30. Crespo Midday Series

30. Crespo Midday Series
The six so-called ‘Sun’ quartets of Haydn’s Op.20 gave birth to the string quartet as the chamber music form par excellence and towards which all composers would later aspire. Haydn sets down a quality marker for the future for this new genre. Chiaroscuro Quartet is renowned as a trailblazer for authentic performance of the classical string quartet using gut strings and period tuning. Despite their iconic status the ‘Sun’ quartets are famed for their flexibility, variety, unpredictability and sense of experimentation. This concert gives you the opportunity to hear close up this world-changing music played by four outstanding musicians.