Program 2022/2023
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1) “From My Life”
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D minor op.76/2 "Fiths"
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
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Bedrich Smetana: String quartet No. 1 in E minor, „From my life“
2) "Folklore“
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D minor op.76/2, "Fiths"
Alberto Ginastera: String quartet No. 2, op. 26
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Edvard Grieg: String quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 27
3) "Intimate Letters"
Antonín Dvořák: Cypresses for String Quartet, excerpts (Nos. 1,2,6,7,11,12)
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 ("Intimate Letters")
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Franz Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)
4) "Classics"
W.A. Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K. 465 (“Dissonance Quartet”)
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major
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Franz Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D. 804, (“Rosamunde”)
5) "Contemporary friendships"
György Kurtág: Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28
Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle: String Quartet No. 5
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Franz Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D. 804, (“Rosamunde”)
Special programs Aris Quartett 2021/2022
+ Daniel Müller-Schott (Violoncello)
Solo piece Daniel Müller-Schott
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet in F minor, op. 80
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Franz Schubert: String quintet in C major, D956
+ Thorsten Johanns (Clarinet)
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D minor op.76/2 "Fiths"
Alberto Ginastera: String quartet No. 2, op. 26
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Johannes Brahms: Clarinet quintet in B minor, Op. 115
+ Christiane Karg (Soprano)
Robert Schumann: Sechs Gesänge op .107. (transcription by Aribert Reimann)
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet in F minor, op. 80
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Johannes Brahms: Fünf Ophelia- Lieder. (transcription by Aribert Reimann)
Felix Mendelssohn/ Aribert Reimann: „… oder soll es Tod bedeuten?“
+ William Youn / Claire Huangci (Piano)
Solo piece piano
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet in F minor, op. 80
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Piano quintet, for example Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak or Cesar Franck
Program 2021/2022
1) “From My Life”
Bedřich Smetana wrote his “autobiography in tones” while afflicted with serious illness – in this context, he passes his life in review in his quasi-symphonic String Quartet in E minor.
The death of his beloved sister Fanny prompted Felix Mendelssohn to write one of his most famous works, the String Quartet, op. 80. In it we hear rebellion, despair, and inner turmoil – tragically, it was to be the composer’s final work.
In contrast, the old master Haydn appears to have been spared any major life adversity, his works practically sparkling with humor and energy. In the “Fifths” Quartet, he draws inspiration from his travels in England, which is particularly apparent in the central fifth motif – the chimes of London’s famed Big Ben.
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D minor op.76/2 "Fiths"
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
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Bedrich Smetana: String quartet No. 1 in E minor, „From my life“
2) „Folklore“
Many composers were influenced time and again by the love of their homeland, from the varied and ravishing sound worlds of the Norwegian Romanticist Edvard Grieg to the explosive rhythms and frenetic energy of the Argentinian Ginastera. Joseph Haydn also drew on the sounds of folk music, as can be clearly heard in his “Fifths” Quartet: with temperament and verve, he creates a stirring connection with the Hungarian origins of Count Erdödy, who commissioned the work.
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D minor op.76/2, "Fiths"
Alberto Ginastera: String quartet No. 2, op. 26
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Edvard Grieg: String quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 27
3) “Prohibited Music”
The unthinkable crimes of the Nazi regime included the stigmatization and persecution of great artists. Composers like Erwin Schulhoff and Pavel Haas died in Nazi concentration camps; the music of Felix Mendelssohn, too, was considered “degenerate” due to his Jewish ancestry.
Erwin Schulhoff: „5 pieces for String Quartet“
Pavel Haas: String quartet No. 3, Op. 15
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Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet No. 6 in F minor, op. 80
4) “Classical”
The centerpiece of this program is Franz Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, one of the most important works of the genre. It is combined with the rousing energy of the D-major Quartet, op. 20, no. 4 by Joseph Haydn and the humorous Five Pieces by Erwin Schulhoff – who, with his varied oeuvre, has long been considered one of the classic composers of modernism.
J. Haydn: String quartet in D Major, Op. 20/4
E. Schulhoff: „5 pieces for String quartet“
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F. Schubert: String quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
Special programs Aris Quartett 2021/2022
+Daniel Müller-Schott (Violoncello)
Solo piece Daniel Müller-Schott
Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet in F minor, op. 80
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Franz Schubert: String quintet in C major, D956
+Thorsten Johanns (Clarinet)
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D major, Op. 20/4
Erwin Schulhoff: „5 pieces for for String quartet“
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Johannes Brahms: Clarinet quintet in B minor, Op. 115
+Fabian Müller/ Christopher Park (Piano)
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in D mino op. 76/2, „Fiths“
Alberto Ginastera: String quartet No. 2, op. 26
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Robert Schumann Piano quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
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Johannes Brahms: Piano quintet in F minor, op. 34
