Death and the Maidens
Overview
Intro
How do composers imagine death? From Schubert's Death and the Maiden to Shaw and Marsh, each finds their own image of dying — complemented by Arensky and Adès' pastoral landscapes.
How do composers imagine death? In Schubert’s String Quartet in D minor Death and the Maiden – based on his eponymous song – the young girl at first recoils in fear from the “grim reaper”. Yet what follows are calm, measured passages that paint a strikingly unexpected vision of dying. The “maidens” Caroline Shaw and Joanna Marsh also reflect on the end of life in their works. Their differing perspectives on death are complemented by Anton Arensky’s Variations on a theme by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and brought to a close by Thomas Adès’s musical remembrance of the pastoral landscapes of Britain.
Concert with interval
Approx. 1 hour 45 minutes
Musicians
Violin: Daniel Dodds, Eoin Ducrot, Joanne Green, Miriam Helms Ålien, Paulina Tomczuk, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Julia Wawrowska
Cello: Nil Kocamangil, Alfredo Ferre Martínez, Samuel Niederhauser, Chiara Samatanga
Double Bass: Lina Humbel
GAIA Musicfestival 2026
TO LIFE! And the Stories Between its Beginning and End
https://www.gaia-festival.com/das-festival-2026/programm
info@gaia-festival.com
| Contact address |
Birgit Martin
Geschäftsführerin GAIA Musikfestival 3011 Bern info@gaia-festival.com |
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| Location |
Kirche Hilterfingen Schoren 40 3653 Oberhofen am Thunersee Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://www.gaia-festival.com/ |
| Video | http://www.youtube.com/v/-dxR1blNWGo |
| Price |
Tickets: CHF 65.–/45.–
Students/Apprentices/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–
Preschool children accompanied by an adult: CHF 0.–
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| Opening hours |
Doors open: 4:00 pm
Auditorium entry: 4:30 pm
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Event dates
- 29 November 2026
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