Ligeti Quartet No.1 'Metamophoses nocturnes'
Schubert String Quartet in C minor (Quartettsatz), D703
Schubert Quartet in D minor D810 'Death and the Maiden'

Founded in 2012 the Berlin-based vision string quartet has established itself as one of the finest young string quartets of its generation. Juxtaposing classical string quartet repertoire alongside their own compositions and arrangements of disparate genres, the four young musicians experiment with innovative concert formats and collaborations. All their programmes are performed standing up and completely from memory, lending an additional intimacy and intensity that have been widely praised.

For this concert, they pair two well-known and much-loved quartets by Schubert with Ligeti’s first string quartet composed in 1953-4 in Budapest prior to the composer’s defection to Germany. A one-movement work of around 20 minutes, the 17 sections of wildly contrasting moods provide a sharp contrast to the Schubert that follows.