BERG, Alban

Lyric Suite for string quartet

I. Allegretto gioviale

Rainer Schmidt, Professor

Bennewitz Quartet
Jirí Nemecek, violin
Stepán Jezek, violin
Jirí Pinkas, viola
Stepán Dolezal, cello

Professor Rainer Schmidt comments all the aspects related to expression and character of this movement and work in depth any detail to get the atmosphere of this masterpieces of the Expressionism. All the elements have a close relation with the expression. In some passages, sometimes it is necessary to get into the string to get a deeper sound. They work on the character of the middle voices. In certain moments, Professor Rainer takes the place of the second violin to play with the quartet and it is the student who gives his comments about sound outside. They study tempo, dynamics, articulation… and all the parameters that influences the expression.

Language: English