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

Ticket price: CHF 10.–

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.–

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.–

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.–

Restaurant Burehuus, Frutigenstrasse 44, 3600 Thun

Evelyn and Kristina Brunner
 

Program as announced

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

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

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.–

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.–