Elias String Quartet
Programme
HENRY PURCELL (1659?–1695)
Fantasia No. 8 in D minor, Z 739
Fantasia No. 10 in E minor, Z 741
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
String Quartet in A minor, op. 41/1
Andante espressivo – Allegro
Scherzo: Presto
Adagio
Presto
Intermission
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
String Quartet in A minor, D 804 »Rosamunde«
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante
Menuetto (Allegretto) with trio
Allegro moderato
Encores:
»Da Dag Dawn« (Traditional)
»Calvin's Road« (Donald Shaw)
Artists
Elias String Quartet
Sara Bitlloch (violin)
Donald Grant (violin)
Simone van der Giessen (viola)
Marie Bitlloch (violoncello)
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