SCHUBERT Erlkönig op.1 • double bass quartet • Božo Paradžik with students

As impressive as this powerful composition is the sad story of what happened when 18 years old unknown Franz Schubert sent the piano score of this piece to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who wrote the poem “Erlkönig“ (suitable English translation would be “Alder King“). And very interesting is also what happened many years later with Goethe and this song, after much younger Schubert already died: Sheet music for quartet of double basses- is now available from my online shop: Performed by: (from left to right) Madlaina Küng (double bass 4) Božo Paradžik (double bass 1) Marko Hristoskov (double bass 2) Ana Carolina Lima de Almeida (double bass 3) Credits and compliments to my talented students from Hochschule Luzern from the generation 2020 for their wonderful performance of this beautiful, but difficult and piece to perform in this formation. We have done this recording under time pressure, as we had to leave the concert hall after barely have performed it once or twice. Eternal beauty of this composition is in this recording supported by several fantastic instruments: three of four double basses used for this recording were manufactured by Derek High, one of the finest contemporary double bass makers. Recorded in September 2020 in “Salquin“, new large concert hall of the brand new building of the HSLU-Music (Hochschule Luzern- Musik). These chords belong to the first sounds ever performed in this beautiful concert hall. Just two hours after this recording I have performed several more pieces with these talented students on the opening celebration of the brand new campus building 😊