The Danish String Quartet brings its acclaimed Prism project to a close with the fifth and final volume. For over eight years, the series combined a selected fugue by Bach with a late Beethoven quartet and another work by a later composer in each installment. According to the ensemble, "a beam of music is refracted through Beethoven's prism." The Guardian highlights that this approach encourages active and focused listening. The musicians impress with their virtuosity, intensity, and sensitive playing. In the final volume, Bach's chorale prelude "Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit" opens the program, followed by Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 in F major. Next comes Anton Webern's early string quartet from 1905, which was influenced by Beethoven and Schoenberg. The program concludes with Bach's Contrapunctus 14 from The Art of Fugue.
