The Death and the Maiden – Belcea Quartet
Chamber music
Wednesday 18 August 2021
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
Founded in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, initially accompanied by the members of the Alban Berg and Amadeus Quartets, the Belcea Quartet has for over a quarter of a century been a benchmark in the highly competitive world of the string quartet, as exemplified by Beethoven's complete cycles, which sealed its “legacy”. After Britten, they have chosen to perform possibly the most beautiful quartet ever composed: Schubert's “Death and the Maiden”. An overwhelming “act of faith”, in which Life supports a radiant – though uneven – face-to-face with Death, and in which the incredible virtuosity of the writing disappears beneath the irresistible wave of expressivity.
Belcea Quartet
Corina Belcea, Violin
Axel Schacher, Violin
Krzysztof Chorzelski, Viola
Antoine Lederlin, Cello
| Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | |
| String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 | 30' |
| Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D 810 “The Death and the Maiden” | 40' |
| 70' | |
| CHF 80/60/40 |
