Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9 In the LIght
Maurizio Pollini
thinker
at the Piano
Colin Currie
From Down Under
to Prague
V irtuosity reached a first
climax in the 19th century, when
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BeethovenhaLLe
P owerful: the percussionist
Colin Currie loves the sound of
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Beethoven-haus
pianists elicited almost every­ Maurizio Pollini Piano
the Scottish snare drum. But strIng quartet
thing from a piano, which it could The programme will be
in the Phantasy, inspired by ProjeCt III
express. The Beethovenfest announced at a later date.
Shakespeare’s sonnet »Since Australian String Quartet
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Brass, nor Stone«, he has to deal Pavel haas Quartett
charismatic artistic personages Sponsored by WestLotto.
with a substantially larger set of Colin Currie Percussion
of our time and a visionary
instruments. He is accompanied nigel Westlake:
when it comes to interpretation:
by the Pavel Haas Quartett, who »High Tension Wires«.
Maurizio Pollini. As an ex­
have brought with them from String Quartet No. 1
perienced specialist of his instru­
their Czech homeland the musical Felix Mendelssohn:
ment he draws audiences into
travelogue »Aus dem Affen­ Quartet for 2 violins, viola and
his spell through his famous
inter pretational handwriting and
in doing so he is more than a
mere virtuoso, he is a technically
meticulous researcher of detail.
Every note has its purpose, every
nuance its significance. Pollini
takes a stance, regardless of
whether he is playing the standard
repertoire from Beethoven to
Chopin or contemporary pieces.
gebirge«. The four ladies of the
Australian String Quartet are
the only music group on that continent
affiliated with the legendary
chamber music ensemble
the Alban Berg Quartet. They
play a composition of their compatriot
Nigel Westlake.
cello in D major op. 44/1
Alexander goehr:
»Since Brass, nor Stone«.
Fantasia for string quartet
and percussion op. 80
Pavel haas:
String Quartet No. 2 op. 7
(»Aus dem Affengebirge«)
7.30 Pm
ConCert IntroduCtIon
»All ears for half«
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of the string quartet project)
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