Archived Event

Mozart
Cuarteto Casals
Date
Sat 07 Jan 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Cuarteto Casals

    Programme

    Interval

    Encore

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 41
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        • III. Scherzo: Allegro 41
        • String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5 35
          :
        • IV. Fuga a ll soggetti 35

    Overview

    Mozart’s string quartets, informed by close study ofHaydn’s music, stand among his highest achievements.

    Cuarteto Casals performs the first of two programmesdevoted to the six majestic works that Mozartdedicated to ‘my dear friend Haydn’, opening withthe astonishingly inventive String Quartet in G K387and encompassing the yearning lyricism of K421.

    Part of