The program repertoire for the upcoming concert:
Berlin Counterpoint
Friday, October 11th 2019 - 7:30 pm
Featured New Program: Fun, Mockery, and Schadenfreude
Die Fledermaus Overture
6 Bagatelles Sextuor Op.100 |
Johann Strauss (arr. Aaron Dan)
György Ligeti Francis Poulenc |
Intermission
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major Op.16
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks |
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Strauss |
If one were to piece together the most substantial 70 minutes of the literature for piano and wind quintet into a single program, you would be hard pressed to find a more iconic group of works. In Fun, Mockery, and Schadenfreude, Berlin Counterpoint uses the compositions of Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss to bookend a program of works that are not only milestones in their respective genres, but also extravagant, cheeky, and thoroughly idiosyncratic pieces.