The Australian Haydn Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh, is one of Australia’s leading historically informed chamber music ensembles.  These talented musicians begin our season with two wonderful quartets from Haydn and Beethoven that morph effortlessly from the lofty to the lowbrow.  Then Fanny Mendelssohn’s quartet, apparently the first ever composed by a woman, offers an elegant, if far from ladylike riposte.

Program

HAYDN String Quartet in B-flat major, Op.76 no.4 Sunrise

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, Op.18 no.1

HENSEL (MENDELSSOHN, Fanny) String Quartet in E-flat major, H277

Artists:

Skye McIntosh (violin)

Matthew Greco (violin)

Karina Schmitz (viola)

Daniel Yeadon (cello)

Photo credits:  Helen White

Sydney Mozart Society is a not-for-profit group of volunteers formed in 1950 and still dedicated to promoting the music of Mozart, who has given the world a treasure trove of works that still sound fresh and exciting today.  We are committed to providing Sydney audiences with world-class performances by leading chamber musicians at prices that open the joyous experience of chamber music to as many people as possible. Each year the Society presents a season of concerts in a venue well suited to chamber music.  We focus most on Mozart and other great composers from the Classical period but often include works from other periods.