About the event
Strings are in motion in this thrilling evening of ensemble playing featuring our top-tier musicians. The concert opens with Andrew Norman’s Gran Turismo for Eight Violins (2004), a virtuosic showcase of speed and kinetic energy performed by eight outstanding violinists, including Stefan Jackiw and Cho-Liang Lin. Next, hear the lyrical elegance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, led by Berlin Philharmonic’s principal clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs and an elite string ensemble of our Festival stars.
The programme culminates with Brahms’ beloved Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, one of the most popular and cherished works in the chamber music canon, performed by a stellar sextet including Yura Lee, Timothy Ridout, Gary Hoffman and members of the Simply Quartet. This concert promises a powerful celebration of string virtuosity and musical brilliance that no chamber music enthusiast will want to miss.
Programme
Andrew NORMAN
Gran Turismo for Eight Violins
Stefan Jackiw, Yura Lee, Hannah Tam, Cho-Liang Lin, So-Ock Kim, Angela Chan, Danfeng Shen, Antonia Rankersberger
MOZART
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV. 581
Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yura Lee (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello)
BRAHMS
Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Yura Lee (violin), Antonia Rankersberger (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Xiang Lyu (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Ivan Valentin Hollup Roald (cello)