Two years ago, Haydn's bicentenary caused many to take him a lot more seriously. The New Zealand String Quartet swept us through 20 quartet movements from Opus 1 to 103, revealing just why Haydn is ...

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Joseph Haydn: String quartets opp. 3/5 "Serenade" & 74/3 "Horseman". Luigi Boccherini: Guitar quintet no.4 in D "Fandango"; La musica noturna delle strade di Madrid. String quintet op. 30/6 in C, ...

Music of Beethoven is coming up later in the hour, but first we'll feature one of his teachers. L'Archibudelli plays the Minuet from Haydn's Op. 77, No. 2 String Quartet.

“Quasi Minuetto” — “sort of a minuet”. Why “quasi” rather than simply “Minuetto”? Because by the time Brahms came to write this piece, somewhere between 1866 and 1873, the dainty triple-time dance ...

Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and guests. Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and featured guest artists as he ...

The New Zealand String Quartet celebrates the life and music of composer Joseph Haydn on its annual tour to six centres in August and September. The concert series features two different programmes of ...

WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.