Artists
- Armida Quartet
- Date
- Sun 21 May 2017, 11.30am
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in D Op. 33 No. 6 42
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- String Quartet No. 6 in F minor Op. 80
Overview
Classical poise, contrapuntal logic and emotionalturbulence coalesce in Haydn’s Op. 33 No. 6, thecentrepiece of the Armida Quartet’s programme.
The Berlin-based ensemble, BBC New GenerationArtists from 2014–16, begins with the strikingcontrasts of Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue, anothermasterwork of stylistic synthesis, and concludeswith Mendelssohn’s final string quartet, animpassioned response to his sister’s death.