Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Quatuor à cordes en fa mineur, op. 80

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quatuor à cordes en ré mineur, D 810 "Der Tod un das Mädchen"

Quatuor Minetti

Maria Ehmer, violon
Anna Knopp, violon
Milan Milojicic, alto
Leonhard Roczek, violoncelle

The connection between the life and work of the composer seems hardly more compelling than in the case of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no. 6 in F minor op. 80. Nothing seems more able to demystify a work of musicthan death itself. The title page of the manuscript of the String Quartet in D minor bears the date In March 1824 in Schubert’s own hand. And indeed, in the previous year Schubert did experience tragedy: professional failure and private disappointments tormented the composer in 1823.