A meeting of two masterpieces of extraordinary emotional intensity:
Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet – famous not least for its heavenly, song-like ‘Andante cantabile’ – as well as Weber’s richly contrasting Clarinet Quintet, which, with its bel canto melodies and dramatic flair, is sometimes described as a ‘mini-opera’. With Sebastian Manz, an international soloist, chamber musician and principal clarinettist with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Schumann Quartet – one of the most distinguished string quartets of our time – has secured a top-class collaborator.
Quartet: Erik Schumann, violin | Ken Schumann, violin | Matthew McDowell, viola | Mark Schumann, cello
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34 (Source: Robert Schumann Hall)
