Opening Concert
Beginner's Guide – We kick off with a wonderful, energetic piece by Shostakovich for 8 string players, followed by a hypnotic masterpiece by Estonian Arvö Pärt - this is one of those pieces where it feels like time stops, truly magical. Then we have a quartet by this year´s festival composer, who happens to be a good friend of Pärt and who will be with us. The concert ends with one of Beethoven´s greatest and most beautiful piano trios, the 'Archduke'.
Dmitri Shostakovich / Two pieces for String Octet, op.11
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Camilla Kjøll, violin
Lars Anders Tomter, viola
Alexander Chaushian, cello
Goldmund Quartet
Arvo Pärt / Spiegel Im Spiegel
Lars Anders Tomter, viola
Michael Lifits, piano
Erkki-Sven Tüür / String Quartet no.1 (1985)
Goldmund Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven / Piano trio no.7 in B-flat, op.79 ('Archduke')
Sitkovetsky Trio
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