International Mendelssohn Festival Classical Music

  • International Mendelssohn Festival
    © Josep Molina

Two worlds of sound that intertwine in a surprising way: This programme traces the encounters between Jewish musical tradition and classical chamber music. Maurice Ravel’s »Kaddish«, Ernst Bloch’s heartfelt »Prayer« and Sergei Prokofiev’s overture on Hebrew themes take up klezmer motifs – serious, playful or meditative. Gustav Mahler and Alma Mahler open the evening with late Romantic introspection, before original Klezmer sounds form the unifying centrepiece. Finally, in Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat major, emotion and virtuosity merge – and show how music transcends origins.

PERFORMERS

Talich Quartet string quartet

Jan Talich violin

Roman Patoka violin

Radim Sedmidubský viola

Michal Kaka violoncello

Matthias Lingenfelder violin

Sebastian Schmidt violin

Hartmut Rohde viola

Peijun Xu viola

Maria Kliegel violoncello

Niklas Schmidt violoncello

Michel Lethiec clarinet

Carlo Colombo bassoon

Annika Treutler piano

Oliver Triendl piano

PROGRAM

Gustav Mahler
Klavierquartettsatz a-Moll

Alma Mahler
Zwei Lieder, bearbeitet für Klarinette und Klavier

Maurice Ravel
Deux mélodies hébraïques

Ernest Bloch
Prayer

Spirits of Klezmer
Spirits of Klezmer

Sergej Prokofjew
Ouvertüre über hebräische Themen c-Moll op. 34 für Klarinette, Klavier und Streichquartett

- Interval -

Gustav Mahler
Adagietto

Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

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