Tag Archives: Haydn
Haydn Violin Concerto: 2nd Movement
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd March 2013If you had any doubts that Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was among the handful of the greatest composers the slow movement of his Violin Concerto #1 in C should erase them. The reading below by violinist Andras Agoston has a long cadenza near the movement’s end. The video of the entire concerto with Joshua Bell…
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Jasper Quartet Shines in Ruidoso
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st July 2010The Jasper String Quartet gave a brilliant performance of works by Haydn, Berg, and Schumann before a sparse but enthusiastic audience at the Spencer Theater Friday evening July 30. Their challenging program began with Haydn’s Op 77 #1 in G Major. This was one of the genre’s supreme master’s last works in this or any…
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