Chamber Music played by The Kutcher String Quartet:
Samuel Kutcher (violin) ; Max Saal peter (violin) ; Raymond Jeremy (viola) ; Douglas Cameron (violoncello)
Quartet in C
1 Allegro con moto. 2 Minuetto. 3 Adagio. 4 Finale: Allegro giusto
Boccherini was one of the foremost 'cellists of the eighteenth century, and also a composer of immense industry. It used to be said that he was a fountain of which it was only necessary to turn on the tap to produce a stream of music. He left no fewer than 467 instrumental works, including twenty symphonies, all of them marked by simple, natural melodiousness and by a dignified and courtly style. He and Haydn had a mutual regard, and the relation of Boccherini's music to that of the more famous master was characterised in the saying that ' Boccherini was the wife of Haydn '.
Further programmes in this series will be broadcast as follows: Tuesday (Regional, 9.40), Wednesday (Regional, 8.0), Thursday (National,
8.0), and Friday (National, 10.0).