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NDR Chamber Music Concert with the Elphier-Quartett and Alan Gilbert

Date & Time
Sat, May 10, 2025, 19:30
Alan Gilbert on the viola: together with the Elphier Quartet, the trained violinist and violist performs works by Schubert, Britten, Bruch and Schulhoff in the Elbphilharmonie’s Small Hall.

Keywords: Chamber Music, Recital

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Musicians

Ljudmila MinnibaevaViolin
Yihua Jin-MengelViolin
Alla RutterViola
Phillip WentrupCello
Alan GilbertViola
Andreas GrünkornCello

Program

Quartet Movement in C minor, D 703Franz Schubert
Streichquintett a-Moll op. posth.Max Bruch
Phantasy für Streichquintett f-MollBenjamin Britten
Streichsextett WV 70Erwin Schulhoff
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