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HAYDN String Quartets Op 33 Nos 1-3 (Chiaroscuro Quartet)

(6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 1 in B minor Chiaroscuro Quartet (6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 2 in E flat, 'Joke' Chiaroscuro Quartet (6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 3 in C, 'Bird' ...
Smile Politely

Jupiter String Quartet’s 2026 kick off was classically fresh

On Thursday March 12, the Jupiter String Quartet played their first concert of 2026 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The ensemble debuted its new violinist, Dr. Mélanie Clapiès, in a ...
Gramophone

HAYDN String Quartets, Op 33, ‘Russian’

(6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 4 in B flat Chiaroscuro Quartet (6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 5 in G, 'How do you do?' Chiaroscuro Quartet (6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 6 in D ...
The Irish Times

Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn Op 33 | 1-3 – Fresh, witty playing that can take your breath away

Musical nicknames are good for business. Haydn’s set of six string quartets, Op 33, has had nicknames for the whole set, none of which is very widely used. “Russian”, favoured by BIS, remembers the ...
Swissinfo

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 33. Quatuor Terpsycordes playing on period instruments stringed with gut.

In 1997 four young musicians in Geneva founded the Terpsycordes Quartet: Girolamo Bottiglieri (violin), Raya Raytcheva (violin); Caroline Haas (viola); François Grin (cello). The Terpsycordes Quartet ...
The Irish Times

Haydn: String Quartets Op 33

The six string quartets of Haydn’s Op 33 include two of his most popular – the ones nicknamed the Joke and the Bird, justifying his claim that the works were written “in a completely new and special ...
BBC

Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 'Russian'

The six string quartets that Joseph Haydn composed around 1781 - his Op. 33 - contain some of his most inspired and innovative music. Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Wihan Quartet in front of ...