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Hank Zauderer is a violinist and an artist. He regularly hosts an evening classical music program at NPR radio station KUSP in Santa Cruz, California. In the past he was a member of several symphony orchestras and chamber music groups. In particular, he loves the study of great composers and feels that music composition so often reflects the key events that took place in a composer's life.
Hank's taste includes the old Gregorian Chants and related religious works as well as music of the Baroque, Classical, and the Romantic period. Some of his favorites include Mahler, Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.
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Gémeaux Quartet
Posted: Monday | 01.09.12
Gémeaux Quartet
Joseph Haydn made huge contributions to the string quartet literature. By the standards of the 1700’s he lived to a very old age, had an amazing sense of humor, and often included this humor in his music. And the large number of quartets that he left us, set a standard on which the succeeding music of Mozart and Beethoven were built.
I am always “on the prowl” for new groups of music makers. I like to listen to and read about young new instrumentalists, orchestra, and chamber music groups. I will be going to a string quartet concert next month, and on the program is Haydn’s quartet Op. 20, number 3. So I searched the Net today, to see if I could locate the group I will hear performing this music. I was unsuccessful in locating the specific group that I will be hearing in February. However… I came across another chamber music group called the….
The quartet members are:
Read more about them HERE.
While I found no CD or DVD recording by Gémeaux of the music that I will hear, I want to share their performance that I located on YouTube, because I found their playing to be spirited and excellent:
Here is the Haydn Op. 20 number 3, first movement:
And now the fourth movement:
Tags: Gémeaux Quartett , Haydn quartet, Op. 20 number 3