Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words) HXX 2
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Seven Last Words from the Cross Op. 51
Overview
Founded in 2010, the KelemenQuartet has achieved considerableprominence among today’sensembles. Haydn composed hisoriginally orchestral Seven LastWords for liturgical performancein Cádiz in 1786, each of Jesus’moving statements beingrepresented by a slow movement;the following year the presentversion for string quartet waspublished as his Op. 51.