Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet, the country’s most famous chamber ensemble, performs musical miniatures and Schubert's Death and the Maiden. First we will hear a panopticon of works that expand the possibilities of the string quartet and yet remain very accessible. With Schubert's Quartet the mood changes abruptly: in its slow variation movement, the dark Romantic work evokes Schubert's celebrated song about the girl who struggles with death before finally yielding to the inevitable. Schubert's music even portrays her dying pulse. In the frenzied finale, the composer harks back to another of his songs as the music retells the story of Goethe's poem "Erlkönig."