The Escher Quartet plays Haydn, then Mozart’s “Clarinet Quintet” on “The Evening Concert”
Haydn's "Sun" Quartets [his Opus 20] are called that because there is an image of the sun on the cover of the publication of those six string quartets.
Haydn's "Sun" Quartets [his Opus 20] are called that because there is an image of the sun on the cover of the publication of those six string quartets.
On tonight's program from "Music Mountain" you'll hear Mozart's 6th String Quartet which dates from 1773, and Schubert's 15th String Quartet, his last, which dates from 1826.
Beethoven was about 40 when he wrote his "Serioso" String Quartet (1810). Schumann was born the same year as the "Serioso" Quartet was composed.
It's chamber music by Beethoven, early, late, and middle (career, that is).