Music Mountain #6, recorded 7/12/09
Series: Music Mountain 2009 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:56:01
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- Music Mountain #6, recorded 7/12/09
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String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 9 # 2: Franz Joseph Haydn
Six Of The 24 Preludes For Piano Opus 34; Dmitri Shostakovich, Arrranged For String Quartet By Yuri Vitenson
#13, F# Major, Moderato
#14, E Flat Minor, Adagio
#15, D Flat Major, Allegretto
#16, B Flat Minor, Andantino
#19, E Flat Major, Andantino
#20, C Minor, Allegretto Furioso
String Quintet For 3 Violins, Viola & Cello: Charles Martin Loeffler
Quintet For Viola & Strings In B Flat Major, Opus 87; Felix Mendelssohn
FIRST HISTORIC ENCORE:
Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, opus 18, #3 performed by the Ludwig String Quarte
SECOND HISTORIC ENCORE:
Schubert String Quartet #8 in B flat major, Opus 178, performed by the Gordon String Quartet (partial)
The broadcasts of these Music Mountain concerts throughout the United States and worldwide on the Internet are underwritten by Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller, Falls Village, CT 060321. www.EdwardRHamilton.com
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 9 # 2: Franz Joseph Haydn
Six Of The 24 Preludes For Piano Opus 34; Dmitri Shostakovich, Arrranged For String Quartet By Yuri Vitenson
#13, F# Major, Moderato
#14, E Flat Minor, Adagio
#15, D Flat Major, Allegretto
#16, B Flat Minor, Andantino
#19, E Flat Major, Andantino
#20, C Minor, Allegretto Furioso
String Quintet For 3 Violins, Viola & Cello: Charles Martin Loeffler
Quintet For Viola & Strings In B Flat Major, Opus 87; Felix Mendelssohn
FIRST HISTORIC ENCORE:
Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, opus 18, #3 performed by the Ludwig String Quarte
SECOND HISTORIC ENCORE:
Schubert String Quartet #8 in B flat major, Opus 178, performed by the Gordon String Quartet (partial)
The broadcasts of these Music Mountain concerts throughout the United States and worldwide on the Internet are underwritten by Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller, Falls Village, CT 060321. www.EdwardRHamilton.com
Transcript
PROGRAM NOTES
STRING QUARTET IN E FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 9 # 2
By Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Op. 9 (written c.1769) marked Haydn’s emergence as the great pioneer of the string quartet genre. He later wished that these had been his first quartets to be disseminated among the musical connoisseurs and string players of Europe. Two previous sets of quartets had been composed about a decade earlier, but were brief, light works that were functional rather than the inspired and extended explorations we find in Op. 9.
The earliest of Haydn’s string quartets were not described as quartets at all but as ‘divertimenti.’ Many were originally intended for outdoor performance in the streets of Vienna, often to serenade society ladies at their balconies.
This is the first performance of this Quartet at Music Mountain
SIX OF 24 PRELUDESFOR PIANO,OPUS 34,ARRANGED FOR STRING QUART...
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Timing and Cues
Intro, Outro, and all introductions to pieces are self-contained. Timing sheet is available for download below.
Additional Files
- Timing sheet for #6, 7/12/09 (MMTN_6_7-12-09_timing.pdf)
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