WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.

In its recitals at Wigmore Hall the Doric String Quartet has shown an affinity for Haydn. The set of six quartets, Op.20, written when the composer was 40, catch him in the white heat of experiment, ...

『弦楽四重奏曲 変ロ長調 作品76第4「日の出」』 ( Quartet No. 63 in B♭ major, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise” ) Bing検索 URL> https://www.bing.com ...

In his Op.76 string quartets Haydn shows us six faces, if not more. Each one of the half-dozen quartets ventures daringly in character. We see Haydn the courtly and the rustic, the warm-hearted and ...

Haydn: “Sun” Quartets, Op. 20, Nos. 1-6 (Salomon Quartet, 2 CDs available separately; Hyperion). The Opus 20 string quartets by Haydn are breakthrough works that established the quartet style for ...

London Haydn Quartet Hyperion CDA 67877 (2 CDs for the price of 1)**** This may be the third volume in the London Haydn Quartet's survey of the quartets of Haydn, but it's also the point at which, ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet, and Scottish folk music in their latest release, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...

The reason we play string quartet is that we want to share the heart of music with our audience. Music is communication, and the string quartet is the ultimate form of communication. We communicate ...

The six string quartets of Haydn’s Op 33 include two of his most popular – the ones nicknamed the Joke and the Bird, justifying his claim that the works were written “in a completely new and special ...