Chloé Thominet Viola

Carter Coleman Violin

Colin Laursen

+1 other

WIth Valentine's Day around the corner, nothing better than a bit of dead serious music to celebrate.

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ("Death and the Maiden")

I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo Allegro molto
IV. Presto

(~30-40 minutes)

"Die Tod und das Mädchen" - Matthias Claudius
The Maiden:
"Oh! leave me! Prithee, leave me! thou grisly man of bone!
For life is sweet, is pleasant.
Go! leave me now alone!
Go! leave me now alone!"

Death:
"Give me thy hand, oh! maiden fair to see,
For I'm a friend, hath ne'er distress'd thee.
Take courage now, and very soon
Within mine arms shalt softly rest thee!"[12]