The program revolves around Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre, here with the virtuoso Augustin Hadelich and the formidable Inon Barnatan on piano, and also includes Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 2, “Obsession” for solo violin, which borrows the theme from Bach's Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E major and violently integrates the ancient motif of the “Dies irae.” Barnatan performs Martin Butler's Dirty Beasts, a scathing triptych inspired by the work of Roald Dahl, as well as an arrangement for two pianos of Ravel's La Valse, with the great Thomas Adès also on stage. From the latter, Catch gives rise to a fascinating dialogue between the clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. The concert concludes with Schubert's String Quartet “Death and the Maiden,” one of the pinnacles of chamber music, which closes with a frenetic Danse macabre in the style of a tarantella that momentarily brightens with a brief D major before returning to the ultimately inescapable D minor.