IRENE DE WOLODIMEROFF (Soprano)
THE KUTCHER STRING QUARTET:
SAMUEL KUTCHER (Violin); PIERRE TAS (Violin); RAYMOND JEREMY (Viola); DOUGLAS
CAMERON (Violoncello)
THE string quartets of Haydn are almost all full of bright spirits, and even of mirth. The one to be played in this programme begins with a more serious strain than some, but very soon ' Papa' as the whole world of music affectionately calls Haydn, breaks off into something very like chuckles.
The slow second movement, very short, has a hint of wistfulness in its tune, but it, too, is interrupted by merry little runs in the first violin part.
The two tunes in the third Movement—the Minuet which begins and ends it, as well as the one in the middle section called the ' Trio '—are both full of the most charming grace, and tho last Movement, energetic and vigorous, makes a good deal of use of the device of syncopation which runs riot in modern dance music.