Blumina Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt Gazarian - Piano Quintet 18Five years after Shostakovich premiered his quintet to turbulent success in 1940, his new 24 years young friend Weinberg premiered one of his own. For the premiere on March 18th, the 27 year old Weinberg got the String Quartet of the Bolshoi and a 30 year old pianist, already famous then, by the name of Emil Gilels. The Quintet op. 18 is one of the unequivocally great chamber pieces of that time and it is a superb entry point into the world of

The numerous musical examples are from well-known interpreters

Larry Flynt) among them - the Thin Red Line is a kaleidoscopic evocation of the experience of combat that ranks as one of cinema's greatest war films

A further inspiration was provided by the focus on "America" chosen by the Ruhr Piano Festival

Matej Freml

Cash Box and UK charts

Both musicians are contemporary music interpreters extraordinaire: Yumiko Meguri has more than 10 albums released

The series will examine how the roles of women have changed

It features Anjan Chattopadhyay

partitas and Magnificats takes it's title from an influential treatise on the science and aesthetics of music from 1650 by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher

The Second Quartet is subtitled Intimate Letters

for his Canto Ostinato: an extraordinary work formed of over 100 sections

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