Charisma and consummate skill: Merel Quartet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 22 September 2020

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Reviewed at Tonhalle Maag, Zurich on 20 September 2020

Haydn, String Quartet no. 26 in G minor, Op.20 no.3, Hob III:33

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810

Merel Quartet

Mary Ellen Woodside, Violin

Edouard Mätzener, Violin

Alessandro D'Amico, Viola

Rafael Rosenfeld, Cello

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.