Artiste: Pascal Moraguès

Zwei kontrastreiche und mitreißende Quartett-Programme boten die Salzburger Festspiele im Mozarteum direkt hintereinander: das Leonkoro Quartet mit Haydn, Britten und Brahms und ein französisches Klavierquartett mit Klarinette bei Messiaens Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

As he does when his spirit is most honestly invoked, Schumann spoke directly across the ages through Moraguès and Pinto-Ribeiro, and in the process allowed the two musicians to reveal the dimensions of their own love for music.

With more than a hundred Academy students hanging over their seats at the side of the hall like their equivalents in The Red Shoes 70 years ago, nine of the world's finest musicians took on Schubert in Lisbon.

A nameless octet competes with the big names and easily wins the silver medal in Salzburg.