(Joseph Haydn)
This quartet was written as one of Joseph Haydn’s Six Quartets for Flute and Strings, Opus 5, in 1768 for flute, violin, viola and cello. The introduction of a quartet where a flute is accompanied by a string trio has been said to rival the immense popularity of the string quartet and several quartets that were originally meant for strings alone have since been arranged for flute.
In 1957 the Dutch music collector Anthony van Hoboken published his J. Haydn: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis where he gave this piece the catalogue number Hoboken II: G4.
It is included in the repertoire of the Nephele Ensemble, was a featured work in the Grand Canyon Music Festival in 2000 with Clare Hoffman on the flute and has been recorded by The London Trios and in The Age of Elegance by The Galeazzi Ensemble.
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