Haydn and Mendelssohn

Music at Paxton welcomes the Chiaroscuro Quartet back for the second of two performances that can be enjoyed individually or as a musical sequence. It is highly recommended to start your day with this witty, energetic quartet by Haydn, the first of a set of six that has been grouped as the ‘Sun’ quartets for their genial disposition.

Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A minor, written when the composer was just 18, has its moments of playfulness, yet there is an air of melancholy that emerges that undoubtedly reflects the sense of loss the young man experienced on hearing the news of the death of his great idol, Beethoven.

'Ravishing sonic and intonational purity' - The Strad

Programme:
Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op. 20 No. 1
Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13

Chiaroscuro Quartet:
Alina Ibragimova violin
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin
Emilie Hörnlund viola
Claire Thirion cello