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String Quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn

Haydn's magical 'Sunrise' Quartet and Mendelssohn's final work

Part of the Summer Music in City Churches 2025 Festival

Add to my Calendar 23-06-2025 13:00 23-06-2025 15:00 36 String Quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn Haydn's String Quartet No.4 is known and loved as the 'Sunrise' quartet for its magical opening: a dreamy, gracefully ascending theme on the first violin, over sustained chords in the lower strings. Sunlight pervades the rest of the quartet, along with echoes of Eastern European folk dance. Darkness descends with Mendelssohn's Sixth Quartet. Full of emotion and foreboding, it was written in memory of his beloved sister, Fanny, who had died suddenly aged 41 earlier that year, and as the sun set on Felix's own short life. He was to die just two months later, at the age of 38. This is a lunchtime concert lasting one hour with no interval. Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London. St Mary Abchurch, London DD/MM/YYYY

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Abchurch Lane
City of London
London
EC4N 7BA
England

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Prices: £6 - £12

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Haydn's String Quartet No.4 is known and loved as the 'Sunrise' quartet for its magical opening: a dreamy, gracefully ascending theme on the first violin, over sustained chords in the lower strings. Sunlight pervades the rest of the quartet, along with echoes of Eastern European folk dance.

Darkness descends with Mendelssohn's Sixth Quartet. Full of emotion and foreboding, it was written in memory of his beloved sister, Fanny, who had died suddenly aged 41 earlier that year, and as the sun set on Felix's own short life. He was to die just two months later, at the age of 38.

This is a lunchtime concert lasting one hour with no interval.

Kestrel Music presents its seventh annual festival, ‘Summer Music in City Churches’, 18 - 27 June 2025 – an eight-day celebration of music in the City of London. Choral requiem settings form the cornerstones, inspiring this year’s theme ‘Eternal Light’. Guest artists are drawn from the finest musicians performing internationally today, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Choir, conductors Sir John Rutter and Daniel Hyde, and soloists including guitarists Jack Hancher and Gus McQuade, pianists Iain Farrington, Lucy Parham, Mark Bebbington and Viv McLean, and singers Eleanor Grant, Edward Grint and Rachel Nicholls. Embracing the theme of ‘Eternal Light’ – sunrise, moonlight and reflected light in nature, as well as the everlasting light of remembrance – live music takes place in four of the historic churches in the City of London.

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