Artists
- Takács Quartet
- Date
- Mon 01 Feb 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in C Op. 74 No. 1 72
- Dmitry Shostakovich1906-1975
- String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73
Interval
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- Rider 74
Encore
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Razumovsky Op. 59 No. 3:
- IV. Allegro molto No. 3
Overview
Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists unleash the white-hot spirit of invention present in works by twoof the greatest string quartet composers.
Haydn’s Op. 74 quartets, written for the 1793 Londonconcert season, are shot through with appealing melodies and intricate thematic developments,while Shostakovich’s Third String Quartet offers a searing lament for the victims of war and tyranny.