The New York string quartet Brooklyn Rider starts its residence at the 2023 Beethovenfest with Avi Avital, star of the mandolin.
Tue. 12.9.2023
19:30, Pantheon Theatre
Brooklyn Rider & Avi Avital
- Past Event
- € 48 / 28
Contributors
- Brooklyn Rider
- Johnny Gandelsman violin
- Colin Jacobsen violin
- Nicholas Cords viola
- Michael Nicolas violoncello
- Avi Avital mandolin
Programme
Luigi Boccherini
Quintettino »La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid« in C Major, op. 30, arr. for mandolin and string quartet
Giovanni Sollima
Prelude for Solo Mandolin
Caroline Shaw
»Entr’acte« for String Quartet
Colin Jacobsen
»Time and Again« for Mandolin and String Quartet
Johann Sebastian Bach
»Kunst der Fugue« (excerpts), arr. for Mandolin and String Quartet
Johann Sebastian Bach
»Chaconne«, from Partita No. 2 for Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004, arr. for mandolin
Clarice Assad
»Obrigado« for Mandolin and String Quartet
Osvaldo Golijov
»Arum dem Fayer« for Mandolin and String Quartet (EU premiere)
Lev (Ljova) Zhurbin
»Love Potion, Expired«, arr. for string quartet
Konzertdauer ca. 120 Min.
The concert at at glance
What awaits me?
What is special about the concert?
Avi Avital and Brooklyn Rider have commissioned music specifically for their collaboration – in some cases these are EU premieres. In addition, there are fantastic arrangements of old and new music for this instrumentation.
How does it sound?
Description
Avi Avital has single-handedly raised the mandolin’s profile to new heights around the world – and he continues to pursue his mission of commissioning new music for this instrument. He has the best-possible partner for that work in the adventurous New York string quartet Brooklyn Rider. The ensemble commissioned several of the works featured on the programme. They also perform arrangements of piano music by J. S. Bach and of Luigi Boccherini’s humorous Madrid night music.
Deutsche Welle festival concert
Concert recording by Deutsche Welle and WDR
