String Quartet Concert with the Minetti Quartet
Images: Irene Zandel
April 8 | 6:30 PM
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We cordially invite you to a special Schubertiade concert by the Viennese Minetti Quartett featuring violinists Maria Ehmer and Anna Knopp, violist Milan Milojicic and cellist Leonhard Roczek.
About the Concert
Salzburg born artist Ángela Troendle’s “New Gifts of the Night”, based on the poem “Moonlit Night” by Joseph von Eichendorff, which was dedicated to the Minetti Quartett in 2020, is embedded between the dramatic quartet movement in C minor and the famous “Rosamunde” quartet. Enjoy an hour within the timeless beautiful poetic world of music!
Concert Program
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Quartettsatz c-Moll (Quartet Movement in C minor) D703: Allegro assai
- Angela Tröndle (*1983) String Quartet No. 1 Neue Geschenke der Nacht (New Gifts of the Night):
- Vom Staunen – Mondnacht (On Wonder – Moon Night)
- Vom Fliegen – Klartraumlandschaft (On Flying – Lucid-Dream Landscape)
- Vom Ankommen – Leben (On Arriving – Life)
- Franz Schubert
String Quartet “Rosamunde” in A minor D804:
Allegro ma non troppo Andante
Allegretto – Trio
Allegro moderato
About the Artists
Since its founding in 2003, the Vienna-based Minetti Quartett has established itself on the international string quartet scene. After being named an ECHO Rising Star in 2008/09, it has performed in renowned concert halls across Europe and major festivals such as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Salzburg’s Mozart Week. The ensemble has also toured the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Japan, and China. The 2023/24 season highlights included a new recording of 20th-century music, concerts at Vienna’s Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, and two tours with pianist Kit Armstrong, “Expedition Mozart.” Winners of multiple chamber music competitions, the quartet has received prestigious Austrian awards. Mentored by the Alban Berg Quartett, it has recorded acclaimed albums for Hänssler Classic and Avi Music. The Austrian National Bank has lent it rare instruments, and the ensemble regularly gives master classes worldwide. The name Minetti references a play by Austrian author Thomas Bernhard.