Was juxtaposing Johannes Brahms's music with that of a female avant-garde composer as subversive as he was conservative?
The Quatuor Zaïde have dared and are offering an explosive combination. The woman in question is Ethel Smyth. Her quartet is often described as a representation of the womens' rights movement and of the composer's commitment to the Suffragettes Movement or the realisation of her homosexuality.
Be it for political reform or from sexual orientation, in any case and at any time Ethel Smyth shows us how much women are equal to men in the creation of a masterpiece.