Friday 19 September, 7pm — Rittersaal, Thun Castle

Contrasting Harmonies


Ruperto Chapí (1851–1909)
Carceleras from “Las Hijas del Zebedeo”

Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet in E Major Op. 18, no. 5
Merel Quartett


Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas (nos. 1, 5, 6)
Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
String Quintet in E Major Op. 11, no. 5
Merel Quartett, Thomas Demenga


Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Élégie
Jordanka Milkova, Thomas Demenga, Simon Bucher


Sergej Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Trio élégiaque no. 1 in G minor
Gwendolyn Masin, Thomas Demenga, Simon Bucher


Paul Juon (1872–1940)
Sextet in C minor Op. 22
Merel Quartett, Thomas Demenga, Bálint Zsoldos
Swiss Premiere


Saturday 20 September, 7pm — Rittersaal, Thun Castle

Britannia


Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Fantasias for 4 Viols,
No. 8 (Z. 739), No. 10 (Z. 741) and No. 11 (Z. 742)

Mary Ellen Woodside, Gina Maria McGuinness, Alessandro D’Amico, David Pia


Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Bagatelle for Violin, Viola and Piano
Gina Maria McGuinness, Alessandro D’Amico, Simon Bucher
Swiss Premiere


Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Phantasy for Piano Quartet H. 94
Esther Hoppe, Alessandro D‘Amico, David Pia, Simon Bucher


Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
“Mother Comfort”
“Underneath the Abject Willow”

Tatjana Gazdik, Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Henry Purcell / rekonstruiert von Benjamin Britten
“Sound the trumpet” Z323/3, from “Come, ye sons of Art, away”
“What can we poor females do?” Z518

Tatjana Gazdik, Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Henry Purcell
“Dido’s Lament”
Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
“Fair House of Joy” Op. 12 No. 7
(Lyrics: anonymous)
Tatjana Gazdik, Simon Bucher


Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
“Coming Home”
Tatjana Gazdik, Jordanka Milkova, Simon Bucher


Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
Gwendolyn Masin, Esther Hoppe, Lilli Maijala, David Pia, Bálint Zsoldos


Sunday 21 September, 11am — Oberhofen Castle, Thun

Urheimat

The Sunday Morning Coffee Concert


Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
String Trio in G Minor

Gina Maria McGuinness, Lilli Maijala, David Pia


Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Duos für zwei Violinen Sz. 98
Duos for Two Violins Sz. 98 (no. 32 “Dance from Máramaros”, no. 11 “Play Song”, no. 31 “New Year’s Greeting”,
no. 19 “Fairy Tale, no. 44 “Transylvanian Dance”)
Mary Ellen Woodside, Gina Maria McGuinness


László Weiner (1916–1944)
Duo for Violin and Viola
Mary Ellen Woodside, Alessandro D’Amico


Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Fratres for String Quartet
Mary Ellen Woodside, Gina Maria McGuinness, Alessandro D’Amico, David Pia


Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Serenade for String Trio in C Major Op. 10
Esther Hoppe, Lilli Maijala, David Pia


Sunday 21 September, 7pm — Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Berne

Kern Ensemble

[Translate to english:] Theme and Variations


Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Variations on a Slovak Theme

István Várdai, Bálint Zsoldos


Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Thème et variations
Gwendolyn Masin, Bálint Zsoldos


Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Papillons Op. 2
Bálint Zsoldos


Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
Passacaglia
on a theme by Georg Friedrich Händel
Gwendolyn Masin, István Várdai


Pjotr Tschaikowski (1840–1893)
Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50
Gwendolyn Masin, István Várdai, Bálint Zsoldos