»Schubert is inhumanly industrious. He has been writing an octet with the greatest zeal for a long time now. If you come to him during the day, he says ›hello, how are you?‹ – ›fine‹, and continues writing, after which you leave.« It was not only astonishing to his friend Moritz von Schwind how Schubert was able to produce one masterpiece after another in rapid succession during the last years of his life. The new musical paths that the composer took in 1824 with the composition of his great octet are the focus of this program. It is completed by a performance of Dvorák’s Quintet op. 77, which is characterized by its many echoes of Czech folk music.
PERFORMERS
Sono Tokuda violin
Boris Bachmann violin
Gabriel Uhde viola
Katharina Kühl violoncello
Michael Rieber double bass
Julius Ockert clarinet
Amanda Kleinbart french horn
David Spranger bassoon
PROGRAM
Antonín Dvoák
Streichquintett G-Dur op. 77
Franz Schubert
Octet in F major, D 803
