The Opus 76 Quartet: Keeping Score

On this episode of "Keeping Score" - we talk about the energy of Haydn and how it is central to good interpretations of the great composer's work. We also discuss how we find tempos in Quartet rehearsal, and what it means to really be "on the same...

On this episode of "Keeping Score" we interview our 'cellist, Sascha Groschang, about her experiences learning the 'cello in Kansas City before travelling to New York to continue her studies. We also discuss her penchant for exploring alternative...

Opus 76 Quartet Violist Ashley Stanfield shares her musical story in this episode of "Keeping Score" - including what it was like starting to learn a musical instrument aged 11 in the Kansas State School system, as well as study with luminaries of the...

This week we perform and discus Beethoven's final quartet - the delightfully eccentric op.135 - featuring an interview with Opus 76 Quartet violinist (and our resident Hungarian) Zsolt Eder. He has had an interesting musical life himself spanning...

Josef Haydn was the son of a poor wheelwright in rural Austria who against all the odds rose to great prominence as a court musician and composer. Find out more about the origins of a man who began his relationship with music playing air violin on...

Learn how composer Antonin Dvorak created the sound of America at the request of a Grocery Empire - with programme notes by Michael Keelan, and a live recording of Dvorak's American Quartet. Featuring - for the first time - interviews with all four...

"Keeping Score" is joined by Father Paul Turner of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri USA for a discussion on Haydn's Lenten tone poem - "The Seven Last Words of Christ" followed by a live recorded performance of the...

Our second episode highlights the Lionel Messi of Classical Music - the Greatest Prodigy of All Time - and one of the most mercurial talents in the history of Civilization: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! We talk about and perform arguably his most famous work...

Listen to the very first episode of "The Opus 76 Quartet: Keeping Score" - which features some interesting facts into one of our very favourite pieces - as well as a live performance of it!