Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Markus Hinterhäuser
2nd Hamburg International Music Festival
Description
For many years, Moldovian-Austrian violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and successful Vienna Festival director and pianist Markus Hinterhäuser have dedicated themselves to the Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya. Their interpretations tell the story of the hardships of Ustvolskaya’s time: an era characterised by horrible deprivation and terror from the Stalin regime.
»Spiritual, but not religious«: this is a description of Galina Ustvolskaya’s music in her own words, making her sound simultaneously archaic and creedal. In both her violin sonata (1952) and her duo for violin and piano (1964), mysterious, floating tones are met with unruly rhythms and merciless bow strokes. Nevertheless, when this unsettling music is over, a feeling comparable to balance is perceived.
Just as archaic and creedal, but more heavenly are the polyphonic vocal works of the Norte Dame school around the year 1200, to be heard in tonight’s concert as a juxtaposition to the works of Ustvolskaya. Interpreting the works are the five singer-soloists from French Ensemble Gilles Binchois.
Performers
Ensemble Gilles Binchois vocal ensemble
Vincent Lièvre-Picard tenor
Giovanni Cantarini tenor
Cyprien Sadek baritone
Emmanuel Vistorky baritone
Dominique Vellard tenor and artistic director
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Markus Hinterhäuser piano
Programme
Anonymus
Mundus Vergens / Conductus quadruplum
Deus Pacis / Conductus duplum
O Maria, mater pia / Motette triplum
Leoninus, Perotinus
Benedicamus Domino / Organum duplum
Galina Ustwolskaja
Sonate für Violine und Klavier
Perotinus
Beata viscera / Conductus
Anonymus
Ave maris stella / Conductus triplum
– Interval –
Perotinus
Sederunt principes / Organum quadruplum
Galina Ustwolskaja
Duett für Violine und Klavier
