Benjamin Glorieux and the Quatuor Desguin perform a remarkable one-hour program entitled "Kreisleriana: melting Schumann". Here's a little more explanation of the program, accompanied by a live video from Klaas Verpoest.

E.T.A. Hoffmann's Kreisleriana (1815) depicts a kaleidoscopic character with multiple contrasting traits, the grotesque violinist Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler. Our program recalls the imaginary musician's manic depression and Schumann's own Florestan and Eusebius, the two characters Schumann used to denote his own contrasting impulsive and dreamy sides. Starting from existing scores by Schumann, Hindemith, Beethoven and others, and accompanied by live video by visual artist Klaas Verpoest, we embark on a partly improvised musical narrative that revolves around the fulfillment of true artistry in the teeth of the everyday world, which drives Kreisler to the edge of madness in his ceaseless quest...

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