4. KAMMERKONZERT

In the organizer's words:

Haydn | Mozart | Françaix | Bridge

It is not for nothing that Joseph Haydn is considered the "father of the string quartet". With his 80 or so contributions, he helped the genre to brilliant fame. His Opus 76, the last string quartet series, is one of the great highlights of his oeuvre and contains some of the most beautiful and popular pieces such as the Quinten Quartet, the Emperor Quartet or the nameless No. 1. Mozart's only oboe quintet KV 370 and the rarely heard quartet for cor anglais and string trio by Jean Françaix expand the possibilities of the royal genre to include the sound of the oboe and cor anglais respectively. While Mozart's oboe quartet captivates with its sunny lightness and joie de vivre, the French composer Jean Françaix enriches the program with humorous jazz motifs. With his Novelettes for string quartet, written in 1904, the British composer Frank Bridge created three colorful character pieces that refer to the English tradition influenced by Henry Purcell.