Beethoven’s fifteenth string quartet is a profound work of melancholy and joy – its majestic third movement juxtaposes a solemn religious song with a lively section marked ‘Neue Kraft fühlend’ (feeling new strength). In this concert, singers from the Faculty of Music join the innovative Kreutzer quartet to find more contrasts, performing songs accompanied by string quartet, and string quartets inspired by songs.
Haydn
String Quartet in D minor op. 103 Hob. III:83
‘Der Greis’ Hob XXVc:5 for voices and string quartet
Beethoven
‘Elegischer Gesang’ for Voices and Strings op. 188
String Quartet no. 15 in A minor op. 132, ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’
