International Mendelssohn Festival 2024

Date & Time

Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 19:30

Venue

The great opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who opens this concert evening, called his only string quartet »a gimmick«. Legend has it that he composed his quartet purely as a pastime, as rehearsals for performances of his »Aida« in Naples had come to a standstill. As so often, Verdi was understating the case. The French-Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris continues the gimmick with a spontaneous improvisation on Verdi’s operatic themes. In the rest of the programme, Katsaris plays romances, songs and fantasies... Read full text

Keywords: Recital

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Musicians

Ralph Evans	Violin
Efim Boico	Violin
Gil Sharon	Viola
Niklas Schmidt	Cello
Cyprien Katsaris	Piano

Program

String Quartet in E minor	Giuseppe Verdi
Improvisation on operatic themes by Verdi	Cyprien Katsaris
Gondellied in A major	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Gondellied / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Impromptu / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Fröhlicher Landmann / from: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68	Robert Schumann
Soldatenmarsch / from: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68	Robert Schumann
Six Kinderstücke, Op. 72/1	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Kinderlied / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Scherzo / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Scherzo in E minor / from: Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Romanze / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Romance in F-sharp major. Einfach, Op. 28/2 / from: Three Romances	Robert Schumann
Songs Without Words in A major, Op. 62/6 »Spring Song«	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Allegro moderato, Op. 8/1 / Four Songs Without Words	Fanny Hensel
Ungarisch / from: Bunte Reihe, 24 Pieces for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David	Ferdinand David / Franz Liszt
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies for Piano and Orchestra, S 123 / Adaptation for Solo Piano by Hans von Bülow / Cyprien Katsaris	Franz Liszt

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