French Music for Violin and Piano
Charles Koechlin writes about the musical spirit of optimism in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century: "We found the desire to break the old rules, these new sound discoveries, in Franck and Fauré, but above all in a strange and mysterious colleague, Claude Debussy. Sometimes a single bar from a brilliant colleague is enough to open the door to the enchanted gardens, in which we may then be able to pick flowers that are completely different from those he himself picked."
In our concert “Dans un jardin lumineux” you will experience the beauty and brightness of the colors of impressionism in Debussy, floating fairy sounds and pure poetry in Koechlin. Listen to the witty free spirit beyond classical forms in Satie and the harsher sounds in Prokofiev. Let yourself be enchanted by the flair of the early 20th century in Paris.
Program
Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
Sonata op.64 for violin and piano (1915/16)
1. Calme, lumineux and feérique
2. Scherzo. Very modest
3. Andante.Lent quasi adagio
4. Final.Very modest
Frederic Mompou (1893–1987)
Scenes d'children pour piano (1918)
1. Cris Dans la Rue
2. Games on the Beach I: Games
3. Beach Games II: Games
4. Games on the Beach III: Games
5. Young Girls in the Garden
Sergei Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
From the Sonatine pastorale for solo violin (1935)
1.***
2.Romance
3rd gigue
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Piece in shape of Habanera (1907)
for violin and piano
~ ~ ~ BREAK ~ ~ ~
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Five Melodies op. 35a (1925)
for violin and piano
Eric Satie (1866–1925)
Croquis et Agaceries d'un Gros Bonhomme en Bois (1913)
1st Tyrolean Turque
2.Danse maigre
3.Spain
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1917)
1. Allegro vivo
2. Intermede. Fantasque and casual
3. Finale Très animé
Instrumentation
Gundula Mantu, violin
Anja Kleinmichel, piano
Biography
Gundula Mantu received her musical training at the Special School for Music in Berlin, at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin in the class of Eberhard Feltz, and at the Leipzig Academy of Music and Theatre with Kolja Lessing and Roland Baldini. During this time, she worked as a substitute in the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. She then pursued postgraduate studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts, USA, and additional studies in baroque violin in Leipzig with Susanne Scholz. From 2003 to 2011, she was principal violinist of the Jena Philharmonic, then moved to the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra. Gundula Mantu also devotes herself intensively to the performance practice of early music and held a teaching position at the F. Liszt University of Music in Weimar from 1 to 2016. She regularly performs with the Ensemble Capella Thuringia, Musica Florata, and the Gaechinger Cantorey Stuttgart.
Anja Kleinmichel studied piano with Alan Marks and Gabriele Kupfernagel at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and chamber music and song interpretation at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. She also studied painting and graphic design at the HGB Leipzig. She has worked as an official piano accompanist at master classes and for international music competitions, such as the Leipzig Bach Competition. She is a sought-after piano accompanist and performs mainly in chamber music in various ensembles. She is particularly interested in new music. Important artistic inspiration included master classes, including with the Ensemble Modern and a work stay as a scholarship holder at the Forum Neues Musiktheater of the Stuttgart State Opera. Anja Kleinmichel completed an additional course in improvisation and creates music for silent films in the duo Spur der Töne. In addition to her work as a pianist and lecturer at the Leipzig University of Music, she writes texts about music. She is the music editor of the Leipzig city and culture magazine "Kreuzer".
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20,00 € regular, 15,00 € reduced for pensioners, unemployed people, students and pupils
Ticket reservations can be made using the form below, by phone at 0341 58615846 or by email: event@gohliserschloesschen.de
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