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