The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet ... “Opus 77 No. 1 in G major begins with a cheeky march – so we begin ...

Haydn is known as ‘the father of the string quartet’ because he was the first ... Working away from the cultural influences that major city cities afforded, Haydn famously claimed he was ...

They savored the music’s surprises — a Haydn signature — especially ... Britten’s Second String Quartet, in C major (Op. 36), ...

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, ...