THE NEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET
CONCERT CALENDAR
CONCERT CALENDAR
Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 3:00
Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, NY
littlechurch.org
admission $30./15.
Origins of the String Quartet
with guest Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord
Georg Philip Telemann Quartetto in A minor, TWV 43:a5
Johann Friedrich Fasch Sonata à 4 in D minor
Franz Joseph Haydn Divertimento in E flat, Hob. II:6 (Op. 1, no. "0")
Telemann Concerto à 4 in B flat, TWV 43:B2
Franz Xaver Richter Quartet in A, Op. 5, no. 3
Haydn Divertimento in C, Hob. III:6 (Op. 1, no. 6)
If the exact mechanism by which the string quartet emerged as a genre around 1760 remains controversial, even mysterious, a corpus of earlier 18th-century music for four strings — with or without keyboard continuo -- can be seen as leading the way. There survive some two dozen excellent 4-part works — variously entitled concerto, sonata, quartetto, quadro, or divertimento — by Telemann, who lived and composed well into the 1760s; while sonatas by Fasch may recall the impassioned cantata writing of J. S. Bach. Richter's Opus 5 quartets, written as early as 5 or 6 years before their publication in 1757, are possibly the first true string quartets. They may predate and certainly cast an interesting light upon Haydn's ten early Divertimenti for string quartet (Opp. 1 and 2.)
Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, NY
littlechurch.org
admission $30./15.
Origins of the String Quartet
with guest Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord
Georg Philip Telemann Quartetto in A minor, TWV 43:a5
Johann Friedrich Fasch Sonata à 4 in D minor
Franz Joseph Haydn Divertimento in E flat, Hob. II:6 (Op. 1, no. "0")
Telemann Concerto à 4 in B flat, TWV 43:B2
Franz Xaver Richter Quartet in A, Op. 5, no. 3
Haydn Divertimento in C, Hob. III:6 (Op. 1, no. 6)
If the exact mechanism by which the string quartet emerged as a genre around 1760 remains controversial, even mysterious, a corpus of earlier 18th-century music for four strings — with or without keyboard continuo -- can be seen as leading the way. There survive some two dozen excellent 4-part works — variously entitled concerto, sonata, quartetto, quadro, or divertimento — by Telemann, who lived and composed well into the 1760s; while sonatas by Fasch may recall the impassioned cantata writing of J. S. Bach. Richter's Opus 5 quartets, written as early as 5 or 6 years before their publication in 1757, are possibly the first true string quartets. They may predate and certainly cast an interesting light upon Haydn's ten early Divertimenti for string quartet (Opp. 1 and 2.)
Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 1:15
Midtown Concerts at St. Bartholomew's Church
325 Park Avenue at 50th St., New York, NY
midtownconcerts.org
free admission
Boccherini's First and Last Quartets
Op. 2, no. 1 in C minor (1761)
Op. 64, no. 1 in F (1804)
Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 3:00
Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace, New York, NY
(near St. Nicholas Avenue and 160th St., Manhattan)
morrisjumel.org
with Brooklyn Baroque, Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord
Soler Quintet in C
Boccherini string quartet
Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 2:00
Thrall Library
11 Depot St., Middletown, NY
thrall.org
with Brooklyn Baroque, Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord
Soler Quintet in C
works of Telemann and Haydn
Sunday, April 30 2017 at 3:00
Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, NY
littlechurch.org
admission $30./15.
Tragic Romantics
Arriaga Variations for String Quartet, Op. 17
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 'Rosamunde'
Church of the Transfiguration
1 East 29th Street, New York, NY
littlechurch.org
admission $30./15.
Tragic Romantics
Arriaga Variations for String Quartet, Op. 17
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 'Rosamunde'
