Artists
- Tesla Quartet
- Date
- Sun 22 Mar 2015, 11.30am
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Quartettsatz in C minor D703
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4 34
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- String Quartet No. 4 in E minor Op. 44 No. 2
Overview
Classical balance and Romantic intensity meld in Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E minor Op. 44 No. 2, drafted while the composer was on honeymoon in the Black Forest during the summer of 1837.
This concert by the Tesla Quartet, Third Prize-winner of the 2012 Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition, sets out with the noble sweep of Schubert’s Quartettsatz before turning to Haydn’s String Quartet in D Op. 20 No. 4, highly advanced in drawing its thematic material from tuneful melodies composed in a popular style.
This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25