Opus 76 Quartet – 'Haydn and Schubert'
February 26, 2023 | Yardley Hall Stage (Seating is limited.)
Past Event
Join the Midwest Trust Center’s Artists-in-Residence for an intimate performance on the stage of Yardley Hall. Patrons will sit in the round as the Opus 76 Quartet plays works by Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert.
Described as a “brilliant young string quartet” by London’s Spectator and giving “certainly passionate performances” by The Kansas City Star, Opus 76 Quartet is proud to return to MTC as artists-in-residence.
Program
- Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1 by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- String Quartet No. 13 in A minor - “Rosamunde” by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The quartet’s residency, which began as digital artists-in-residence in 2021, saw the group embark on a number of critically acclaimed recording projects in partnership with MTC as part of its innovative digital concert series, “Eat, Drink, Play!”
Adding to its previous recordings of “The Complete Works for String Quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven,” (broadcast live on Kansas Public Radio (KPR) in 2020), Opus 76 recorded Mendelssohn’s Op. 44 No. 1, Schubert’s Quintet in C, Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, Mozart’s Quintet No. 3 in C Major, Bartók’s Quartet No. 1 and Mozart’s“The Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn,” a project also supported by KPR.
In addition to a national touring schedule, as part of its residency the Quartet runs The Sunrise Program, which provides a year of free lessons and performance opportunities to selected students in the Kansas City metro area.