Evening concert: Spohr, Sirmen, Mendelssohn, Pleyel Orkest vd 18e Eeuw + Kitgut Quartet

Surprises from lesser-known composers. This original program proves that lesser-known composers can provide surprises. Spohr's concert is on the border between the classical era and romanticism, just like Fanny Mendelssohn's quartet. Maddalena Sirmen, a Venetian student of Baroque composer Giuseppe Tartini, was writing her quartets as Haydn began to record their form. Pleyel studied with Haydn and later became his friendly competitor in London.