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ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Experience the exceptional communicative power and intoxicating stage dynamic of this unique and widely acclaimed ensemble, self-described as the world’s only “Piano Windtet.” Praised by critics as “a breath of fresh air,” ensemble 4.1 is devoted to presenting original masterpieces in a new light, while also discovering and performing rarely played compositions from the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Winds Op. 16
Dorman: Jerusalem Mix 2007
Stähli: 5 Bagatelles Op. 23
Gershwin: An American In Paris
“unassailable musicianship”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ensemble 4.1
Thomas Hoppe, piano
Jörg Schneider, oboe
Alexander Glücksmann, clarinet
Christoph Knitt, bassoon
Sebastian Posch, horn
FOUR wind soloists, keen to chamber music, and ONE pianist Thomas Hoppe devote themselves to this still undiscovered wonderful musical genre.
ensemble 4.1 "the Easy-Riders of Viennese Classic"
Their exceptional communicative power and their intoxicating atmosphere on stage are often praised by critics and have become the hallmark of ensemble 4.1.
In addition to the original masterpieces for this setting by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. After many years, piano windtets by Walter Gieseking, Theodor Verhey, Heinrich von Herzogenberg and Gustav Holst are again being performed for an enthusiastic public.
