György Kurtág – Past Concerts

Leoš Janáček — Violin Sonata
Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Thomas Adès — Suite from The Tempest (NY premiere)
György Kurtág — Tre Pezzi, Op. 14e
Béla Bartók — Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76

Leoš Janáček — Violin Sonata
Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Thomas Adès — Suite from The Tempest (DC premiere)
György Kurtág — Tre Pezzi, Op. 14e
Béla Bartók — Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76

Carl Maria von Weber — Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48, J. 204
Edison Denisov — Paysage au clair de lune ("Landscape by the Light of the Moon") (U.S. premiere)
Robert Schumann — Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 (transc. Charles Neidich)
György Kurtág — Jelek, játékok, és üzenetek ("Signs, Games, and Messages") ("Capriccio" & "Words Have Become Unfaithful to Me" for solo bass clarinet)
Ilse Fromm-Michaels — Stimmungen Eines Fauns, Op. 11
Charles Neidich — Lament for basset clarinet in A and piano (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2

Igor Stravinsky — Élegie, K072
Elliott Carter — Rhapsodic Musings
György Kurtág — Jelek, játékok, és üzenetek ("Signs, Games, and Messages")
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Elliott Carter — Fantasy – Remembering Roger (written for & dedicated to Rolfe Schulte)

Michael Hersch — sapped from me broken
Michael Hersch — across, in grief and detail
Michael Hersch — Misere mei Domine
Enno Poppe — Holz
György Kurtág — Kafka Fragments

Michael Hersch — sapped from me broken
Michael Hersch — across, in grief and detail
Michael Hersch — Misere mei Domine
Enno Poppe — Holz
György Kurtág — Kafka Fragments

Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (2 selections)
Paul Wiancko — Benkei's Standing Death
György Kurtág — Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Op. 37 (Duos for Soprano & Double Bass)
Amy Beth Kirsten — yes I said yes I will Yes
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 "The Storm"

Felix Mendelssohn — Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (2 selections TBA)
Paul Wiancko — Benkei's Standing Death
György Kurtág — Fragments from the Scrapbooks of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Op. 37 (duos for soprano & double bass)
Amy Beth Kirsten — yes I said yes I will Yes
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 "The Storm"

An eclectic program performed on instruments ranging from toy piano to string quartets featuring music by Luke Fitzpatrick, Jeff Bowen, John Cage, György Kurtág, Robert Ashley, and La Monte Young.

Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet
Zoltán Kodály – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
György Kurtág – 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op. 13, Hommage à Mihály András

György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext

Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7
Brahms – Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Kurtag – Selections from Jatekok
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Fresh insights into works both new and old by this Carnegie Hall affiliate chamber ensemble.

Works for solo guitarist dutifully following the instructions given by the composers 63 and 53 years ago, followed by a growing ensemble of players that will be alternately improvising freely and following a very open set of instructions.

Kurtág – Hommage à R. Sch., Op. 15d
Schönberg – Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Works by Bach, Schumann, Kurtag, and Kalevi Aho.