Vera Quartet: HAYDN Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1

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JOSEPH HAYDN Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
Vera Quartet

Performed on Thursday, January 23, 2019
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia

Joseph Haydn earned the label “the father of the string quartet” thanks to his masterful development of this musical form over his entirety of his career, writing more than sixty quartets. Haydn spent most of his life working for the nobility, and initially experimented with this ensemble to provide background music for parties. Gradually he elevated the form, texture, and substance of the string quartet so that it could emerge from the background to center stage, commanding the attention of the audience with its symphonic scope.

The Opus 76 quartets were written toward the end of Haydn’s life, after he had achieved great success and fame, and are hailed as some of his greatest quartet masterworks. The first quartet of the set claims the listener’s attention from its very opening, with three declamatory chords in the Allegro con spirito. Haydn keeps the surprises coming: the cello and viola are in the forefront with solos, building to duos, until finally all four instruments join together. The Adagio sostenuto is an ode to Haydn’s vocal compositions of the same period, as the melody sings in a hymn-like texture, eventually leading to the energetic Menuet: Presto. He saves one final surprise for the Finale: Allegro ma non troppo by beginning the movement in G minor and building tension, only to return to the original key and end as he began: with the same three triumphant chords that opened the quartet.
—Hannah Horine

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Wunderschön, Balsam für die Seele! Vielen herzlichen Dank 👍 🤗 🌻

sonjamuller
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6:48 is 2nd movement (Slow); 14:43 is 3rd movement (in 3) ; 17:15 is last movement (Presto)

mccmusicprof
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Big props to the audio tech. Best mics to use, and you put them in the right place exactly. Very old fashioned nowadays to actually KNOW what you’re doing. Congratulations.

dunnedigby
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It has always amazed me how compositions for just 4 musicians can contain so much musical complexity and tonal variety.

CrusoeMcDaniel
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This masterwork is performed here with the required acumen. The playing by the quartet is musically convincing and technically brilliant. All the (intellectual) drama, lyricism and humor is well captured. Most enjoyable!

miarich
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Congrats to the audio tech! You knew exactly how to capture the sound these 4 people produced. Right mics in the right place. Well done indeed.

dunnedigby
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Clean, fresh and lively...exactly the qualities this piece most needs. ..more from this group please. Thanks to Curtis Institute of Music for offering us a gem.

stephenhunt
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What a beatiful quartet and what a good reading by this talented young people!

ferdinangenius
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One of the best Haydn performances I have heard. The technique, interpretation, and sound were all excellent. The synchronisation in the fast unison passages was a joy to hear.

edgimzewski
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The little birds sing!!! The sound of nature!!! Thanks Papa!!!

kittenmittentheatreadventu
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Tremendous performance skillful, intelligent and dramatic just wonderful what a treat thank you Vera Quartet

mjo
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6:47 aaaahhhh... so beautiful I'm melting..

tjoeptjoeptjoep
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One of the later H. quartets still unknown to me - how wonderful to experience for the first time this delightful, rich and perfectly calculated musical creation so exquisitely played!

rtraub
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Beautiful performance! Clear lines, clean playing, wonderful tone. Thank you!

karlwinkler
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I fully concur with the adulatory comments above regarding the performance. I would also mention it's really beautifullty recorded. If it's just those two little overheads, someone knows a lot about placement.

Gitternmaker
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Magnificent playing, a joy to listen to 🙏

irishtom
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i’m playing this with my quartet and we have a masterclass this wednesday on this! it’s such a fun piece to play!! ⚡️💕

irene
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(Ad interruption after 1st mvmt)

1st movement
0:07 begins

Discovery_and_Change
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This is an amazing song. I am listening this because Of the book “Year of Wonder” as it the song recommend for July 13

pinponjichur
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🆒So cheerfully! So Hydn! What a blessed feeling🆒

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