Geoff Nuttall, first violinist with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, is as well known for the insightful commentary he provides about the works the Quartet performs as he is for his violin playing.

Haydn has been a passion for the Quartet since their founding in 1989, and they think of the composer less as the source of “pleasant opening music” than as a “radical, passionate innovator.” In this special, immersive concert, the SLSQ performs all six of Haydn’s Op. 20 string quartets, with two intermissions (including a meal break). “No other North American quartet plays the music of Haydn with more intelligence, expressivity, and force,” says the New Yorker.

PROGRAM

String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major
String Quartet No. 2 in C Major
String Quartet No. 3 in g minor
String Quartet No. 4 in D Major
String Quartet No. 5 in f minor
String Quartet No. 6 in A Major