Pangea String Quartet

Join the Pangea String Quartet for an evening of chamber music at its most profound.

Here is the programme:

• String Quartet No.13 in A minor ("Rosamunde"), D804, Op.29, by Franz Schubert
• String Quartet in F major, M.35, by Maurice Ravel
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Schubert wrote his "Rosamunde" Quartet in the depths of despair; Ravel wrote his in the flush of a student's ambition. A century apart, they speak the same language, intimate, searching, and impossible to forget.

In the Schubert, a stolen melody from his theatre music becomes something far more private, a quiet, aching lyricism that never quite resolves. In the Ravel, youthful precision meets shimmering mystery: every note exactly placed, nothing wasted, nothing overstated.

Bio of Pangea String Quartet:

The PANGEA STRING QUARTET (PSQ) is a Johannesburg-based chamber ensemble which strives to inspire and engage audiences by presenting key works in the string quartet repertoire.

With diligent focus, constant curiosity and drawing on the experience and interpretations of each of its members, the PSQ creates an environment which honours the traditions of the repertoire being explored, while promoting a cohesive perspective which is uniquely theirs. The PSQ draws its name from the “Pangea”, a name given to the hypothesised single contiguous supercontinent before the continents drifted apart.

This is consistent with their ethos of one mind with equal respect, where “borderless” healthy discourse enables their pursuit of excellence.

Members:

Serge Cuca (Violin 1)

Dieter Hendricks (Violin 2)

Elbè Roberts (Viola)

Gerrit Koorsen (Cello)