Sunday 28.7
11:11 a.m. VERDO Concert Hall
Eleven past Eleven
Debut 1 Barbican Quartet
Amarins Wierdsma – violin
Kate Maloney – violin
Christoph Slenczka – viola
Yoanna Prodanova – cello
Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Fantasie Nr. 5 d-Moll
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976): Streichquartett Nr.1 op. 25
Ludwig v. Beethoven (1770–1827): Streichquartett Nr. 15 in a-Moll op.132
Four international musicians, four distinctive personalities, one string quartet. The Barbican Quartet, founded in London in 2015 and promoted by such renowned mentors as the Quatuor Ébène and Günter Pichler, won the First Prize and various special prizes at the 71st ARD International Music Competition in Munich. This will be their first appearance in Hitzacker, opening the Debut Series with their own “Ready.Set.Go!” program, perfectly reflecting their own unique style.
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2:02 p.m. OKTOGON Gallery, Admission free
Two past Two
“Imagined Garden” – live act II with the Chaos Quartet
Susanne Schäffer – violin
Eszter Kruchió – violin
Sara Marzadori – viola
Bas Jongen – cello
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3:03 p.m. VERDO Concert Hall
Three past Three
Audience Academy 1: Kuss Quartett with Wolf-Dieter Seiffert: Mozart A-Dur Streichquartett, KV 464
Musicologist Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert is an authority on the historical development and editing of milestones in music history. He has particularly distinguished himself with the new Urtext edition of Mozart's string quartets at the Henle Verlag. In our popular lecture-concert series, together with the Kuss Quartet, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert explores Mozart's arguably most significant string quartet, which, unlike the "Dissonance Quartet," is not automatically the best-known.
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7:07 p.m. VERDO Gardens, Admission free
Seven past Seven
Flash 1: Conversation with the Marmen Quartet
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8:08 p.m. VERDO Concert Hall
Eight past Eight
Marmen Quartet
Johannes Marmen – violin
Laia Valentin Braun – violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish – viola
Sinéad O’Halloran – cello
Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996): “A Way A Lone” für Streichquartett
Maurica Ravel (1875–1937): Streichquartett F-Dur op. 35
Garth Knox (*1956): Neues Werk (komponiert für das Marmen Quartet korrespondierend zu Janáčeks Streichquartett Nr. 2)
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): Streichquartett Nr. 2 “Intime Briefe”
Typical for Hitzacker: Janacek's extremely personal late masterpiece "Intimate Letters" confronts a completely new quartet composed by the living Arditti legend Garth Knox, an enthusiastically received guest in Hitzacker last year. The Marmen Quartet is considered one of the top addresses in the profession, especially after winning competitions in Bordeaux and Banff. Founded in 2013 at the Royal College of Music, the Marmen Quartet were fellows of the Guildhall School of Music String Quartet Fellowship and studied at the Hannover University of Music, Theater and Media with Oliver Wille, as well as in London with Simon Rowland-Jones and John Myerscough (Doric Quartet).