Kamermuziek '23/'24
Dit concert is al geweest. Bekijk hieronder de serie Kamermuziek '23/'24:
- Pianokwartet Corneille, Vassilis Varvaresos, Noé Inui, Daniel Palmizio, and Ella van Poucke - 6 April 2024
- Josef Spacek and Dmytro Choni - 13 April 2024
- Julian Steckel and Dmytro Choni - 25 May 2024
Some of the program:
Beethoven - Cellosonate No. 3, on. 69
Saint-Saëns - Cellosonate No. 1, op. 32
Dean - Huntington Eulogy
The cello sings, speaks, roars and sighs
"When I started cello lessons, I fell in love with the instrument because it looked like a voice, my voice." It's one of the famous statements of master cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. No instrument comes as close to the human voice as the cello. In breathtaking pieces by Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Brett Dean, Christian Poltéra lets his Stradivatorius cello sing, speak, roar and sigh.
Christian Poltéra about his special cello:
"You can't impose anything on this cello. You cannot force sounds, you have to respect the instrument's own voice and search for colours within it. If you follow the voice, you will discover magic in the sound, an amazing richness and clarity. All violin makers are trying to achieve that, but they can't."
(Read the interview with Christian Poltéra.)
Christian Poltéra
Experience in Christian Poltéra one of the most important cellists of his generation. Barely seventeen years old, his career already took an enormous flight when he was allowed to replace master cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Dvorák's 'Cello Concerto'. Since then, Christian Poltéra has conquered the international concert stages with his phenomenal playing. In pianist Ronald Brautigam he finds an ideal partner and the two regularly form a high-profile duo.
Ronald Brautigam
Ronald Brautigam has walked many successful paths in his now thirty-year career. He is a celebrated pianist on the modern grand piano as well as the fortepiano and plays Mozart as easily as Stravinsky. His Beethoven recordings were even proclaimed the new standard in the press. The imposing Bösendorfer Imperial of the Edesche Concert Hall also holds no secrets for him. "I've had a Bösendorfer myself for years," he says in an interview.
Beethoven and the cello
To be able to compose convincingly for cello you have to come from a good home. Beethoven was one of the first after Bach to write serious solo works for the cello. In his 'Third Cello Sonata', cello and piano are equal partners. Indeed, the sonata even starts with a lilting solo for the cello. But Beethoven had more to offer. The composer put all his imagination into his 'Fifth Cello Sonata', his last. This masterpiece ends with a bloodcurdling fugue. Cello and piano couldn't be more intertwined!
The first French cello sonata
Camille Saint-Saëns also wrote history with his 'First Cello Sonata'. After the Franco-German war of 1870-71 Saint-Saëns founded the 'Société Nationale de Musique' with a number of fellow composers; a movement that mainly wanted to promote French music and liberate it from the dominant influence of mainly Wagner's (German) music. As the first achievement of the 'Société' Saint-Saëns composed his 'First Cello Sonata', in his opinion the first French cello sonata.
Music from 'Down Under
Besides Beethoven's music, Ronald Brautigam and Christian Poltéra are also advocates of newly composed music. The Scottish composer Sally Beamish, for instance, wrote a piano concerto especially for Ronald Brautigam. In the Edesche Concert Hall Brautigam and Christian Poltéra will perform the piece 'Huntington Eulogy' by the Australian composer Brett Dean. Suggestive music that paints the enchanting nature of New South Wales.
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