»Expedition Mozart«

• Classical Music

Mozart, Mozart, Mozart! Pianist and passionate chamber musician Kit Armstrong has invited an illustrious group of musical friends, such as the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Noah Bendix-Balgley and three renowned string quartets, to take part in the Elbphilharmonie [Mozart Festival]. On their »Expedition Mozart« they revel in the composer’s classics, but also explore rarely performed chamber music.
Kit Armstrong himself is represented with two piano concertos, one of which is chamber music through and through, while the other is a large-scale symphonic work. In the Sinfonia Concertante, Noah Bendix-Balgley and Amihai Grosz vie with one another. The composer himself would certainly have appreciated a musical evening of this kind with friends!

If you still haven’t had enough of the great Viennese composer after an entire evening of him, why not stay for the late-night concert to round off the evening? You can hear »Eine kleine Nachtmusik« (what else?!), framing rare chamber music gems.

PERFORMERS

Noah Bendix-Balgley violin

Amihai Grosz viola

Minetti Quartett string quartet

Maria Ehmer violin

Anna Knopp violin

Milan Milojicic viola

Leonhard Roczek violoncello

Quatuor Hermès string quartet

Omar Bouchez violin

Elise Liu violin

Yung-Hsin Lou Chang viola

Yan Levionnois violoncello

Schumann Quartett string quartet

Erik Schumann violin

Ken Schumann violin

Veit Hertenstein viola

Mark Schumann violoncello

Jasmine Choi flute

Ramón Ortega Quero oboe

Sebastian Manz clarinet

Miléna Viotti french horn

Kit Armstrong piano and director

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PROGRAM

»Expedition Mozart«

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante, KV 364

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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A major, KV 488

- Interval -

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Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music) in C minor, KV 479a

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C minor, KV 491

- Interval -

»A little night concert with a little night music«

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Larghetto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, KV 546

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Rondo für Glasharmonika, Flöte, Oboe, Viola und Violoncello C-Dur KV 617

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo