Classical Performance Podcast: The Chiara String Quartet plays Haydn

Haydn originally wrote his "Seven Last Words of Christ" as an oratorio for the cathedral at the Spanish port city of Cadiz. It was intended to be heard at the Good Friday Service, in between readings and discourses on each of the seven last statements of Christ on the Cross. We hear five movements in this abbreviated version.
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Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51 (portion)
The Chiara String Quartet
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I. Introduzione: Maestoso et Adagio.
II. Sonata I: Largo - Pater dimitte illis quia nesciunt, quid faciunt ("Father forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.").
III. Sonata IV: Largo - Deus meus, deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me ("My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")?
IV. Sonata V: Adagio - Sitio ("I thirst.").
V. Il Terremoto (The earthquake): Presto e con tutta la forza.
Chiara String Quartet: Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello

More info:
http://www.chiaraquartet.net
Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 12th, 2009.
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