Prizewinners in the prestigious Wigmore Hall and Melbourne quartet competitions, Germany’s Goldmund Quartet is praised for its intense musicality and “beautiful sound, elegant and transparent” (Gramophone). Since 2019 the Goldmunds have performed on the famous “Paganini Quartet:” remarkably wellmatched instruments made by Antonio Stradivari that were selected by the violinist Niccolò Paganini for his own chamber music performances. The “Mendelssohn” viola’s deeply resonant tone inspired Paganini to commission a concerto for it, Hector Berlioz’s Harold in Italy. Enjoy the experience of hearing these superb instruments in selections from the Goldmund’s concert at the Library: quartets by Haydn and Schumann, and a bonus encore of Dvořák’s Humoresque.

Program:
[0:26] Joseph Haydn: Quartet in D minor, op. 76/2, HIII:76
[22:28] Robert Schumann: Quartet no. 3 in A major, op. 41/3
[54:35] Antonín Dvořák: Humoresque, op.101/7, arranged for string quartet

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