Archived Event

Haydn, Widmann and Mendelssohn
Heath Quartet
Date
Sun 10 Dec 2017, 11.30am
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Heath Quartet

    Programme

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in D minor Op. 76 No. 2 'Fifths' 76

    Overview

    The Heath Quartet’s seasonlongsurvey of Jörg Widmann’sfive string quartets continues,placing the German composer’s‘Jagdquartett’ in company withtwo works marked by their intenseconcentration and foreboding.

    Widmann’s work echoes theopening rhythms of Beethoven’sSeventh Symphony beforepursuing its ideas with obsessiveenergy and wanton violence.

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