What do Willem Jeths' Suite "Ritratto," Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto and Antonin Dvořák's Ninth Symphony have in common? That is the question composition student Carlotta van Schwartzenberg asked herself for her One Minute Symphony. According to her, these compositions share two main characteristics: melancholic and epic. For Vertebrate vernacular, she took on the challenge of combining both traits, in a very short time that leaves no room for transitions.

You can hear the result at the concert on Friday Nov. 28 at Amare, The Hague.