Artists
- Brett Deancomposer
- Armida Quartet
- Martin Fundaviolin
- Johanna Staemmlerviolin
- Teresa Schwamm-Biskampviola
- Peter-Philipp Staemmlercello
- Lotte Betts-Deanmezzo-soprano
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Brett Dean
Image credit: © Bettina Stöss
Archived Event
Brett Dean, Janáček and R Schumann
Brett Dean composer; Armida Quartet; Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano
- Date
- Mon 22 Jan 2024, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135(arranged by Brett Dean for mezzo-soprano and string quartet) (world première of arrangement)
- Leoš Janáček1854-1928
- String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'
Interval
- Brett Deanb. 1961
- Madame ma bonne sœur for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Overview
Returning to perform Dean’s piece based on letters written by Mary Stuart are the work's original performers from Oxford in 2021; the piece perfectly matches Schumann’s settings of her poetic texts, and indeed Janáček’s piece based on his own letters.
