Historisches Museum Baden, Holzbrücke, Landvogteischloss, 5400 Baden
CHF 30.-, CHF 20.- or CHF 10.- (freely selectable) / free for pupils and students
In NOTTURNO, the Mondrian Ensemble and baritone Robin Adams explore the time between dusk and dawn with works by O. Schoeck, F. Martin and a world premiere by N. Vassena.
As darkness falls, a very special time begins in which the usual coordinates of our perception shift. The Mondrian Ensemble dedicates its 2nd seasonal program to the wondrous hours between dusk and dawn and illuminates music from three linguistic regions of Switzerland on its nocturnal foray.
In addition to the "Notturno" for low voice and string quartet by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), the rarely performed string trio by Frank Martin (1890-1974) and the world premiere of the 2nd string trio "Gesänge der Frühe" by Ticino composer Nadir Vassena (*1970), composed especially for this program, will be performed.
At the heart of the program is the Notturno op. 47 for low voice and string quartet, one of the composer Othmar Schoeck's most personal works. It was written between 1931 and 1933 and served as a personal confession after an unhappy extramarital love affair. The five movements set verses by the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau and the Swiss writer Gottfried Keller. Here, late Romanticism, Expressionism and Modernism combine to create a very unique tone that sheds an exciting light on his artistic preoccupation with the dark abysses of human existence. With a playing time of around 45 minutes, the Notturno takes up an unusual amount of space, at least for a chamber music work. Schoeck's biographer Chris Walton writes that Alban Berg had words of praise for the Notturno. The work was premiered in 1933, but then went almost unnoticed for years until Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Juilliard String Quartet performed it again in 1967.
With this program, the Mondrian Ensemble will continue its collaboration with the renowned English baritone Robin Adams, who lives in Bern, which began in 2022. Robin Adams, who was nominated as best singer 2021 by Opernwelt and Opus Klassik, has performed in most major opera houses and festivals, including La Scala Milan, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Royal Opera House London, Stuttgart State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Leipzig Opera, Cologne Opera, Zurich Opera House, Flemish Opera, La Monnaie Brussels, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Edinburgh Festival and Wiener Festwochen.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
In addition to the "Notturno" for low voice and string quartet by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), the rarely performed string trio by Frank Martin (1890-1974) and the world premiere of the 2nd string trio "Gesänge der Frühe" by Ticino composer Nadir Vassena (*1970), composed especially for this program, will be performed.
At the heart of the program is the Notturno op. 47 for low voice and string quartet, one of the composer Othmar Schoeck's most personal works. It was written between 1931 and 1933 and served as a personal confession after an unhappy extramarital love affair. The five movements set verses by the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau and the Swiss writer Gottfried Keller. Here, late Romanticism, Expressionism and Modernism combine to create a very unique tone that sheds an exciting light on his artistic preoccupation with the dark abysses of human existence. With a playing time of around 45 minutes, the Notturno takes up an unusual amount of space, at least for a chamber music work. Schoeck's biographer Chris Walton writes that Alban Berg had words of praise for the Notturno. The work was premiered in 1933, but then went almost unnoticed for years until Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and the Juilliard String Quartet performed it again in 1967.
With this program, the Mondrian Ensemble will continue its collaboration with the renowned English baritone Robin Adams, who lives in Bern, which began in 2022. Robin Adams, who was nominated as best singer 2021 by Opernwelt and Opus Klassik, has performed in most major opera houses and festivals, including La Scala Milan, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Royal Opera House London, Stuttgart State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Leipzig Opera, Cologne Opera, Zurich Opera House, Flemish Opera, La Monnaie Brussels, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Edinburgh Festival and Wiener Festwochen.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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