Doric String Quartet med Jonathan Biss (piano)
Mogens Dahl Koncertsal / København S / 18. nov. 2024 / 20:00
Doric String Q. & Jonathan Biss (Piano)
The meeting between the piano and string instruments is a venerable constellation, one that many composers from Mozart onwards have explored.
In this concert, the experienced English string quartet, Doric String Quartet, has joined forces with the dynamic American pianist Jonathan Biss to perform a couple of the major works from the Romantic repertoire within this genre.
Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet from 1842 is among his most popular and enduring works, which is all the more impressive given that it was only in this very year, 1842, that he ventured into chamber music. Moreover, the Piano Quintet set a precedent for many of the great composers that followed.
Just as Schumann in his early years as a composer focused on his primary instrument, the piano, Johannes Brahms also gradually ventured beyond the familiar in his compositions. His first two piano quartets (for piano, violin, viola, and cello) marked a significant breakthrough for him in chamber music, especially with the monumental, almost symphonic Piano Quartet No. 2, a true masterpiece.
These two works for strings and piano are framed by one of Beethoven’s early string quartets, the G major quartet from his first collection of quartets, Opus 18, published in 1800-1801.
This charming youthful quartet, which clearly bears the inspiration of Joseph Haydn while also showcasing the young composer’s personal approach to the material, serves as a beautiful and fitting reminder that it was precisely these two already well-established forms of expression (the string quartet and solo piano) that came together in works such as the two mentioned above, which the Doric String Quartet and Jonathan Biss will perform this evening.
PROGRAM:
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856):
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827):
String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G major
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
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Arrangør: Mogens Dahl Koncertsal, Snorresgade 22, 2300 København S