Haydn’s Op. 55 No. 3, created in 1788, usesturbulent chromatic harmonies to evoke strong innerfeelings.

The London Haydn Quartet, one of theworld’s leading period-instrument chamber groups,performs the work in company with Beethoven’s‘Harp’ Quartet, written soon after Haydn’s death in1809 as a tribute to the late composer’s remarkableartistic legacy.