{"id":1094,"date":"2021-03-25T14:56:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flexensemble.com\/x-classics\/concert-programs\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:33:46","slug":"concert-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flexensemble.com\/en\/x-classics\/concert-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert programs"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;80&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;80&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Inside EROICA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gordon Williamson<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Couverture&#8221; for piano quartet (2020)<br \/>\n<strong>Ludwig van Beethoven<\/strong><br \/>\nSymphony No. 3 in E-flat major (&#8220;Eroica&#8221;), op. 55<br \/>\n(arr. for piano quartet by Ferdinand Ries)<br \/>\n<strong>Gordon Williamson<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Encore&#8221; for piano quartet (2020)<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c7044fd6093634954' value='69f527c7044fd6093634954'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c7044fd6093634954' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c7044fd6093634954' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c7044fd6093634954' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c7044fd6093634954' >Beethoven&#8217;s immense output amazed not only Liszt and Wagner. Even today, his revolutionary compositional approach and influential musical<br \/>\napproach and influential musical impact is hard to deny.<br \/>\nThis extraordinary program offers different paths,<br \/>\nto hear Beethoven&#8217;s Eroica. It does justice to the unconventional<br \/>\ncomposer&#8217;s unconventional approach, honoring him and placing his music in a new<br \/>\na new contemporary context. Beginning with a<br \/>\nwork for the Flex Ensemble by Canadian composer Gordon Williamson (&#8220;The<br \/>\ncomposer Gordon Williamson (&#8220;Couverture&#8221;), which is based on the Eroica Symphony and inspired by Beethoven&#8217;s overtures, it is followed by the monumental<br \/>\nmonumental Eroica itself, arranged for piano quartet by<br \/>\nBeethoven&#8217;s good friend and pupil Ferdinand Ries as the centerpiece of the program.<br \/>\nof the program, and finally, to resume the contemporary arc<br \/>\nand to give a new outlook, once again a new composition by<br \/>\nnew composition by Gordon Williamson (&#8220;Encore&#8221;), a winking<br \/>\na tongue-in-cheek variation work based on the famous bass theme of the<br \/>\nbass theme of the final movement of the Eroica.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PCWKB8A4PS4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n[divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;]\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Slavic sentiment<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Josef Suk<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano quartet in A minor, op. 1 (1891)<br \/>\n<strong>Alexandre Tansman<\/strong><br \/>\nSuite Divertissement for piano quartet (1929)*<br \/>\n<strong>Antonin Dvorak<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 87<\/p>\n<p>*Alternative for Tansman:<br \/>\n<strong>Mateusz Smoczynski<\/strong><br \/>\nNew songs from Kurpien<br \/>\n(commissioned by Flex Ensemble, 2019)<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c7046c60068716993' value='69f527c7046c60068716993'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c7046c60068716993' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c7046c60068716993' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c7046c60068716993' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c7046c60068716993' >Dvor\u00e1k&#8217;s 2nd Piano Quartet reveals the personal and creative<br \/>\nof the 48-year-old composer, who was in the prime of his life at this time.<br \/>\nof his life. Soon after he completed his quartet, the maestro<br \/>\nquartet, the maestro assumed the post of professor of composition at the<br \/>\nComposition at the Prague Conservatory. This decision was to prove<br \/>\nfateful, not so much for himself as for the 17-year-old Josef Sukowski.<br \/>\nbut rather for the 17-year-old Josef Suk, who was one of the most talented<br \/>\nstudents of Dvor\u00e1k&#8217;s chosen class. Suk wrote his<br \/>\nquartet under Dvor\u00e1k&#8217;s direction and gave it the symbolic opus number 1.<br \/>\nsymbolic opus number 1. The piece reflects his contemporary<br \/>\nself-stylization as a passionate, flaring youth,<br \/>\nyet its melodic power and delicacy match that of Dvor\u00e1k&#8217;s<br \/>\nwork. Rounding out this Slavic program is the &#8220;Suite<br \/>\nDivertissement&#8221; by the Polish composer Alexandre Tansman. <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z1ZwBoef7Cc&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n[divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;]\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>BeJAZZled<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aaron Copland<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quartet (1950)<br \/>\n<strong>Krzysztof Komeda\/Mateusz Smoczy\u0144ski<\/strong><br \/>\nKomeda Recomposed<br \/>\n(commissioned by Flex Ensemble, 2021)<br \/>\n<strong>Nikolai Kapustin<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quintet op. 89 (1998)<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Mateusz Smoczy\u0144ski &#8211; violin<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c7047bf1093766593' value='69f527c7047bf1093766593'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c7047bf1093766593' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c7047bf1093766593' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c7047bf1093766593' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c7047bf1093766593' >Sounds like jazz &#8211; but it&#8217;s all notated! This is the motto of the recently<br \/>\nRussian composer Nikolai Kapustin, who recently passed away, really<br \/>\nperfected. The slow movement of his piano quintet, composed in 1998 in a particularly<br \/>\nduring a particularly fruitful and creative phase of his career,<br \/>\nis one of Kapustin&#8217;s most beautiful creations, followed by what is probably the most<br \/>\nmost astonishing five minutes in chamber music literature &#8211; a jazz-rock classic that leaves the audience, but not necessarily the players, begging for an<br \/>\nfor an encore.<br \/>\nNext to it is Aaron Copland&#8217;s much too rarely played Piano Quartet<br \/>\nfrom 1950, which is influenced by jazz rhythms in the middle movement.<br \/>\nCopland, the &#8220;modernist,&#8221; is at his best here. He<br \/>\ndances with a kinetic movement to a kind of &#8220;ragged&#8221; time and thus<br \/>\nevokes the sharp pointillism of Stravinsky and Shostakovich.<br \/>\nShostakovich.<br \/>\nA special highlight is a jazz suite on standards by Polish film music composer and jazz pianist Krzysztof Komeda, selected and arranged by Smoczynski.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6VSNZNA1ok&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n[divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;]\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Out of Doors<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Frank Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nPhantasy for piano quartet<br \/>\n<strong>B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k<\/strong><br \/>\nOut of Doors<br \/>\n(in an arrangement for piano quartet by Gordon Williamson for the Flex Ensemble 2022)<br \/>\n<strong>Franz Schubert<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quintet (&#8220;Trout Quintet&#8221;) in A major, D 667<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Felix von Werder &#8211; double bass<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c70491d5002665299' value='69f527c70491d5002665299'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c70491d5002665299' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c70491d5002665299' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c70491d5002665299' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c70491d5002665299' >Schubert&#8217;s Trout Quintet, with its evocative reference to nature, gives this concert a special atmosphere. It is joined by B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k`s Out of Doors in a new arrangement for piano quartet by Gordon Williamson.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n[divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;]\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>En France<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Maurice Ravel<\/strong><br \/>\nMa m\u00e8re l&#8217;Oye (arr. for piano quartet by Shintaro Sakabe)<br \/>\n(commissioned by Flex Ensemble, 2018)<br \/>\n<strong>Project Chanson:<\/strong><br \/>\nFrench chansons re-arranged for piano quartet by Gordon Williamson, G\u00e9rard Pesson, Johannes Sch\u00f6llhorn, Konstantinos Raptis and Sebastiaan Koolhoven.<br \/>\n(all commissioned by Flex Ensemble, 2018)<br \/>\n<strong>Gabriel Faur\u00e9<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45<\/p>\n<p>*Alternative:<br \/>\n<strong>G\u00e9rard Pesson<\/strong> &#8211; Mes B\u00e9atitudes<br \/>\n<strong>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns<\/strong> &#8211; Piano Quartet in B flat major, op. 41<br \/>\n<strong>Melanie Bonis<\/strong> &#8211; Piano Quartet in B-flat Du<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c704a199032771009' value='69f527c704a199032771009'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c704a199032771009' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c704a199032771009' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c704a199032771009' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c704a199032771009' >Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, \u00c9dith Piaf&#8230; These names pop up<br \/>\nwhen talking about modern French chanson. But from<br \/>\ncontemporary composers and arrangers look at this music?<br \/>\narrangers look at this music? We have asked composers and arrangers<br \/>\nof different careers and generations to present their version of a<br \/>\nof a French chanson of their choice (e.g., Josquin Deprez, Jaques<br \/>\nBrel or Stromae) without vocals for a piano quartet,<br \/>\nrewrite or interpret it.<\/p>\n<p>For our endeavor to expand the repertoire for piano quartet and to<br \/>\nto creatively exploit the possibilities, we have also engaged the<br \/>\nup-and-coming arranger and conductor Shintaro Sakabe<br \/>\nto rewrite Ravel&#8217;s &#8220;Ma m\u00e8re l&#8217;Oye&#8221; for piano quartet.<br \/>\nfor piano quartet. 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Und das Flex Ensemble hat dieser durchaus ungew\u00f6hnlichen Einrichtung h\u00f6rbar viel Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt: Behutsam wurde jede Tongebung und jede Phrasierung abgewogen und geformt, und das Ergebnis der sicherlich m\u00fchevolle Arbeit war schlicht begeisternd.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Neue Presse, 15.02.2020<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n[divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;]\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Schumann and Brahms<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Robert Schumann<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano quartet in E flat major, op. 47<br \/>\n<strong>Johannes Brahms<\/strong><br \/>\nPiano Quartet No. 2 in A major, op. 26<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69f527c704bce8016092378' value='69f527c704bce8016092378'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69f527c704bce8016092378' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69f527c704bce8016092378' value='Show Less'><a id='bg-showmore-action-69f527c704bce8016092378' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#4a4949;;\" href='#'>Show More<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69f527c704bce8016092378' >Ever since Robert Schumann had fallen in love with the young pianist, this thought had been<br \/>\nthis thought was stuck in his head. And of course it also influenced<br \/>\nhis music. After a short excursion into the world of the<br \/>\nRobert Schumann vowed to write only chamber music with piano in the future.<br \/>\nmusic with piano, so that Clara could always be present.<br \/>\ncould always be present. To this vow we also owe the wonderful<br \/>\nSchumann composed it in 1842, the year of his almost intoxicatingly creative chamber music.<br \/>\nThe Piano Quartet op. 26 by Johannes Brahms, sketched in the mid-fifties, was published in 1861.<br \/>\npublished in 1861, is the longest chamber music work by Brahms, lasting a good 50 minutes.<br \/>\nchamber music work by Brahms. The length results from an<br \/>\noverflow of compositional and melodic ideas. Throughout<br \/>\nrelationship to Clara Schumann shines through, most strongly in the melancholic<br \/>\nmost strongly in the melancholy, painful tone of the &#8216;Adagio&#8217;. After all<br \/>\nthere is a dance-like and lively final movement in Hungarian style.<br \/>\ndance-like, lively conclusion and, through the coda of this movement, an<br \/>\nconclusion. 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