It is well-known that in his quartets Schubert quoted liberally from his songs. Signum Quartet’s viola player, Xandi van Dijk, picked up on this idea and turned several well-known Schubert songs into miniature quartets. To spice up this delectable selection he also composed paraphrases from old rock songs. This concert contains two works from South Africa. Xandi van Dijk, violist of Signum, used to live in South Africa and his brother, Matthijs, is the composer of (rage) rage against. As the title suggests this short work has moments of violence where one fears for the musicians’ instruments. Mokale Koapeng is another South African composer, raised in the Soweto townships. Komeng is part of the Bow Project where composers get to re-imagine works from the African tradition of bow music.

Programme
Schubert arr. Xandi van Dijk: Lied aus der Ferne D.107; Hirtenmelodien aus Rosamunde D.797; Frühlingsglaube D.686
Cream arr. Matthijs van Dijk: Sunshine of your love
Schubert arr. Xandi van Dijk: Ins stille Land D.403; Abendstern D.806
Koapeng: Komeng
Matthijs van Dijk: (rage) rage against
Schubert arr. Xandi van Dijk: Wandrers Nachtlied D.768; Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.774
Led Zeppelin arr. Matthijs van Dijk: Heartbreaker
Schubert arr. Xandi van Dijk: Die Götter Griechenland D.677; Schwanengesang D.744
Radiohead arr. Matthijs van Dijk: Paranoid Android
Schubert arr. Xandi van Dijk: Du bist die Ruh D.776