Lockenhaus on Tour

Nicolas Altstaedt & Friends

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A whirlwind trip of the cult chamber music festival

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt took over musical direction of the cult chamber music festival in Lockenhaus, Austria, from founder Gidon Kremer in 2012. For its 35th anniversary, Altstaedt brings a taster of the festival’s »spirit« to Hamburg: a spontaneous selection of works, folk music improvisations and Schubert’s »Trout Quintet«.

Lockenhaus stands behind the performance of more than just the standard concert works: the repertoire and the musicians in each chamber group are decided just before the concert. To capture the »spirit« of Lockenhaus, Altstaedt brings along adventurous festival colleagues to Hamburg, for example, the excellent Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto - a duo that has already inspired Hamburg audiences in the past. After so much spontaneity, the audience can look forward to an extra dose of playfulness with Schubert’s Trout Quintet in the second half of the evening!

Performers

Pekka Kuusisto violin

Lily Francis viola

Nicolas Altstaedt violoncello

Knut Erik Sundquist double bass

Alexander Lonquich piano

Programme

Béla Bartók
Sonatine für Klavier Sz 55

Zwei norwegische Joiks
Reflections of Ischgl
Zwei Weihnachtspolkas (finnisch)

Sándor Veress
Memento für Viola und Kontrabass

Antonín Dvořák
Auf der alten Burg / aus: Poetische Stimmungsbilder op. 85
Waldesruhe op. 68/5 (Fassung für Violoncello und Klavier)

Jörg Widmann
24 Duos für Violine und Violoncello / Heimweh / Toccatina all´inglese

Tom Johnson
Failing - a very difficult piece for solo string bass

– Interval –

Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A Major D 667 »Trout Quintet«