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Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No. 4, (Sunrise)
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Performers: Quatuor van Kuijk
Recording date: 13 October 2016
Date of broadcast: 30 December 2016
The op. 76 Quartets and ‘the Creation’ were written simultaneously, and listening to the quartets it’s easy to see the larger work rubbing off on them. None more so than the 4th, nicknamed ‘Sunrise’ due to the opening ascending melody.
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Performers: Quatuor van Kuijk
Recording date: 13 October 2016
Date of broadcast: 30 December 2016