4pm – Salle Empire, Hôtel de Paris
CONCERT – SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL
Unique in its genre, the Schoenberg’s String Quartet no. 2 (1907-1908) introduces a soprano voice in the last two movements, singing verses by the poet Stefan George. With this work, the human voice leaves the operatic stage to enter the intimate world of chamber music. Anna Maria Pammer is one the few singers who feel able to tackle this poetic score, so perilous is it in requiring the soloist to soar in vertiginous registers. In its version for string sextet, the romantic Verklärte Nacht (1899) here feels like a “chamber symphonic poem”.
Photo / Quatuor Zemlinsky ©Ilona Sochorová
Arnold Schönberg
Verklaerte Nacht, op. 4 (version pour sextuor à cordes)
Quatuor à cordes n°2 en fa dièse mineur, op. 10 (avec soprano)
Zemlinsky Quartet
Anna Maria Pammer, soprano
Michal Kaňka, cello
Josef Klusoñ, viola