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Music Mountain 2009 #20

Series: Music Mountain 2009 Chamber Music Concerts
From: Music Mountain
Length: 01:57:01

Highlights from past series, this program was recorded September 7, 2008 and features the St. Petersburg String Quartet with Assisting Artist Alexander Mekinulov, Piano Read the full description.

2001_hall_small Alla Aranovskaya, Violin; Boris Vayner, Viola; Alla Krolevich, Violin     Adrian Daurov, Cello; Assisting Artist Alexander Mekinulov, Piano

Trio For Violin, Viola & Piano In E Flat, K. 498 Kegelstatt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Andante
-Menuetto
-Allegretto

Trio For Violin, Viola & Piano From Las Cuatro Estanciones Portenas; Astor Piazzolla
(The Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires)

-Inviemo Porteno (Winter)
-Otono Porteno (Autumn)

String Quartet #8, Opus 110; Dmitri Shostakovich
-Largo                                                                        )
-Allegro molto
-Allegretto
-Largo
-Largo
(Played without pause)

INTERMISSION

Quartet For Piano And Strings In G Minor
Opus 25; Johannes Brahms
-Allegro
-Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo
-Andante con moto
-Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

HISTORIC ENCORE
Brahms: String Quartet in B flat major, opus 67 played by the Ludwig String Quartet (partial)

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Piece Description

Alla Aranovskaya, Violin; Boris Vayner, Viola; Alla Krolevich, Violin     Adrian Daurov, Cello; Assisting Artist Alexander Mekinulov, Piano

Trio For Violin, Viola & Piano In E Flat, K. 498 Kegelstatt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Andante
-Menuetto
-Allegretto

Trio For Violin, Viola & Piano From Las Cuatro Estanciones Portenas; Astor Piazzolla
(The Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires)

-Inviemo Porteno (Winter)
-Otono Porteno (Autumn)

String Quartet #8, Opus 110; Dmitri Shostakovich
-Largo                                                                        )
-Allegro molto
-Allegretto
-Largo
-Largo
(Played without pause)

INTERMISSION

Quartet For Piano And Strings In G Minor
Opus 25; Johannes Brahms
-Allegro
-Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo
-Andante con moto
-Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

HISTORIC ENCORE
Brahms: String Quartet in B flat major, opus 67 played by the Ludwig String Quartet (partial)

Transcript

PROGRAM NOTES

INTRODUCTION

With today’s concert, the final one of our 79th season, we bring to an end our tour of examples of Borrowed Melodies with three interesting examples:

The opening work, the Mozart Trio was originally written by Mozart to be played by piano, viola and clarinet with his favorite piano student playing the piano, the clarinet played by his friend, the clarinetist, Anton Stadler, and himself playing the viola. Mozart also transcribed the work for a more conventional piano trio with the violin replacing the clarinet, as you will hear, today.

The Piazzolla reference to Vivaldi and his Four Seasons is another example of Borrowed Melodies. Here, Piazzolla takes a tango-inspired work and combines it with elements that are recognizable from the Vivaldi model. And, in today's performance a further transformation takes place with the change in instrumentation from Piazz...
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