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