The Escher String Quartet Lunchtime Concert

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Bath Festivals and BBC Radio 3 present The Escher String Quartet Lunchtime Conert.

Schubert String Trio in B Flat, D471
Schubert String Quartet in A Minor, D804 "Rosamunde"

The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its individual sound, unparalleled artistry and unique cohesiveness. The ensemble takes its name from Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher and draws inspiration from the artist's method of interplay between individual components working together to form a whole.  They are one of the BBC's ‘New Generation Artists' for 2010-2012, a scheme that exists to nurture young musical talent.

They'll be opening with Schubert's String Trio in B Flat, an incomplete composition written in his nineteenth year, which demonstrates his youthful sparkle as well as his respect for the music of the Viennese masters.  In contrast his String Quartet in A Minor, which was composed in 1824, seems almost an elegy for his lost youth. Hauntingly melancholic, it earns its nickname from the beginning of the Second Movement as it is based on a theme from the incidental music he had recently written for the play Rosamunde.

The Escher quartet is excellent...the group was polished and rhythmically vibrant, lively without being rough, light yet present in two Mendelssohn works and ever so slightly stouter and more intense in two by Schumann. New York Times

Finely honed technique and a focused ensemble blend are this group's strong suits...a dark ambrosial brew all its own. Boston Globe

This performance will be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3 in Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 

Booking:  Bath Box Office Tel: (01225) 463362