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Haydn, John Adams and Janáček
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Date
Tue 13 Dec 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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  • St. Lawrence String Quartet

    Programme

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in E flat Op. 20 No. 1 31

    Encore

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 35
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        • II. Menuetto 35 [2]
    1. Co-commissioned by Stanford Live, Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, the Library of Congress’s Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
    2. 5

    Overview

    John Adams wrote his Second String Quartet for theSt. Lawrence String Quartet, which gave its worldpremière at Stanford, California in January 2015.

    The ensemble introduces the Beethoven-inspiredwork to the UK in this recital, framed by two ofHaydn’s path-breaking Op. 20 quartets and Janáček’stempestuous String Quartet No. 1, inspired byLeo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata.

    This concert is part of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust ticket scheme, offering free tickets to those aged 8-25

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