Edinburgh Quartet: The Queen's Hall Series

See String Quartet no. 57 in C major, Op.74 no.1, Hob III:72 in

The Edinburgh Quartet play Haydn, Prokofiev and Dvořák at Queen's Hall

Alan Coady, 11th October

Dr Roger B. Williams’ scholarly yet accessible programme notes highlighted the fact that Haydn’s 1793 String Quartet no. 57 in C major was, unlike some chamber music, written with an audience of the general public in mind. Call it biographical fallacy, but I felt I could hear this in the presentation of the opening bars.

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Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	String Quartet no. 57 in C major, Op.74 no.1, Hob III:72
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	String Quartet no. 2 in F major, Op.92
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)	String Quartet no. 13 in G major, Op.106