Chamber Music Series: Esposito Quartet: White Man Sleeps

Haydn String Quartet in E flat major Op.33 No.2 The Joke [1781] Kevin Volans White Man Sleeps [1982] Dvořák String Quartet in E flat major Op.51 Slavonic [1879] The wonderful Esposito Quartet has toured in every NSQF season since 2018, always bringing warmth and energy to their music-making. ​​​​​​​ Haydn’s E flat major quartet The Joke is the second of his revolutionary Op.33 set of quartets, in which conversational ease, rhythmic playfulness and sly humour redefined what a quartet could be. Its famous finale, with its teasing false endings, remains one of Haydn’s most delightful inventions.