Gotham Early Music Scene

The Dodd String Quartet

Claire Jolivet, violin
Theresa Salomon, violin
Jessica Troy, viola
James Wilson, cello

The Birth of the String Quartet

Quartet in C major, Op. 5 No.1 (1757?)                    Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
     Allegro con brio

Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 1 (1806)               George Onslow (1784–1853)
     Minuetto: Allegro/Trio

Quartet No.2 in E minor, Op.44 (1837)                     Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
     Andante                                                                 (1809–1847)

Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2 (1788?)                 Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
     Vivace