As the first composer, Mozart started working seriously with dissonances.
He did so in a string quartet that he dedicated to Haydn. At the time, this was both literally and figuratively unheard of. These dissonances inspired Haydn to represent chaos in his mega-popular oratorio ‘The Creation’. And Beethoven followed his example in a string quartet. On April 2, 1800, Beethoven organized his first concert, featuring not only his own works but also two pieces from ‘The Creation’. Success was guaranteed. We will reconstruct that concert.
Joseph Haydn: ‘Die Vorstellung des Chaos’ from ‘The Creation’
Capella Augustina conducted by Andreas Spering
Ludwig van Beethoven: Movement 3 from Septet in E-flat major op. 20
Wiener Kammerensemble
Joseph Haydn: Menuet from String Quartet in G major op. 76/1
Quatuor Ebène
Ludwig van Beethoven: Menuetto from Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 21
Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
Joseph Haydn: Nos. 8 and 32 from ‘The Creation’
Sunhae Im, soprano
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass
Capella Augustina conducted by Andreas Spering
Ludwig van Beethoven: 1st movement from String Quartet in C major op. 59/3 ‘Razumovsky’
Belcea Quartet
