Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern present an adaptation of the Grammy award-winning programme ​‘Death and the Maiden’ in a unique poetic concert-movie experience.

The concert programme around Schubert’s most famous quartet ​‘Death and the Maiden’ will be staged in the unique atmosphere of Bern’s Reitschule and realized as a poetic concert film. Works from the Middle Ages to modern times contrast and interweave Schubert’s most famous quartet ​‘Death and the Maiden’. The song setting of the eponymous poem by Matthias Claudius, which was created earlier, can also be experienced in this programme — with Patricia Kopatchinskaja as vocal artist.

To find out more about the concert-movie you can listen to this special introductory podcast recording available in English and German (approx 12 minutes). 

Programme

August Nörmiger (~1560 – 1613)

Toden Tanz, arranged for strings and percussion by Michi Wiancko

Anonymous

Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140, arranged for solo violin and strings by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

I. Allegro from Death and the Maiden, string quartet no. 14 in D minor D 810, arranged for string orchestra by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Death and the Maiden D 531, arranged for string orchestra and voice by Michi Wiancko

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

II. Andante con moto from Death and the Maiden, string quartet no. 14 in D minor D 810, arranged for string orchestra by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Carlo Gesualdo (1566 – 1613)

Moro, lasso, al mio duolo from Madrigals, Libro 6

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

III. Scherzo, Allegro molto from «Death and the Maiden», string quartet no. 14 in D minor D 810, arranged for string orchestra by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

György Kurtág (*1926)

Ligatura-Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) op. 31b

György Kurtág (*1926)

Ruhelos from Kafka-Fragmente for solo violin op. 24

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

IV. Presto from Death and the Maiden, string quartet no. 14 in D minor D 810, arranged for string orchestra by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Duration: Ca. 60 – 70 minutes.
Showing across multiple time zones worldwide.

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Concert showing internationally on 27 and 31 March, with a special showing for Japanese audiences on 28 March.