1. Allegro ma non troppo - Franz Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 - Wanderer Quintet (V2)

Описание: (from a Facebook post - March 31th 2025)

(Part 2/2) - Decoding and interpreting Schubert’s final chamber work - a personal take

TLDR - it inspires one to look for the duality in themselves and make the two come together.
To reinforce the symbolism, I had to write this a separate day. YouTube is a very meta medium. I was talking to a minister, trying to organise our concert in a church. ““You know, it is the Lent period,” he said. “Does the concert have anything to do with that? During this time, we mostly allow sacred music. Later, you are always welcome, but let’s wait until Easter, alright?”. “Well, you know, it is beautiful, peaceful music. We would play with a lot of dignity—we definitely wouldn’t upset anyone.” At the time, I hadn’t thought about it. But weeks later, I realized—it has everything to do with Lent. Whichever theory of Schubert’s CoD you subscribe to, some meditation on death and the afterlife must have taken place, whether or not he knew when would it happen. There were some especially imaginative moments of his later work. His late music can evoke unsettling images—vomiting and recovering as if nothing happened, painful sores, dizziness, and more (see op. 960, 956, 887). As if the beautiful moments aren’t what demand attention. One could argue that contrast is what makes it all stand out even more. Especially when you are left guessing for some time, and then find out only post hoc. Good - bad. God - Devil. Control - Creativity. Science - fine art. Hilarious - Whatever the opposite is. Columbia - Ethiopia. Healed - still broken. Straightened - curved. Published - rejected.

Ema Smiljanić - violin
Doris Tkalčević - violin
Dora Palac - viola
Ana Majer - violoncello
Ivan Džajić - double bass