This Thursday at the Chamber Hall, the ensemble will play quintets by Webern, Brahms and the Austrian composer after whom they are named.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife has programmed a concert by the Korngold Ensemble View for Thursday [26th] at 7:30 p.m. The ensemble will offer a programme comprising quintets by the late Romantic composers Anton Webern, Johannes Brahms and the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold himself, whose surname gives the ensemble its name.

The Korngold Ensemble Wien, which premieres in the Chamber Cycle of the Auditorio de Tenerife, is composed of Ludwig Mueller and Tiffany Pei Hsuan Wu on violin, Cynthia Liao on viola, Jonáš Krejčí on cello and Catalina Butcaru on piano. The ensemble was founded in 2019 by five renowned musicians who have been devoted to chamber music for several years.

The intention of the group, beyond interpreting the standard repertoire, is to perform pieces that are listened to less often, with a special emphasis on the 20th century, a particularly rich century in this musical genre. Since forming recently, the Korngold Ensemble Wien has been invited to important music festivals, such as in Austria, Spain, Hungary, and Taiwan.

For the ensemble, the three works that make up the programme expresses the essence and musical vision of each composer and they are linked to one another in the formal junction of late romanticism. Some of the 19th century called instrumental music the ideal romantic art because, freed from the weight of words, it could perfectly communicate pure emotion.

At the height of the Romantic Era, the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote his Quintet for piano in F minor, Op. 1833. Started as a quintet for string in Hamburg in 1862, the two final movements were completed in Vienna in 1864. As a piano quintet, it premiered on 22 June 1866 at the Conservatoire of Leipzig. This masterpiece is one of the gems of chamber music of the Romantic era with rich colour in terms of both emotion and harmony. The Viennese composers Anton Webern (1883-1945) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) were born towards the end of the Romantic era.

Although Anton Webern was the famous student of the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), the Piano quintet by Webern, composed in 1874, was written in a Romantic style with lyrical melodies and a meticulous harmony that is stylistically closer to Schumann and Brahms than to Schönberg.

In 1921, at the age of 24, Erich Wolfgang Korngold was at the peak of his career. He composed Piano Quintet, Op.15 in Vienna, and finally premiered it as a pianist in 1923. This masterpiece of late romanticism, with unique, incomparable musical characteristics and exuberant lyricism, represents the characteristic style of the Viennese school.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com , at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.