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On Sunday, August 30 at 3:00 pm, the Sunrise String Quartet, which has performed at the Kennedy Center and the Corcoran Museum, will join pianist Brian Ganz, one of the leading pianists of his ...

Haydn's "Sunrise" String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 4, in B-flat earns its nickname right at the beginning, with a luminous violin solo that ascends out of the ensemble texture like dawn rising. It was a ...

The delicately glowing opening of the “Sunrise” Quartet is one of the most magical moments in all of Haydn’s string quartets, and this gentle aurora will introduce us to a new generation of musicians.

In the 21st century, I listen to Haydn and think, 'classical', but the Isidore String Quartet is reminding me that in 1797, his "Sunrise" string quartet was a work of popular music, sharing how a day ...