Archive 2009

SUN 27. SEP 2009, 6 p.m.

Intimate Dialogues

Burg Namedy

• Ensemble Kheops

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B flat major op. 11 (»Gassenhauer Trio«)
• Johannes Brahms: Trio for clarinet, piano and cello a minor op. 114
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for clarinet or violin, cello and piano in E-flat major op. 38 based on the Septet op. 20

Intimate Dialogues

Brahms informed his publisher in 1890 that »it must be time to go«. However, then his creative powers returned and he wrote the Clarinet Trio op. 114 about which his friend commented: »it is as if the instruments loved each other«. Clarinet, cello and piano love each other in Beethoven’s music too and made for »a quite good ensemble« in 1799 according to a contemporary. In opus 11 Beethoven used a melody that had become a popular song (Gassenhauer) from an opera by his contemporary Joseph Weigl, opus 38 is an adaptation of a Septet op. 20 that was extremely popular in his day. »A quite good ensemble« would be an understatement to describe the Ensemble Khéops founded in 2006.

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Joint event with the concerts of Burg Namedy.