Dear friends! We invite you to an evening of music by two great classics whose courage and innovation are unparalleled in the art of music. Both were born in Germany and achieved fame in Vienna. But not only this impoverishes the authors. There is a clear continuity between the prominent representative of the classical school Beethoven and the romantic Brahms. Pronouncing the name of Ludwig van Beethoven, the very first composition that comes to our mind is “To Elise”. But, Beethoven, first of all, a composer who created the "Moonlight" and "Kreutzer" sonatas, "Aurora" and "Appassionata", "Heroic", the Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, "Egmont", "Leonora" and "Coriolanus". Each Beethoven opus has its own artistic and spiritual style. The slenderness and monumentality of the form, the enormous charge of energy and the high intensity of feelings are integral features of his music. The composer's outlook into the future is striking - there is still an inexhaustible interest in his brilliant ideas in musical form.
Johannes Brahms was a wonderful pianist. His memory was truly wonderful. So, once in response to the confession of Bülow, who had a hard time performing the first volume of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in concert, Brahms replied that he remembered any of the preludes and fugues of both volumes. And then, sitting at the piano, he convinced the amazed listeners of this. It is also known that, going on a concert trip, Brahms did not take notes with him; as a soloist, ensemble player or conductor he played all his works from memory. Schumann called the game of the twenty-year-old Brahms "highly genius". All who heard it, unanimously noted the strength and power, the fullness of the sound, the courageous energy of the rhythm. Sometimes it even seemed as if it was being played by not one, but two pianists in four hands! Unlike many romantic composers, Brahms reached great heights in the time-tested classical genres - symphonic and chamber. Numerous compositions for various instrumental ensembles and for piano are marked with a unique artistic image, content and depth. In them, severity is combined with trust, sophistication with melodiousness and simplicity of writing.
Dear friends! The famous chamber works of two geniuses will be performed for you by young and talented soloists of the Mosconcert!
Performers:
Julia Pokrovskaya (violin)
Sergey Poltavsky (viola)
Rustam Komachkov (cello)
Evgeny Starodubtsev (piano)
Program:
Beethoven - 12 variations for cello and piano on a theme by Mozart in F major, op. 66
Beethoven - 7 Variations for cello and piano on a theme by Mozart in E flat major, WoO 46
Beethoven - Sonata for violin and piano, op. 24 No. 5 "Spring"
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Brahms - Piano Quartet in c minor, op. 60 No. 3
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro
Andante
Finale: Allegro comodo