Musikkollegium Winterthur / Roberto González-Monjas

Hefti / Mozart

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Roberto González-Monjas
Roberto González-Monjas © Marco Borggreve
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Musikkollegium Winterthur © Ivan Engler
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Start 19:30

  • Interval

  • End ca. 21:40

In the storm of passions

The Swiss composer David Philip Hefti wrote his Five Concertini as a »homage to Antonio Vivaldi, who composed over 500 solo concertos. They are ›micro-concertos‹, one each for the five principals of a string orchestra. The titles of the individual concertini alone – ›dazzling‹, ›ethereal‹, ›velvety‹, ›bittersweet‹ and ›rushing‹ – suggest a spectrum of expression that is as passionate as it is imaginative. Just like Vivaldi once did.

Rarely is one thrown into the musical maelstrom as breathlessly as in Mozart’s great G minor Symphony. Bold dissonances, painful sighs, daring modulations and abrupt caesurae characterise the work. Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto forms the middle section with humorous exuberance and sustained cantilena. »At the Soupée I played the Strasbourg Concerto. It went like oil, everything praised the beautiful, pure tone,« the young Wolfgang Amadé wrote to his father in 1775.

A »beautiful and pure tone« is also promised by the highly sought-after conductor and violinist Roberto González-Monjas. He is principal conductor of the Musikkollegium Winterthur as well as principal guest conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra and principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia in Spain.

Performers

Musikkollegium Winterthur

Roberto González-Monjas violin and director

Programme

David Philip Hefti
Five Concertini for String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major, KV 216

– Interval –

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in G minor, KV 550

Promoter: Büro für Künstler - Hasko Witte GmbH

The Musikkollegium Winterthur’s performance is made possible by the Swiss Arts Council PRO HELVETIA and the Canton of Zurich Cultural Promotion Programme.

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