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PROGRAM OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
1st Chamber Concert Festsaal Schloss Weinzierl
7:00 PM
“Back to Nature”
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C major Op. 33/3 Hob. III:39 “Bird Quartet”
Antal Dorati Nocturne and Capriccio for Oboe and String Quartet
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor Op. 25
Altenberg Trio Vienna; Chaos String Quartet; Heri Choi, Oboe; Tomoko Akasaka, Viola
This time, the Altenberg Trio Vienna, the artistic directors of the music festival, have invited the internationally successful and multinational Chaos String Quartet to perform together. The festival will open with Haydn's famous String Quartet in C major Hob. III:39 “Bird Quartet” from the six quartets Opus 33, an example of Haydn's great connection to nature. Following a humorous work by the Hungarian conductor and composer Antal Dorati for Oboe and String Quartet, the program will conclude rapidly with Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 1 and his Rondo “Alla Zingarese”.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
2nd Chamber Concert
5:00 PM Arkadenhof Schloss Weinzierl “Prélude”
The Vienna Reed Quintet performs
“From Baroque to Jazz”
Afterwards, small snacks and refreshing drinks from the region will be served in the castle and garden
7:00 PM Festsaal Schloss Weinzierl
“Summit Meeting of Quintets”
Jean-Philippe Rameau Suite “La Triomphante” from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin (arr. for Wind Quintet by Raaf Hekkema)
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Quartet No. 2 in f minor Op. 2
Franz Schubert String Quintet in C major D 956
Altenberg Trio Vienna; Chaos String Quartet; Vienna Reed Quintet; Tomoko Akasaka, Viola
The 2nd Chamber Concert consists of two parts, which can be booked separately or ideally together.
In the Prélude concert at 5:00 PM, the wind ensemble Vienna Reed Quintet will perform a 45-minute program “From Baroque to Jazz”. The unusual instrumentation consists of Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, and Bassoon – all double reed instruments, whose exquisite sound is characterized by a variety of colors.
At 7:00 PM, a suite by Jean-Philippe Rameau will be heard at the beginning, performed by the Vienna Reed Quintet. This is followed by the virtuosic early Piano Quartet Op. 2 by Mendelssohn. Together with the new cellist of the Altenberg Trio, Peter Somodari, the Chaos String Quartet will then interpret one of the most wonderful chamber music works, the String Quintet in C major, composed by Franz Schubert two months before his death.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
3rd Chamber Concert Festsaal Schloss Weinzierl
11:00 AM
“Gran Partita”
W.A. Mozart Gran Partita KV 361 (arr. C.F.G. Schwencke for Oboe and Piano Quartet)
Johannes Brahms Trio No. 1 in H major Op. 8
W.A. Mozart's impressive, large serenade KV 361 “Gran Partita” will be performed in the matinee on Sunday in a refined arrangement by a contemporary of Mozart, featuring the renowned Japanese violist Tomoko Akasaka performing with Heri Choi and the Altenberg Trio. In the second part, the Altenberg Trio will conclude the Music Festival Schloss Weinzierl 2025 with the Trio Op. 8, a romantic-symphonic masterpiece by the young Brahms.
Altenberg Trio Vienna; Heri Choi, Oboe; Tomoko Akasaka, Viola
ARTISTS OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2025
Altenberg Trio Vienna:
Ziyu He, Violin
Peter Somodari, Cello
Christopher Hinterhuber, Piano
Chaos String Quartet:
Susanne Schäffer, Violin
Eszter Kruchió, Violin
Sara Marzadori, Viola
Bas Jongen, Cello
Vienna Reed Quintet:
Heri Choi, Oboe
Heinz-Peter Linshalm, Clarinet
Alfred Reiter, Saxophone
Petra Stump-Linshalm, Bass Clarinet
Magda Pramhaas, Bassoon
Tomoko Akasaka, Viola
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