Artists
- Elias String Quartet
- Date
- Sun 22 Jan 2017, 11.30am
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in D major Op. 76 No. 5 79
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13
Encore
- Shetland Islands - Da de don
- Callum's Road (Donald Shaw)
Overview
Haydn and Mendelssohn have been constantcompanions to the Elias String Quartet since itsfoundation in 1998. Their works have informedthe group’s artistic development, offering infinitepossibilities of interpretation and for propagating thehighest standards in performance.
This programmeunites the contemplative world of Haydn’s lateOp. 76 No. 5 with the teenaged Mendelssohn’simpassioned A minor Quartet.