4. Kammerkonzert - Dialoge

In the organizer's words:

Dialogues

Sarah Maria Sun soprano
Minguet Quartet:
Ulrich Isfort Violin
Annette Reisinger Violin
Aida-Carmen Soanea Viola
Matthias Diener Violoncello

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 78 in B flat major op. 76 No. 4 Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise"
Johannes Brahms
Five songs WoO post. 22 "Ophelia-Lieder" (transcription: Aribert Reimann)
Robert Schumann
Six songs op. 107 (Transcription: Aribert Reimann)
Arnold Schönberg
String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 with soprano

The Minguet Quartet's programs are not only chamber music at the highest level, but also always an invitation to the audience to engage in dialogue and participation. The four musicians have already committed themselves to this with their ensemble name: Their namesake is the Spanish writer and music educator Pablo Minguet, who endeavored in his writings to give everyone access to the fine arts. However, works from different eras also enter into a dialog with each other in the 4th chamber concert: The concert begins in a very classical manner with one of the last quartets by Joseph Haydn, the inventor of the string quartet; at the end, we hear nothing less than a milestone of New Music - the transition to atonality - in Schönberg's 2nd String Quartet. Tradition and modernity also meet in the works of the Romantics Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, which are performed in a transcription by Aribert Reimann, one of the most prominent composers of the second half of the 20th century, who died in 2024. The quartet will also enter into a dialog with soprano Sarah Maria Sun, who is also known for her profound programming ideas and as a specialist in contemporary music: she has already sung more than 400 world premieres.