Ma’alot Quintet

Fri 18 Nov 2011, 8pm
Youth Theater, Hanoi

Thu 17 Nov 2011, 8pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music, HCMC

From Goethe Institut:
On the occasion of the Europe Music Festival 2011, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi invites you to enjoy a very special concert: At the Youth Theatre and HCMC Conservatory of Music, the Ma’alot Quintet presents classic and modern compositions for brass with the works of Mozart, Ligeti, Glanert and Piazzolla.

Founded in 1986, the Ma’alot Quintet is among today’s leading international chamber music ensembles. Their repertoire includes the entire wind quintet literature from the classical to the avant-garde, often in their own arrangements. A particular focus is new music: Ma’alot regularly premieres works by contemporary composers. Ma’alot has won several first prizes in major international competitions, as well as earning praise and awards for their CD recordings. Ma’alot has toured in Asia, the USA and South America. All members of the ensemble are active as soloists in major German orchestras or as professors at music conservatories.

Ma’alot Quintet’s members

Stephanie Winker, flute
Christian Wetzel, oboe
Ulf-Guido Schäfer, clarinette
Volker Grewel, french horn
Volker Tessmann, bassoon

Program

The arrangements of five pieces from Mozart’s opera “Cosi fan tutte” address the subject of the opera, love and all its confusion, with fast tempos and swirling wind figures varied with delicate intimacy. The six short pieces byGyörgi Ligeti, which the composer himself arranged for wind quintet, are very different: in just four to eleven different tones, with simple rhythms, the Hungarian composer seeks a new, original aesthetic for the music of the 20th Century. “Déjà vu” by contemporary German composer Detlev Glanert demonstrates his confrontation with the models of classical music and also plays with the contrast of solo and ensemble. Two tango suites by Astor Piazzolla, full of energy and passion, conclude the concert.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 20’
Harmony music on the opera „Così fan tutte“ K.588
(arranged for wind quintet by Ulf-Guido Schäfer)
Ouvertura
Sento, o Dio, che questo piede
Soave sia il vento
Tradito, schernito
Alla bella Despinetta

György Ligeti (1923-2006) 12’
Six Bagatelles from „Musica Ricercata“ for wind quintet (1953)
Allegro con spirito
Rubato. Lamentoso
Allegro grazioso
Presto ruvido
Adagio. Mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam)
Molto vivace. Capriccioso

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Detlev Glanert (*1960) 12’
« Déjà Vu » Wind quintet No.2 (2006)
(in one movement)

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) 18’
Suite from „Seasons“ and „Histoire du Tango“
(arranged by Ulf-Guido Schäfer)
Primavera Porteña (Spring)
Continental Café, 1930
Verano Porteño (Summer)

Ticket

Register to receive free tickets from Mon 14 Nov 2011 at the following addresses:
In HANOI: Goethe Institute – 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tel: 04- 3 7 34 2251/52
British Council – 20 Thuy Khue, Tel: 04 38436780
L’Espace – 24 Trang Tien, Tel: 04 39362164
Center for Performance Arts – 6th Floor, 32 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tel/Fax : 04 3747 8658

In HCMC: Goethe Institut 18, Str.1, Do Thanh, Ward 4, District 3. Tel.: 08 36009587
British Council 25 Le Duan, District 1. Tel.: 08 38232862
IDECAF: 31 Thai Van Lung, District 1. Tel.: 08 38295451

Information about the Europe Music Festival, visit festival’s website.