Performers:
VILNIUS STATE QUARTET
MORTA GRIGALIņAITĖ (piano)
DONATAS BAGURSKAS (double bass)
Program:
DMITRI KLEBANOV – String Quartet No. 4
FRANZ SCHUBERT - "Trout" quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass in A major, op. post 114 / D. 667 ("Forellenquintett")
An unusual composition of instruments: piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass and the famous song "Trout" was included in the work - this was the only request of Sylvester Paumgartner, the customer of the "Trout" quintet to Franz Schubert. The two met in the summer of 1819, when the composer and his friends visited the summer house of this wealthy music lover in Styria, Austria.
The work, which conveys a sunny summer atmosphere, was forgotten for a while, published only after the composer's death, and today is considered one of the most important chamber music masterpieces. Accompanying the "Trout" quintet from the old years has long become a beautiful tradition of the Vilnius State Quartet and its friends.
Ukrainian composer Dmitri Klebanov's String Quartet No. 4 – a work commemorating the era of Stalinist repressions. Enriched with Ukrainian folklore, the work reveals the unique style of a composer who did not obey the dictates of the regime. A short but powerful piece (that's how music critics describe this string quartet) is the composer's dedication to another Ukrainian composer, Mykola Leontovych, who died at the hands of the Soviet secret police. M. Leontovychius' well-known Christmas melody "Carol of the Bells", or "Shchedryk" (in Ukrainian), sounds at the beginning of D. Klebanov's String Quartet.
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