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Quatuor Mosaïques
Sunday
13
October
2024
18:30
Mozart-Saal
Performers
Quatuor Mosaïques
Erich Höbarth, Violine
Andrea Bischof, Violine
Anita Mitterer, Viola
Christophe Coin, Violoncello
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Streichquartett G-Dur K 387 (1782)
Josef Leopold Edler von Eybler
Streichquartett c-moll op. 1/2 (1787)
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Joseph Johann Baptist Woelfl
Streichquartett op. 4/3 (1789)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Streichquartett B-Dur K 589 (1790)
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Quatuor Mosaïques
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Mozart and his contemporaries
The Quatuor Mosaïques, which specializes in the music of the Viennese classical period in its original sound, combines two string quartets by Mozart with equally brilliant contributions by two of his contemporaries to kick off its cycle. Mozart's String Quartet in G major K 387 from 1782 is the first of the six quartets dedicated to Haydn and has strong references to Haydn's Opus 33. The String Quartet in B flat major K 589 from 1790, on the other hand, belongs to the so-called »Prussian Quartets«. The Prussian King Frederick William II was an enthusiastic cellist, and the cello therefore plays an important role in these works. Josef Leopold Edler von Eybler, a pupil of Haydn and a friend of Mozart, was also very fond of chamber music. He considered him to be a »thorough composer, a young musician equally skilled in chamber music and church music, very experienced in compositional technique [...] as there are unfortunately few of his equals«, Mozart said of the later Kapellmeister of the Vienna Court Orchestra. Eybler's string quartets reveal Mozart's influences, but go their own way in their deeply emotional tonal language. And the String Quartet op. 4/3 by the Salzburg composer and pianist Joseph Johann Baptist Woelfl offers rhythmic refinements.