SEBASTIAN GÜRTLER, violin
RÉGIS BRINGOLF, violin
GERTRUD WEINMEISTER, viola
FLORIAN BERNER, cello
| Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op. 33/3, H. 3/39, "Bird" |
| Anton Webern | Movements (5) for string quartet, Op. 5 |
| Robert Schumann | String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41/3 |
The Hugo Wolf Quartett was founded at the Vienna Conservatory and has developed into one of the most sought-after string quartets in the world. These four young musicians won the Fifth International String Quartet Competition in Cremona, the 45th International G. B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Special Prize and the European Cultural Award for Chamber Music.
Their performances are described as bold and gripping, meaningful, inspired, spirited and graceful with a mastery beyond their years and projecting the music’s greatness with scrupulous attention to detail.
link to Ottawa Chamber Music Society website.
link to Hugo Wolf Quartett website.
November 7:
Matt Haimovitz @ Black Sheep Inn, 420 Riverside Drive, Wakefield QC (see website for directions). 8:30pm, $15. Through his visionary approach – championing new music and initiating groundbreaking collaborations within and beyond the classical domain – Matt Haimovitz is redefining what it means to be an artist for the 21st century. Haimovitz is expanding the concerto experience and repertoire with a series of innovative new commissions and recordings. He has recorded as an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon for ten years, and on Oxingale Records since 2000, the label he co-founded with composer Luna Pearl Woolf.Their performances are described as bold and gripping, meaningful, inspired, spirited and graceful with a mastery beyond their years and projecting the music’s greatness with scrupulous attention to detail.
link to Ottawa Chamber Music Society website.
link to Hugo Wolf Quartett website.
November 7:
link to Black Sheep Inn website.
link to Matt Haimovitz's MySpace page.
November 10:
The National Arts Centre and the Ottawa Chamber Music Society present Generations 2008, a performance by Montréal’s stellar Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, celebrating some of Canada’s most talented and exciting young composers. Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street. 7:30 p.m., pay-what-you-can.
This biennial ECM project will showcase new works by Michael Berger (Alberta), Scott Good (Ontario), Brian Harman (Ontario) and Fuhong Shi (Ontario). It will also feature soloists Tim Brady (electric guitar) and Scott Good (trombone).
link to Ottawa Chamber Music Society website.
link to Ensemble contemporain de Montréal website.
November 13:
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Peter Oundjian, will be performing a new violin concerto by Mark-Anthony Turnage, with violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Also on the program are Britten's Four Sea Interludes and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5. 8pm at the National Arts Centre.
A composer of truly international stature, Mark-Anthony Turnage is among the most relevant communicators and creators of today. His orchestral and operatic music is often forthright and confrontational, unafraid to mirror the realities of modern life, yet its energy is exhilarating. With his flair for vivid titles, and his complete absorption of jazz elements into a contemporary classical style, Turnage produces work with a strong appeal to an enquiring, often young audience. At the same time his music is capable of expressing deep tenderness, especially emotions associated with loss.
link to Mark-Anthony Turnage's website.
link to Toronto Symphony Orchestra website (does not contain information about this event).
link to National Arts Centre website (venue).
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