WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.

What: The fourth and final performance of the season will feature works from Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Joseph Haydn. When: 3 p.m. Sunday Where: The Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is on a mission to promote the composer who made the string quartet the cornerstone of chamber music. It was the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, back in the 1700s, who ...

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 ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet, and Scottish folk music in their latest release, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...

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.

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 ...

Donald Macleod enjoys a masterclass in string quartet writing from one of the great masters of the form, Joseph Haydn. Show more Donald Macleod surveys the string quartets of Joseph Haydn. From his ...