SOLO DAY 1.

Paul Beckett is a British violist based in Vienna and a member of the renowned Klangforum Wien. He has maintained a long-standing collaboration with the Hungarian composer Márton Illés, who lives in Germany. Alongside Illés’s solo viola composition Psychogramm I – “Jajgatós”, the program includes Prologue by the French spectralist composer Gérard Grisey, as well as a new work by the Hungarian composer and violist Péter Tornyai, written especially for Paul Beckett and entitled Schwanengesänge (Swan Songs).With this program—rich in both content and variety—we hope to contribute to a wider appreciation of the rarely heard gems of contemporary viola music.

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Program:

Gérard Grisey – Prologue

Illés Márton – Psychogramm I “Jajgatós”

Tornyai Péter – Schwanengesänge (Hattyúdalok) – for Paul Beckett, solo viola – word premier

I Die Zauberbratsche (Capriccio)

II Barcarolle – Tod in Venedig

III Die Kunst der BrAtsCHe

IV Passacaille macabre

V Schwanengesang des Straßenmusikers (“Guten Abend, Gut’Nacht“)

Tickets are available for purchase on site, in advance, or before the performance.

Supporter
With the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.