Salzburg Festival 2012: Zurich Ballet and the Hagen Quartet

Synopsis

A singular project is staged at the Salzburg Festival with the famous Felsenreitschule as a backdrop: for the first time the renowned Hagen Quartet appears at the festival accompanied by a dance company. The Swiss grand master of dance Heinz Spoerli presents three works he choreographed for his Zurich Ballet set to three of the great works of the quartet literature: Leos Janácek's string quartet "Intimate Letters", Antonín Dvorák's "American Quartet" and Franz Schubert's string quartet "The Death and the Maiden".

Additional Info

• No: A045006480000
• Composer: Leos Janacek, Franz Schubert, Antonín Dvorák
• Orchestra: HAGEN QUARTETT
• Production year: 2012
• Run time: 01:35:00
• Director: Agnes Méth
• Producers: A co-production of ORF, ZDF/Arte and UNITEL in cooperation with Salzburg Festival and CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV