An engaging evening of Haydn with the Castalian Quartet

Von Mark Pullinger, 18 April 2018

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“lithe, crisp accounts that never felt too weighty nor too rushed”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 17 April 2018

Haydn, Streichquartett Nr. 60 G-Dur, Op.76 Nr.1, Hob III:75

Haydn, Streichquartett Nr. 61 d-Moll "Fifths," Op.76 Nr. 2, Hob III: 76

Haydn, Streichquartett Nr. 62 C-Dur "Kaiserquartett", Op.76 Nr. 3, Hob III: 77

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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