Ensemble Diderot from Paris will perform works by Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Goldberg, Fasch, Pisendel and Janitsch

 

This Thursday (13) at 19:30 in the Chamber Hall, the Auditorio de Tenerife is hosting the Sonate a quattro, a programme by Ensemble Diderot. The concert will tackle the baroque quartet sonata, performed with period instruments, with works by Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Goldberg, Fasch, Pisendel and Janitsch. Tickets are available at a price of 15 euros, 5 for people under 30s.

This group, led by Johannes Pramsohler, won the ICMA 2024 award (International Classical Music Awards) for the best Instrumental Baroque recording for its album Sonate a quattro. Since its creation, the Ensemble Diderot has served as an ambassador for the trio sonata, breathing fresh life into great works and enriching the repertoire with new treasures that have been largely unknown until now.

However, in this programme the group is tackling the quartet sonata repertoire. This small body of works plays a decisive role in the history of music, marking the transition from the baroque ensemble sonata to the emergence of the string quartet. The ensemble is formed by Johannes Pramsohler himself on violin and providing artistic direction, Roldan Bernabe on violin, Jamiang Santi on viola, Gulrim Choï on cello and Philippe Grisvard on the harpsichord.

Acclaimed by Gramophone magazine for its “warm tonal brilliance and crystal-clear definition”, over recent years Ensemble Diderot has become one of the most important European chamber music groups that solely perform using period instruments.  The French classical music magazine Classica described them as “wonderfully ready to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln”. 

Johannes Pramsohler, who specialises in investigating and performing the baroque chamber music repertoire, is the founder of the group, which is based in Paris and which takes its name from the French philosopher Denis Diderot. The ensemble is primarily devoted to the endless legacy of 17th and 18th-century trios, quartets, and sonatas. A packed agenda and a painstaking approach to rehearsals have given the group a similar degree of cohesion to that of a permanent string quartet.

The group has been an acclaimed guest on stages and at festivals in both France and internationally. It has been the guest group in residence at Royaumont (France) and Aldeburgh (Great Britain). In 2018 it made its acclaimed debut at the Kölner Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

The Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands collaborates with this concert. The tickets are available 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 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 on the same schedule. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people and large families