Tuesday, 2 May, 6:30 p.m. – Oberhofen – Klösterli – Schloss Oberhofen

Opening Night


3 concerts of 30 minutes each. Insights into the GAIA Music Festival Programme 2023. Wine kindly offered by Rebbaugenossenschaft Oberhofen.
 


Ticket price: CHF 10.–


Wednesday, 3 May, 7:30 p.m. – The Town Church Thun

Of Love and Other Drunkenness


Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Night Music of the Streets of Madrid


Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Piano Trio 
Variations on a Viennese ‹Heurigen› Melody Op. 9


Garth Knox (*1956)
Stranger for Viola and Viola d’Amore


Garth Knox: (*1956)
String Quintet
The Weaver's Grave
Swiss Premiere


Interval


Erika Stucky (*1962)
Solo


Erika Stucky (*1962)/Garth Knox (*1956)/traditional
Cruel Wind Song
for Voice and Viola d’Amore
Swiss Premiere


Erika Stucky (*1962)/Garth Knox (*1956)/traditional
Black Brittany
for Viola d’Amore, Double Bass and Bodhrán 


Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Contrabajissimo
Swiss Premiere of the arrangement by Lars Schaper


Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Histoire du Tango
for Violin, Clarinet, Piano and Double Bass
I. Bordello 1900
II. Café 1930
III. Nightclub 1960

Swiss Premiere of the arrangement by Akos Hoffmann
 


Musicians
Piano: Sergei Redkin, Caspar Vos
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Viola: Garth Knox, Martin Moriarty, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Sandro Meszaros, Patrick Moriarty, Anton Spronk
Double Bass: Lars Schaper
Clarinet: Fabio di Casola
Bodhrán: David Brühlmann
Voice: Erika Stucky


Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–

Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–


Thursday, 4 May, 7:30 p.m. – Scherzligen Church

Lovers and Loss


18.30 p.m.
Pre-concert programme introduction and talk with Aregnaz Martirosyan, moderated by Marc Kilchenmann

 


György Ligeti (1823–2006)
Sonata
for Solo Cello


Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Serenade
for 2 Violins und Viola


Premiere
Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993)
Work for 7 Instruments 
Commissioned by GAIA Music Festival


Premiere
Urs Peter Schneider (*1939)
Work for 7 Instruments 
Commissioned by GAIA Music Festival


Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)
String Trio in C Dur Opus 10 «Serenade»


Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances
 


Musicians
Violin: Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Markus Fleck, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Patrick Moriarty, Anton Spronk
Double Bass: Lars Schaper

Students of the Lucerne School of Music of the University of Applied Arts and Sciences
Oboe: Robert Abrahamyan
Bassoon:Carlo Golinelli
Violin: Marie Hasoňová, Asli Ayben Özdemir
Cello: Silvan Sterki, Isabel Castro
Piano: Artem Markaryan, Ana Velinovska
Director: Philipp Hutter
 


Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–

Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–


Friday, 5 May, 7:30 p.m. — Hilterfingen Church

Unbounded Friendship


Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Trio Op. 101 in C minor


Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Sextet in A minor Op. 48


Interval


Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances No. 17, 5, 4
Piano Four Hands


Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in E minor for String Quintet Op. 72, No. 2
Arrangement by Tony Kime


Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 4 (“Dumky” Trio) Op. 90 in E minor
 


Musicians
Piano: Sergei Redkin, Caspar Vos
Violin: Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Viola: Markus Fleck, Garth Knox
Cello: Leonard Elschenbroich, Patrick Moriarty, Anton Spronk
Double Bass: Lars Schaper
 


Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–

Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–


Friday, 5 May, 22:30 p.m. — Restaurant Burehuus, Thun

Late Night

Restaurant Burehuus, Frutigenstrasse 44, 3600 Thun

 


Evelyn and Kristina Brunner
 


Program as announced

Admission free, collection
The Burehuus restaurant offers drinks and cold plates.


Saturday, 6 May, 7:30 p.m. — Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Berne

Adorned with Borrowed Plumes


18.00 p.m.
Public Aperitif for the concert audience

offered by Her Excellence Mrs Hedda Samson, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Switzerland


18.30 p.m.
Pre-concert programme introduction by Jörg Scheller

There is much talk of cultural appropriation (and indeed, exploitation) in recent years, but what about cultural appreciation?

Dr Jörg Scheller, professor of art history at the Zurich University of the Arts, journalist and musician, gives an introduction to this controversial topic in a pre-concert talk.

 


Emil Frey (1889–1946)
Small Slavic Suite Op. 38
for Piano Solo  


Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Piano Trio No. 39 ("Gypsy") in G major Hob. XV/25


Frank Martin (1890–1974)
Piano Trio on Popular Irish Melodies


George Gershwin (1898–1937) / Igor Frolov (1937–2013)
Concert fantasy on themes of "Porgy and Bess"
for Violin and Piano

Gwendolyn Masin, Caspar Vos


Interval


Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34
for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
 


Musicians
Piano: Sergei Redkin, Caspar Vos
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skærved
Viola: Razvan Popovici
Cello: Leonard Elschenbroich, Martin Moriarty, Anton Spronk
Clarinet: Fabio di Casola


Sunday, 7 May, 11:00 a.m. – Oberhofen Castle

Songs and Dances


Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Three Madrigrals, H. 313 
for Violin and Viola


Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Quintet Op. 39 in G minor  
for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Double Bass


Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
Grand Sextet in E-flat major  
for two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano
 


Musicians
Piano: Sergei Redkin
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Sandro Meszaros
Double Bass: Lars Schaper
Clarinet: Fabio di Casola
Oboe: Selen Schaper
 


Ticket price incl. Prosecco-Apéro: CHF 75.–

Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–


Sunday, 7 May, 6:00 p.m. – Hilterfingen Church

The Godfather


Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
String Quartet No 2, Op. 35 in A minor


Alexander Glasunow (1865–1936)
String Quintet in A major, Op. 39


Interval


Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
String Sextet Op. 70 in D minor «Souvenir de Florence»
 


Musicians
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Leonard Elschenbroich, Patrick Moriarty, Anton Spronk
 


Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–

Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–


Tuesday, 28 November 19:00 p.m. – Hochschule Luzern HSLU in cooperation with GAIA Music Festival

Lovers and Loss


Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Klaviertrio Nr. 39, G-Dur, Hob. XV/25 (1795)

  • Andante
  • Poco adagio: Cantabile
  • Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto

Marie Hasoňová, Violine; Silvan Sterki, Violoncello; Pierre Delignies Calderón, Klavier
 


Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993)
«Retrospektive» für 7 Instrumente (2023)
Kompositionsauftrag des GAIA Musikfestival

Robert Abrahamyan, Oboe; Carlo Golinelli, Fagott; Marie Hasoňová, Violine; Asli Ayben Özdemir, Violine; Silvan Sterki, Violoncello; Isabel García Castro, Violoncello; Artem Markaryan, Klavier
 


Urs Peter Schneider (*1939)
«Vorwärts zu den Quellen» für 7 Instrumente (2022)
Kompositionsauftrag des GAIA Musikfestivals

Robert Abrahamyan, Oboe; Carlo Golinelli, Fagott; Marie Hasoňová, Violine; Asli Ayben Özdemir, Violine; Silvan Sterki, Violoncello; Isabel García Castro, Violoncello; Antonia Fischer, Klavier
 


Antonín Dvořák (1814–1904)
Klaviertrio Nr. 4, e-Moll, op. 90, «Dumky-Trio» (1891)

  • Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
  • Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo
  • Andante – Vivace non troppo
  • Andante moderato quasi tempo di Marcia – Allegretto scherzando
  • Allegro – Meno mosso quasi tempo primo
  • Lento maestoso – Vivace quasi doppio movimento

Gwendolyn Masin; Violine; Isabel García Castro, Violoncello; Pierre Delignies Calderón, Klavier