Friday, August 22nd, 6pm
No. 3 in the Three Summer Concerts Series
Two Mozart String Quintets
Virtuosi Thailand led by Toto, violin
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Reservations: 1,000 baht per person. Email asiachart@hotmail.com.
Mozart wrote six string quintets in two distinct periods. The two that we will hear were written in the late period and are among Mozart's most profound and sublime compositions. The quintets take the string quartet form and add a viola, creating a richer, darker sonority and allowing for more intricate inner voice textures, often giving the viola a prominent and often melodic role.
The G minor Quintet is one of Mozart's most emotionally raw works, opening with a restless, syncopated figure that eludes resolution, taking the listener on an agitated journey of tonal ambiguity and breathless tension, and finally resolving with delicate determination. The slow movement is one of Mozart's most soulful creations, opening with a plaintive theme of which Tchaikovsky famously remarked, “No one has ever known as well how to interpret so exquisitely in music the sense of resigned and inconsolable sorrow.” That's one interpretation. Exquisite, yes, but it's more than 'sorrow'. The movement represents a calm, sustained, introspection, with a honeyed resolution that defies melancholy. There follows a micro-adagio which puts the listener on a false scent: "what more gloom?" but builds up to a 'wait-for-it' moment, bursting into a rondo that exudes joy, anticipating Beethoven's famous preface, "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen". This quintet is as close to perfection as Mozart came.
And, as everyone knows, the jolly, Haydnesque, E-flat major quintet, Mozart's last major chamber work, isn't bad either.
This is Mozart at his best. Don't miss it! Book now.
String Quintet in G minor, KV 516 (1787)
- Allegro
- Menuetto: Allegretto
- Adagio ma non troppo
- Adagio - Allegro
String Quintet in E-flat major, KV 614 (1791)
- Allegro di molto
- Andante
- Menuetto: Allegretto
- Allegro
Virtuosi Thailand: This 'all Mozart concert' is the third of three summer concerts played by Virtuosi Thailand, a group of Bangkok based musicians led by Toto Jirajet Jesadachet. The previous two concerts were all Bach, and all Beethoven. Both were brilliant. I expect this 'all Mozart' concert will be too. Book now!
Book now by email!
Reservations: 1,000 baht per person. Email: asiachart@hotmail.com.
All proceeds to the musicians.
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Tickets: No tickets will be issued for concerts. Admission to the music room on the day of the concert will be in accordance with the sequence of receipt of payment (ie, who pays first goes in first and can select their desired seat).
Etiquette: No photos during the performance. Photos may be taken during the encore only. During the main performance please put your phone in silent mode and put it away.
Children: Children aged eight years and older may attend the concert depending on the suitability of the program.
Cancellations and credits: Credit will be allowed for future concerts in the event of illness. Please don't come if you're feeling sick or recovering but still coughing.
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