Matthew Johnson
About the concert
Beethoven’s impact on the world of music was immense. Among the Romantic composers to inhabit Vienna after him, Alma and Gustav Mahler felt the profound effect of his work in their own music. Further afield, Anton Arensky’s string quartet – unusually scored for two cellos – borrowed the same folk melody that Beethoven used in his second ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet of 1806.
Programme
Alma Mahler
Five Songs:
-Laue Sommernacht
-Bei dir ist es traut
-Die stille Stadt
Beethoven
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Farrington)
Arensky
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35
Performers
Simon Crawford-Phillips - piano
Stephen Waarts - violin
Jonathan Stone - violin
Lawrence Power - viola
Adrian Brendel - cello
Gemma Rosefield - cello
Graham Mitchell - double bass
Philippa Davies - flute
Richard Hosford - clarinet
Lucy Wakeford - harp
Chris Brannick - percussion
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