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Live from Cheltenham Town Hall, Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Consone Quartet play quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn as part of this year's annual music festival. Favourites of Mozart's, the six quartets Haydn composed in 1781 and published as his opus 33 set, are brimming with charm, characteristic wit and invention. Way ahead of its time, No 4 has an especially moving slow movement. The String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 44, No. 3 of 1838 came at a particularly happy moment in Mendelssohn's life, and reflects his appreciation for the classical forms of Haydn and Mozart.

Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Haydn: String Quartet Op 33 No 4 in B flat minor
Mendelssohn: String Quartet op 44 No 3 in E flat major
Consone Quartet
Agata Dara拧kaite, violin
Magdalena Loth-Hill, violin
Elitsa Bogdanova, viola
George Ross, cello

Produced by Johannah Smith