At the request of his publisher, in 1787 Haydn produced a reduced version for string quartet: Haydn’s Opus 51. This is the form in which the music is most often heard today: a group of seven works .With the Introduction abutting Sonata I and Sonata VII joined by the Earthquake. The first violin part includes the Latin text directly under the notes, which “speak” the words musically.

INTRODUCTION
FIRST WORD – “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”
SECOND WORD – “Today you will be with me in Paradise “
THIRD WORD – “ Woman, behold your son”
FOURTH WORD – “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ? “
FIFTH WORD – “ I thirst”
SIXTH WORD – “ It is finished “
SEVENTH WORD – “Father into your hands I commenf my spirit” – EARTHQUAKE