Archived Event

Haydn and Bartók
Jerusalem Quartet
Date
Mon 20 Jan 2020, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Jerusalem Quartet

    Programme

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

    Encore

    Overview

    Since its foundation in 1996, the ensemblehas attracted a loyal following, notablyat Wigmore Hall, where last seasonit performed the cycle of Bartók’s sixquartets. Here, it repeats the Fourthalongside an example by Haydn, whoseopening movement makes frequent use ofa motif based on perfect fifths – hence itsnickname.

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