Artists
- Cuarteto Casals
- Date
- Sat 07 Jan 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Spring K387:
- String Quartet in G major K387
- String Quartet in D minor K421
Interval
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- String Quartet in E flat K428
Encore
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in G Op. 33 No. 5 41:
- 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.