SIGNUM QUARTETT
Widmann: Study on Beethoven II and Works by Janáček & Haydn
© Irène Zandel
Florian Donderer
Violin
Annette Walther
Violin
Xandi van Dijk
Viola
Thomas Schmitz
Violoncello
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major Hob. III:77 Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor"
Leoš Janácek
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
Jörg Widmann
String Quartet No. 7 (Study on Beethoven II)
The South African–German Signum Quartett continues the two-season concert cycle dedicated to Jörg Widmann’s String Quartets Nos. 6 to 10. His second “Study on Beethoven,” which premiered in Cologne in 2020, is paired with Janáček’s equally personal Second Quartet, subtitled Intimate Letters and written in 1928 just a few months before the composer’s death. Haydn’s famous “Emperor” Quartet, which takes its name from a set of variations on the song “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser,” opens the program.
Approximate running time: 1h 45m with one intermission
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