composer
String Quintet «Rhapsody» (2000)
Part of the booklet-text: My one-movement String Quintet with the subtitle «Rhapsodie» is a slightly revised version of my Rhapsody for string orchestra of 1990. The slow introduction captures a quiet mood and contains the germ of all the thematic material used in the work. Elegiac motifs are integrated contrapuntally so as to evoke the meditative mood of yodelling; the motifs finally turn out to be melodic elements of a section which is dance-like and sometimes powerfully archaic in its rhythms. A brief lyrical epilogue ends the work. This work has been performed very frequently and has even found its way into the repertoire of certain amateur orchestras.
Info
in one movement
Instrumentation
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Duration
about 11 minutes
Excerpts for listening
Recordings
Petersen Quartett
Andreas Wylezol, Double Bass
Capriccio - 67 106 (P 2004)
World Premiere
musica viva, Basel 2000
Concerts
August 21st, 2008 - Ceresio Estate 2008, Vico Morcote
Works by Mozart, Bartók, Müller, Dvorák.
Alpha Ensemble, with Denitza Kucera und Keiko Yamaguchi (violin), Monica Benda (viola), Mattia Zappa (violoncello), Ermanno Ferrari (doublebass).
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April 13th, 2008 - Luzern, Schweiz, Marianischen Saal, musste leider verschoben werden
Werke von F. J. Haydn, A. Schnittke, F. Müller, G. Rossini und F. Lachner
Alpha-Ensemble
March 30th, 2008 - Lugano, Schweiz, evangelisch-reformierte Kirche, musste leider verschoben werden
Works by F. J. Haydn, A. Schnittke, F. Müller, G. Rossini und F. Lachner
Alpha-Ensemble
December 01st, 2007
07:30 pm - Luzern, Schweiz. Marianischer Saal. 19.30 Uhr
Also on the program: works by W.A. Mozart, B. Bartok, B. Romberg and A. Dvorak.
Alpha-Ensemble
October 20th, 2007
07:30 pm - Basel, Schweiz. Martinskirche
Also on the program: works by W.A. Mozart, B. Bartok, B. Romberg and A. Dvorak.
Alpha-Ensemble
October 13th, 2007
07:30 pm - Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich. Schweiz
Also on the program: works by W.A. Mozart, B. Bartok, B. Romberg and A. Dvorak.
Alpha-Ensemble