Novus String Quartet
String quartets by Mozart, Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Schostakowitsch
3x E-flat major
For its debut concert at the Elbphilharmonie, the Novus String Quartet has come up with something special: all three works on the programme are set in E-flat major. This is a key that is generally particularly soft and bright, but it can be heroic and majestic too, as heard in Beethoven’s »Eroica« Symphony. With works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich, the four exceptional musicians from Korea bring out the key’s full range of timbre, forging a link in the process between the First Viennese School, Romantic music and 20th century Russian avant-garde.
Since it was founded in 2007 at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul, the Novus String Quartet has become one of the country’s leading chamber music ensembles, and has created a sensation in Europe, winning prizes at the prestigious ARD Music Competition and at the Mozart Competition in Salzburg. The well-known Belcea Quartet has been coaching the quartet since 2016. After the Elbphilharmonie concerts scheduled for 2021 had to be cancelled as a result of the coronavirus, the Novus String Quartet is making its first appearance in Hamburg this season.
Performers
Novus String Quartet
Jaeyoung Kim violin
Young-uk Kim violin
Kyuhyun Kim viola
Wonhae Lee violoncello
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in E-flat major, KV 421b
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12
– Interval –
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
Encore:
Benjamin Britten
Waltz / aus: Three Divertimenti für Streichquartett
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