Sunday 20 February 2011

70 days: Blanket # 51: quartet















THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The London Concerts 2011

Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soprano: Anna Prohaska
Piano: Bishara Harouni


STRING QUARTET

Violin: Guy Braunstein
Violin: Christoph Streuli
Viola: Amihai Grosz
Cello: Ludwig Quandt


PROGRAMME

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in C minor, D. 703
(Quartettsatz) 9'

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
String Quartet No.2, in F sharp minor, Op.10 (1907-8)
(with soprano) 30'

Gustav Mahler (1869-1911)
Quartet movement in A minor for piano and strings (1876) 11'

Arnold Schoendberg (1874-1951)
Chamber Symphony No.1 Op.9 (1906) 21'


Blanket # 51:
  • quartet
  • chamber
  • symphony
  • composition (Mahler)
  • haunting
  • nostalgic

Mahler | 28-bar sketch | Scherzo in G minor | Alfred Schnittke |1988

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