18TH INTERNATIONAL MENDELSSOHN SUMMERSCHOOL

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Antonín Rejcha (1770-1836)
Variations for bassoon and string quartet
Carlo Colombo, Talich Quartet

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major op. 96 "American Quartet"
Talich Quartet

Intermission

Georg Friedrich Telemann (1681-1767)
From 12 Fantasies for flute solo No. 3, 6 and 8, arr. for saxophone
Asya Fateyeva

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Sextet for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, violoncello and piano
Michel Lethiec, André Cazalet, Matthias Lingenfelder, Hartmut Rohde, Arto Noras, Oliver Triendl

Looking back and looking forward - the title of the concert evening brings together the early 18th century works of Antonín Rejcha and Georg Telemann with the romantic sounds of Antonín Dvořák and contemporary works by Krzystof Penderecki. Rejcha's Variations for bassoon and string quartet are juxtaposed with Dvořák's String Quartet in F major, composed in 1893 during his vacation in the community of Spillville in the USA. The use of elements of American folk and popular music gives the composition its nickname "American Quartet". Another contrast follows in the second half of the concert: Telemann's 12 Fantasias enriched the flute repertoire in the first half of the 18th century; Asya Fateyeva will play numbers 3, 6 and 8 in an arrangement for saxophone. Finally, Penderecki's Sextet for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, violoncello and piano from the year 2000: tradition and invention can be found in equal measure in this chamber music work with its diverse moods and expressive instrumentation.

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