Joseph Haydn
string quartet No. 34 D-major (1772)
Dmitrij Schostakowitsch
string quartet No. 4 D-major (1949)
Ernest MacMillan
»Two Sketches, based on French-Canadian Airs« for string quartet (1927)
Béla Bartók
string quartet No. 1 (1907/09)
Joseph Haydn
string quartet D-flat (1785)
György Ligeti
string quartet No. 2 (1967/68)
Márton Illés
»Torso V« (2007)
Béla Bartók
string quartet No. 3 (1927)
- Jordan Ofiesh violin
- Marie Šparovec violin
- Öykü Canpolat viola
- Jee-Hye Bae cello
- Dylan Naylor violin
- Anna Isabel Haakh violin
- Vincent Royer viola
- Daniel Raabe cello
The string quartet is widely considered the ultimate challenge and crowning glory of chamber music. The Gürzenich Orchestra dedicates a marathon concert evening to the genre, celebrating the string quartet in all its forms, from its inventor Joseph Haydn to modern classics and recent works.
