Guest Concert with Ensemble Midtvest

A visit from Ensemble MidtVest. As tradition has it, Ensemble MidtVest visits Esbjerg; this season with its piano quartet, which focuses on the “No. 2s” of the classical world. Three works are played, all masterpieces from their composers’ prominent periods – while also being characteristic of the era in which they were born. Jaakko Kuusisto’s “Play II” is an energetic portrait of its time: you can almost see a film unfold over the music; Shostakovich’s second piano trio was written during the Second World War and paints the horrors of the time as vividly as his Leningrad Symphony; whereas Dvořák’s second piano quartet brings a different, more “naive” kind of energy, standing on the shoulders of the “old masters” from Mozart to Brahms, but looking forward to a bright future. The three works offer a journey backwards through time, where we see a kaleidoscope of epochs through the prism of energy and tension. Programme: JAAKKO KUUSISTO (1974-2022): “Play II” for piano quartet, Op. 16 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975): Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904): Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 87 NB: There is no concert introduction for this concert The ticket includes coffee in the interval

RECORDINGS OF THE WORKS

Antonín Dvořák: Klaverkvartett nr. 2 i Ess-dur, op. 87

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