Endellion String Quartet play Haydn's "The Joke" Presto

Part four of four. The Endellion String Quartet play Franz Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 33 No. 2 (The Joke) at the San Miguel de Allende international Chamber Music Festival 2010 July 29th 2010

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[dryiceage]

You can imagine them sitting around a table and laughing at non resolved 4-3 Suspensions!

[Engelbrecht Twentynghe]

I wish I could have seen this when it premiered and we didn't already know the punch line.

[Kenneth Tan]

No... it wasn't wrong...

[Sean Marsh]

Wrong note at 1:53?



[Kenneth Tan]

I love this song! WHY WON'T THIS END???!!!!!! HAHAAHAH

[grevejp44]

I feel like if Haydn were alive today he would play Shave and a Hair Cut, Two(but no bits)

[grevejp44]

Haydn: The Original Troll :D

[t3hwasabi]

Actually cried a little when I saw this...

[xOMGxTwilightx1]

True! Predominantly, baroque strings would have been viols, which had a much harsher, tinny timbre. It would have been unlikely, also, for suspensions, seventh chords and pedals in new keys not to resolve - Baroque music was very by-the-book - which in this case they do not in order to reinforce the theme of a "scherzo" (joke). Hope this helps :)