Olivia Jeremias / Umsagnir

For the second half, Tang was joined by violinist Yuki Kasai, violist Mariko Hara and cellist Olivia Jeremias, musicians all based in Germany, for Schubert's String Quartet In D Minor, also known as Death And The Maiden. All the ladies are experienced chamber musicians, and one could tell by their immediacy in the way they launched into its dramatic first movement.