WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.

After their very successful recordings of Haydn’s Op 76 (3/00 and 10/00)‚ The Lindsays turn their attention to the set of six quartets composed in 1790‚ just before Haydn’s first London visit. The ...

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies, and almost as many string quartets, more than 50 keyboard sonatas, 14 masses, and 32 ‘pieces for mechanical clock’! Here are his 10 best.

In its recitals at Wigmore Hall the Doric String Quartet has shown an affinity for Haydn. The set of six quartets, Op.20, written when the composer was 40, catch him in the white heat of experiment, ...

Record Review Podcast - Haydn String Quartet in G Op.77 No.1 - BBC Sounds Record Review Podcast Haydn String Quartet in G Op.77 No.1Haydn String Quartet in G Op.77 No.1 Available for over a year ...

May 13, 2018 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Add to Calendar 13-05-2018 14:00 13-05-2018 15:30 America/Toronto Vaughan String Quartet Concert J. Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 No.2 “Fifths” J. Lai: String Quartet No ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet, and Scottish folk music in their latest release, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...

In his Op.76 string quartets Haydn shows us six faces, if not more. Each one of the half-dozen quartets ventures daringly in character. We see Haydn the courtly and the rustic, the warm-hearted and ...