NDR Chamber Music Concert: String Quartets

Matthus / Schubert

This concert has already taken place! 16.20 | 22.20 | 27.20
This concert has already taken place! 16.20 | 22.20 | 27.20
Elph-Quartett
Elph-Quartett © Tobias Heimann
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Start 19:30

  • End ca. 21:05

Description

It takes courage for a composer to invite direct comparison with a repertoire classic. Siegfried Matthus – one of the foremost composers of East Germany before the fall of the wall – dared to do this in 1997 with his string quartet »Das Mädchen und der Tod«. It is a 20th century answer to Schubert’s »Der Tod und das Mädchen«. Here, death appears as a drug dealer offering beautiful dreams. »In the finale of my quartet, Schubert’s song floats in like an echo from another world,« says Matthus about his use of the Schubert original.

Performers

Elphier-Quartett

Ljudmila Minnibaeva violin
Julius Beck violin
Alla Rutter viola
Sebastian Gaede violoncello

Programme

Siegfried Matthus
Streichquartett »Das Mädchen und der Tod«

Franz Schubert
Streichquartett d-Moll D 810 »Der Tod und das Mädchen«

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