Coffee Concert 19th February 2023 – Heath Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson

The Heath Quartet were once regulars in this series of concerts, last heard in the final concert at the Dome before the long-term temporary move to the Attenborough Centre. Since then, much has changed, notably in Continue reading Coffee Concert 19th February 2023 – Heath Quartet – Strings Attached Review by Michael Wilkinson

Newsletter #75

NEXT CONCERT
The fifth concert of the season will be given by the Heath Quartet on Sunday 19th February at 11.00 am at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), University of Sussex.

PROGRAMME

Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Major
Schubert String Quartet in D minor D.810 (Death and the Maiden) Continue reading Newsletter #75

19th February 2023 – Heath Quartet – Programme notes by Guy Richardson and Chris Darwin


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Joseph Haydn ( 1732-1809)
String Quartet in F minor Op. 20 No. 5

Allegro
Minuetto
Adagio
Fuga a due soggetti

Haydn’s string quartets Op. 9 of 1769 and Op. 17 of 1771 had developed the form away from the divertimento style of writing for strings to one where the instruments were on more equal terms, but also with a degree of Continue reading 19th February 2023 – Heath Quartet – Programme notes by Guy Richardson and Chris Darwin