Joie de vivre in Dvořák and Schubert at the Schubertiade

By Sarah Batschelet, 31 August 2017

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Reviewed at Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, Schwarzenberg on 29 August 2017

Dvořák, String Quintet no. 2 in G major, Op.77

Schubert, Octet in F major, D.803, Op.166

Paul Meyer, Clarinet

Alejandro Núñes, French horn

Marco Postinghel, Bassoon

Baiba Skride, Violin

Gergana Gergova, Violin

Veronika Hagen, Viola

Clemens Hagen, Cello

Roberto Di Ronza, Double Bass

Anna Prohaska and friends in Salzburg Schubert

Jonathan Sutherland, 26th August

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

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Extending traditions: Jörg Widmann and the Hagen Quartet

Edward Sava-Segal, 22nd March

In Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, the dialogue between instruments, underlined by changes in moods and textures, had an operatic quality.

****1

The Hagen Quartet at the Festival de Pâques

Mark Valencia, 7th April

A performance that sacrificed a degree of Gallic fragrance in its pursuit of precision.

****1

Das Hagen-Quartett und Jörg Widmann laden in die Komponierstube

Sebastian Urmoneit, 12th November

Das Hagen-Quartett und Jörg Widmann laden in die Komponierstuben von Robert Schumann und Johannes Brahms ein.

*****

Keine „Museums-Musik“: Hagen Quartett und Jörg Widmann in Berlin

Sebastian Urmoneit, 20th January

Jörg Widmann und das Hagen Quartett lassen vermeintlich bekannte Werke lebendig werden.

*****

Le jour des seigneurs : les Casals et les Hagen à la Biennale

Tristan Labouret, 23rd January

En ce dernier jour de la Biennale de quatuors à cordes de la Philharmonie, les Espagnols et les Autrichiens ont proposé une passionnante opposition de styles dans des œuvres du style classique.

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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.