Chamber Concert

Programme

Henry Purcell
Vier Fantasien für Streichquartett

Giovanni B. Pergolesi
Salve Regina for Alto and String Quartet in F Minor

Anton Webern
Three pieces for string quartet and singing voice

Franz Schubert
Salve Regina in A major, D 676

Interval

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D 887

Julie Catherine Eggli, Mezzo-Soprano

Münchner Streichquartett

Anne Schoenholtz, Violin

Stephan Hoever, Violin

Mathias Schessl, Viola

Jan Mischlich, Cello

about the programme

“Sorrow always – upward glance – celestial dew – recollection”: thus the words that Anton Webern set in his aphoristically short work for soprano and string quartet. They also stand as a motto for this unusual and cleverly assembled programme. The works in the first section come from completely different eras and interlock like meditations – devout, contemplative, ravishingly beautiful, yet pervaded by a “sweet” tone of sorrow. Schubert’s G major Quartet also directs its gaze into unknown dimensions. Few works of chamber music sustain the combination of sorrow and supplication with such existential force and urgency as this unique visionary creation from the year 1826.