Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 "The Joke" IV. Presto

Just the fourth movement!
Performed by The Batmen
Paul Grobey, violin.
Tess Isaac, violin.
Caitlin Cribbs, viola.
Jeff Harvick, cello.

April 9, 2008.

(You can see our chamber music director about to clap before the end in the bottom left corner. Sorry for the weird stuff at the end...)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• haydn
• joke
• string
• quartet
• presto
• opus
• 33
• no.

[fussbudget]

Is this......is this at the University of North Texas? Recital Hall, MU320?

[caitlinviola]

YES!

[caitlinviola]

@moldyoreo Sorry to offend you. I'm a Baroque musician as well. It's a mixture of Russian method, bad habits, and playing too much Baroque viola. No one is perfect (except for you, of course).

[BenToppi]

hehe, yea, what a tricky little joker that haydn was

[liamstoaster]

I love this piece.  Thanks for the upload.

[xanafanadu]

i feel like i heard this while watching bugs bunny...

[IshouldntbeonUtube]

@moldyoreo sometimes people should give up playing their instrument if they can only see flaws when someone performs

[Brianjdowling]

I was wondering where did you guys play and also where are you from?

[firdous23]

awesome!

[brothersamati]

There's a limit to how far you can milk the joke. Half the audience know the punch line already, including the fellow in the front row who will roar HO HO HO and clap to show he knows. I once played this in a Beijing park on a Sunday morning, where NOBODY had ever heard the piece, and we were able to count 12 full bars before downing tools. Can't do that in the Wigmore Hall.

[brothersamati]

@caitlinviola

There's a limit to how far you can milk the joke, because half the audience know it, and there'll be one guy in the front row who'll roar HO HO HO and clap to show he knows. I once had the pleasure of playing this in a Beijing park on a Sunday morning. There, NOBODY knew the piece, and we were able to solemnly count out 12 bars before we downed tools. Can't do that in the Wigmore Hall.

[jameswburton08]

Hahahahaha, Oh those dominant pedals!!!

[jiwoo8918]

this is cool

[jiwoo8918]

i love this style of music