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Music Mountain 2011 #7

From: Music Mountain
Series: Music Mountain 2011 Chamber Music Concerts
Length: 01:56:00

This program was recorded July 24,2011 and features The Arianna String Quartet: John Mcgrosso, Violin; Joanna Mendoza, Viola; David Gillham, Violin; Kurt Baldwin, Cello; Assisting Artist Jonathan Yates, Piano Read the full description.

2001_hall_small This program was recorded July 24,2011 and features The Arianna String Quartet: John Mcgrosso, Violin; Joanna Mendoza, Viola; David Gillham, Violin; Kurt Baldwin, Cello; Assisting Artist Jonathan Yates, Piano

STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, K. 464  by  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Andante
-Allegro ma non troppo


STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, OPUS 18 # 5   by Ludwig van Beethoven
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Andante cantabile
-Allegro

PIANO QUARTET IN C MINOR, OPUS 60  by Johannes Brahms
-Allegretto non troppo
-Scherzo:Allegro
-Andante
-Finale: Allegro comodo

-HISTORIC ENCORE: Smetana: String Quartet in E minor "From My Life" played by the Kuno Asiana String Quartet [partial]

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Piece Description

This program was recorded July 24,2011 and features The Arianna String Quartet: John Mcgrosso, Violin; Joanna Mendoza, Viola; David Gillham, Violin; Kurt Baldwin, Cello; Assisting Artist Jonathan Yates, Piano

STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, K. 464  by  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Andante
-Allegro ma non troppo


STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, OPUS 18 # 5   by Ludwig van Beethoven
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Andante cantabile
-Allegro

PIANO QUARTET IN C MINOR, OPUS 60  by Johannes Brahms
-Allegretto non troppo
-Scherzo:Allegro
-Andante
-Finale: Allegro comodo

-HISTORIC ENCORE: Smetana: String Quartet in E minor "From My Life" played by the Kuno Asiana String Quartet [partial]

Transcript

PROGRAM NOTES

STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, K. 464 (1785) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

The Mozart A Major String Quartet, K. 464, is the fifth of the set of six which Mozart dedicated to Haydn. The A Major Quartet was completed in a burst of creativity on January 10, 1785, two months after the B Flat Major Quartet, K. 458, “Hunt” and four days before the C Major Quartet, K. 465 “Dissonance”.

It was first performed in Mozart’s apartment on February 12, 1785 with the other of the final three quartets Mozart dedicated to Haydn. It was played by a quartet comprising Mozart, his father, Leopold and the Barons Anton and Bartholomaus Tinti. Haydn was present at this performance, as he was at the first performance of the first three of the six quartets dedicated to him. It was at this performance that Haydn told Mozart’s father “Before God, and as an honest man, I tell you that your s...
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