Tuesday, 2 May, 6:30 p.m. – Oberhofen – Klösterli – Schloss Oberhofen
Opening Night
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
Garth Knox (*1956)
Stranger for Viola and Viola d’Amore
Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Piano Trio
Variations on a Viennese ‹Heurigen› Melody Op. 9
Garth Knox: (*1956)
String Quintet
The Weaver's Grave
Interval
Erika Stucky (*1962)/Garth Knox (*1956)
Black Brittany
for Voice, Viola d’Amore, Double Bass, Bodhrán
Wind Songs
for Voice, Viola d’Amore, Double Bass
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Contrabajissimo
Astor Piazzolla
L’Histoire du Tango
for Violin, Clarinet, Piano and Double Bass
I. Bordello 1900
II. Café 1930
III. Nightclub 1960
Musicians
Piano: Diana Ketler, Caspar Vos
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Viola: Garth Knox, Martin Moriarty, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Patrick Moriarty, Laura van der Heijden, Alexander Warenberg
Double Bass: Lars Schaper
Clarinet: Fabio di Casola
Bodhrán: David Brühlmann
Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–
Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Thursday, 4 May, 7:30 p.m. – Scherzligen Church
Lovers and Loss
18.15 h
Introduction to the concert and artist talk with Aregnaz Martirosyan
Moderator: 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
Students of the Lucerne School of Music of the University of Applied Arts and Sciences
Violin: Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved,
Viola: Martin Moriarty
Cello: Patrick Moriarty
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, 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. 4
Interval
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances
Piano Four Hands
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances in E minor for String Quintet Op. 72, No. 2
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 4 (“Dumky” Trio) Op. 90 in E minor
Musicians
Piano: Diana Ketler, Caspar Vos
Violin: Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Viola: Markus Fleck, Garth Knox
Cello: Patrick Moriarty, Laura van der Heijden, Alexander Warenberg
Double Bass: Lars Schaper
Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–
Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–
Saturday, 6 May, 7:30 p.m. — Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Berne
With Foreign Plumes
18.15 h
Introduction to the concert: Jürg Scheller
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: Diana Ketler, Caspar Vos
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Viola: Razvan Popovici
Cello: Laura van der Heijden, Alexander Warenberg
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: Diana Ketler
Violin: Markus Fleck, Abigel Kralik, Jiska Lambrecht, Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Martin Moriarty, Razvan Popovici
Cello: Laura van der Heijden
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: Patrick Moriarty, Laura van der Heijden, Alexander Warenberg
Ticket price: CHF 60.–/50.–
Students/KulturLegi: CHF 15.–
Children up to 12 years accompanied by an adult: CHF 5.–