Archived Event

Haydn
Bennewitz Quartet
Date
Fri 13 Jul 2018, 7.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Bennewitz Quartet

    Programme

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • String Quartet in E flat major Op. 1 No. 2 2
        • String Quartet in G major Op. 17 No. 5 29

    Interval

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • The Dream 48
        • String Quartet in C Op. 54 No. 2 57

    Encore

    • Joseph Haydn
      1732-1809
        • The Joke 38
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        • Movement from String Quartet in E flat Op. 33 No. 2 'The Joke'

    Overview

    The great Czech string quartettradition still flourishes thanks togroups like the Bennewitz Quartet.

    The ensemble directs its fierycharacters and ardent collectivevoice to Haydn, opening with agenial early quartet and exploringthe rhapsodic mood of his ‘Dream’Quartet.

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