Opus 1 No. 3 in D Major - falling waters

A large degree of compliment is on display in Hadyn's string quartets. What I like most about this complementary work is the tonal movement of the subtle melodies that Haydn composes. In Opus 1 No. 3 in D Major, Haydn weaves a lovely tonal pattern across all five movements, but I am most draw to the first adagio movement and the third presto movement.

( Later in two menuettos and two presto movements, Haydn wiggles around his original theme, but just seems to miss the boat - so to speak).



Here is where my interest lie. First to set the context, I have inserted this original sketch of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Falling Waters.

What I like most in the first movement is a simple melodic build to a two part cascade. here it is.

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In this section, Haydn lets alternating violins fall down the register 10 times while her companion strings hold a note. Each one of these moves in a pattern of water falling off a rock - nature and man come together to express the complimentary qualities.

The first presto No,3 accomplishes a similar feat only in another dimension. Here it is.


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