Between 1757 and 1799, Franz Joseph Haydn completed 67 string quartets. Every one, even the lightweight early divertimentos, has something in it to enjoy. Many of the last quartets are masterpieces.

Is the Bay Area really the center of classical music disruption, the region’s favorite term? Last week offered some reasons to think so. There was the news that the San Francisco Symphony had made Esa ...

While the Doric are incapable of a dull or unconsidered phrase, their liberties with tempo and silence can be extreme. A case in point is their faltering opening of No 2, presumably to underline the ...

The Schmitt edition also differs in the more nitty-gritty details of dynamics, articulation and so on – those things that excite musicologists but are less likely to bother all but the most obsessive ...

Franz Joseph Haydn is revered by music lovers as the Father of the Symphony, and indeed he was the first figure to achieve greatness in that genre. But about the time he began writing symphonies, he ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares the pieces by Joseph Haydn, also known as “the king of strings,” that mean the most to him. A playlist is available where ...