Coda – The Final Masterpiece (GAIA Musikfestival)

According to ancient myth, the “swan song”, an artist’s final work, is often considered their most beautiful. But are these final compositions those that musicians themselves would wish to perform if it was the last thing they played? Our artistic director posed this question to this edition’s musicians. Their responses led to this programme of “final masterpieces”. At its heart is Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, as well as Chausson and Britten’s reflections on past loves and Strauss’s joyful wedding piece. Schubert’s Schwanengesang, composed shortly before his death, and Lili Boulanger’s Pie Jesu, written in the days before her untimely passing lead us to wonder: will we create art in our final days?

Concert with interval
Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes
Reception (apéritif) afterwards

Musicians
Soprano: Marysol Schalit
Clarinet: Damien Bachmann
Violin: Miriam Helms Ålien, Daniel Dodds, Eoin Ducrot, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Julia Wawrowska
Cello: Nil Kocamangil, Alfredo Ferre Martínez, Samuel Niederhauser, Chiara Samatanga
Harp: Alexander Boldachev
Piano: Finghin Collins, Fiachra Garvey
Organ: Babette Mondry
Répétiteur: Clémence Hirt


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

Doors 19:00

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