Bach Charlotte: Haydn After Hours
Thu, Jan 21
|St. Mark's Lutheran Church
String quartets, luminous chorales, and the wit that changed chamber music.
Time & Location
Jan 21, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1001 Queens Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207, USA
About the event
Haydn knew how to surprise an audience. In this intimate opening-night program, two of his great string quartets reveal a composer of dazzling invention, sly humor, and astonishing emotional range. The C major Quartet from Op. 20 looks back toward the contrapuntal world of Bach with its brilliant final fugue, while the E-flat major Quartet, Op. 33 No. 2, “The Joke,” plays with expectation, timing, and theatrical wit in ways that still feel fresh more than two centuries later.
Set alongside luminous chorale settings by C. P. E. Bach, the evening offers a vivid portrait of the musical world after J. S. Bach: rooted in craft, alive with conversation, and full of new possibilities. Elegant, surprising, and deeply human, Haydn After Hours is chamber music with sparkle, intellect, and a wink.
Featuring
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2…