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ensemble 4.1: Piano Windtet

  • Grosse Pointe South High School 11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, 48236 United States (map)

NOTE: This concert will be performed at Grosse Pointe South High School (Oct. 25) and in the Cynthia Von Oeyen Performing Arts Center at Bloomfield Hills High School (Oct. 26). Selection of your preferred date and location is the first step in the online subscription process. For any questions, please contact us at 313.335.3300

CONCERT DATES
- Friday, October 25, 2024 • 7:30 PM - Grosse Pointe
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 • 7:30 PM - Bloomfield Hills

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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
— The Washington Post

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.