American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, born in 1960, has favored a more populist modernism. “Musica celestis,” the second ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the father of the string quartet and Scottish folk music in their latest release.

At the court of the Esterházy family which he served, Haydn sometimes worked alongside professional gypsy musicians. He acknowledges their influence in his String Quartet op.20 no.4 whose minuet ...

Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No.1 Caroline Gill compares recordings of Haydn's String Quartet in G, Op.77 No.1. Nielsen: Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice) Building a Library compares ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

In 1760 Haydn married – one of the biggest mistakes of his life. He’d been in love with one of his pupils in Vienna. When she became a nun, he married her sister. She had no love of music ... remained ...

They will perform the String Quartet in D major, Op. 33, No. 6 by Haydn and String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 by Britten. For the finale, they will "blend their talents" with pianist Mihae ...

That’s the adjective that repeatedly came to mind during the Brentano String Quartet concert ... especially fetching case for ...