November
Chamber music lunch concert

Chamber music lunch concert

Chamber music lunch concert

Thu 19. Jun 2025 12.15 Kleine Tonhalle
George-Cosmin Banica Violine
Philipp Wollheim Violine
Gilad Karni Viola
Paul Handschke Violoncello
Jean Sibelius Streichtrio g-Moll
Anna Thorvaldsdottir «Reflections» für Streichtrio
Edvard Grieg Streichquartett g-Moll op. 27
Prices CHF 40

Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius are two of the great Nordic composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our Creative Chair this year, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, is one of the most important composers in this region today. In this concert, she joins the ranks of the two Nordic greats, in keeping with the motto of the chamber music lunch concerts: "Iceland in the context of Nordic music". Will her string trio "Reflections" perhaps even become the central pivot of the entire concert, on the basis of which the two other chamber music works will be reflected upon anew and inspire new ways of looking at sound structures? After all, the string trio and the string quartet are the supreme disciplines of chamber music. However, while Sibelius never finished his string trio, Grieg made it to the top with his String Quartet op. 27: even today, with its cyclical structure and rich contrasts, it is considered one of the most important contributions to this genre.

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