Haydn’s ‘Surprise Symphony’ is well known – although the joke still works for the unwary in the concert hall. My latest talks in the series ‘Mornings with a Masterpiece’ will focus on Haydn’s String Quartets, and they turn out to be just as full of unexpected developments: not so much loud noises, but experiments with form, texture, and tonality. There is even one movement which modulates so freely that he does not write a key signature.
I have chosen two sets of quartets, Opus 20 and Opus 76, written twenty-five years apart, and we shall meet to discuss them on the mornings of October 10th and 17th 2024. Full details for booking are on the MANCENT website under the Music tab, or click on this link https://mancent.org.uk/?page_id=6185
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