beethoven’s Shadow,” will be performed Oct. 17-26. The Quartet will perform works by Schumann (Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3), Brahms (Quartet in C Minor ), and Mendelssohn (Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, no. 1), “Viennese Confections.”

The second series, will be performed March 14-22, 2015. In these concerts DaPonte will present Schubert’s Quartet in G Major, Beethoven’s Op. 59 no. 3, and 20th century composer Fritz Kreisler’s Quartet.

The final series, “Short and Sweet,” will be performed from May 16-24, 2015, and offers concert-goers a tasting platter of a half dozen short works by composers Hugo Wolf (“Italian Serenade”), Stravinsky (“Concertino”), George Gershwin (“Lullaby”), Astor Piazzolla (“Four for Tango”), Puccini (“I Crisantemi”), and Schubert (“Quartettsatz”).

Concert tickets are $20, with a season ticket for sale at $50. Tickets and more venue information are available at www.daponte.org or 207-529-4555.

The DaPonte String Quartet first came to Maine from Philadelphia in 1992 on a rural residency grant from the NEA and Chamber Music America. The ensemble was voted the Best Musical Group in Maine by readers of Down East Magazine this summer.