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“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

RHINE

2019

DUDOK QUARTET

Aꢀer compleꢁng their studies with disꢁncꢁon at the Dutch String Quartet Academy in 2013, the Quartet started to have success at internaꢁonal compeꢁꢁons and to be recognized as one of the most promising young European string quartets of the year. In 2014, they were awarded the Kersjes Prize for their excepꢁonal talent in the Dutch chamber music scene. The Quartet was also laureate and winner of two special prizes during the 7th Internaꢁonal String Quartet Compeꢁꢁon 2013 à Bordeaux and won 1st place at both the 1st Internaꢁonal String Quartet Compeꢁꢁon 2011 in Radom (Poland) and the 27th Charles Hennen Internaꢁonal Chamber Music Compeꢁꢁ- on 2012. In 2012, they received 2nd place at the 6th Joseph Joachim Internaꢁonal Chamber Music Compeꢁꢁon in Weimar (Germany).

The members of the quartet first met in the Dutch street symphony orchestra “Riccio=”. From 2009 unꢁl 2011, they studied with the Alban Berg Quartet at the School of Music in Cologne, then to study with Marc Danel at the Dutch String Quartet Academy. During the same period, the quartet was coached intensively by Eberhard Feltz, Peter Cropper (Lindsay Quartet), Luc-Marie Aguera (Quatuor Ysaÿe) and Stefan Metz. Many well-known contemporary classical composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Calliope Tsoupaki and Max Knigge also worked with the quartet. In 2014, the Quartet signed on for several recordings with Resonus Classics, the world’s first solely digital classical music label. They performed with many renowned guest musicians such as Pieter Wispelwey, Dmitri Ferschtman, Quirine Viersen, Hannes Minnaar and Mikhail Zemtsov. The musicians have also performed at many presꢁgious fesꢁvals and performed concerts at every major concert hall in the Netherlands, as well as venues in France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Cyprus.

The quartet took its name from Willem Marinus Dudok (1884 – 1974) who was a famous Dutch architect and a great lover of music. He came from a musical family and composed music in his spare ꢁme. “I owe more to composers than I owe to any architect”, he wrote. “I feel deeply the common core of music and architecture; aꢀer all, they both derive their value from the right proporꢁons.”

NATHAN QUARTET

The Nathan Quartet (Dana Anka, Maja Hunziker, Roswitha Killian, Arne-Chrisꢁan Pelz) was founded in Hamburg and is firmly anchored in the musical life of the Hanseaꢁc city. Since 2005, the Nathan Quartet has been organizing two concert series of its own: in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle and in Scala Basel. With five concerts in the season, the Nathan Quartet shows its unique conꢁnuity in the concert acꢁvity, always featuring special programs.

The fresh and lively musical style of the ensemble is characterized by a musical commitment to the conꢁnuous development of the works for the concerts in Basel and Hamburg. The Quartet followed masterclasses with the Amadeus Quartet and the Borodin Quartet, thus developing a large and varied quartet repertoire. One focus of the quartet work is the performance of modern and contemporary composiꢁons, which are carefully selected according to musical content. These are works by famous composers of the 20th century such as Kurtág, Ligeꢁ, Shostakovich, Bartók and Lera Auerbach as well as by contemporary composers who find a podium through the composiꢁons commissioned by the Nathan Quartet.

The Nathan Quartet is the iniꢁator of chamber music highlights in the concert life of Hamburg and Basel. The four musicians strive to create many inspiring moments and shared musical experiences, as they are possible in the atmosphere of a concert hall in front of a musicinterested audience.

2019

PIANIST MARTIN IVANOV

Born in 1990 to a Bulgarian family of musicians, Marꢁn Ivanov is quickly establishing himself as an outstanding and capꢁvaꢁng pianist. He began playing piano in 1994 with his mother, and graduated the Naꢁonal Arts School of Ruse in 2009. He parꢁcipated in over 50 piano compeꢁꢁons in Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Russia, Spain and the USA, with huge success at each one of them. In 2008, Marꢁn was awarded the prize Ruse XXI Century (Bulgaria) for extraordinary accomplishments in music. In 2009, he began studying with Prof. Maisenberg at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and later with Prof. Stevan Vladar. Marꢁn has given concerts at fesꢁvals in Bulgaria, Austria, Spain, Holland, the USA, France, Italy and Romania. In 2012 he was invited to play at the Life Ball Vienna charity event in front of Hollywood stars and famous singers.

ORGANIST DANIEL MAURER

Daniel Maurer studied in Paris with Jean Langlais, who dedicated one of his organ composiꢁons (“Noël N ° 3 avec variaꢁons”) to him in 1979. He accompanied Langlais regularly on tours as an assistant and played several concerts for four hands and four feet with him. Daniel also studied with André Marchal, Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet and Lionel Rogg. In 1982 he won the Premier Prix d'Honneur at the Internaꢁonal Compeꢁꢁon in Paris, as well as the Premier Prix d'orgue at the Conservatoire Naꢁonal Supérieur de Musique in Paris. Daniel Maurer is a ꢁtular organist at the J.A. Silbermann organ of the St. Thomas church in Strasbourg. He teaches as a professor of organ and improvisaꢁon at the Conservatoire and at the Académie Supérieure de Musique in Strasbourg.

STUTTGART STRING QUARTET

Stefan Balle (1st violin) was born in StuWgart in 1966 and has been first violinist of the StuWgart Philharmonic since 1996. He studied with Prof. Lukas David in Detmold and with Prof. Tibor Varga in Sion, for whom he also worked as an assistant. In addiꢁon to chamber music training with Christoph Poppen (Cherubini Quartet), he also studied in the master class of Young-Uck Kim (Beaux Arts Trio). In 1989, Stefan founded the Arensky Trio, with which he won numerous prizes and awards during compeꢁꢁons. He performed as a chamber musician in various ensembles and, as a soloist, performed at fesꢁvals in Switzerland, in the south of France and South America.

Julius Calvelli-Adorno (2. Violin) received his first violin lessons at the age of six and by the age of eleven, he had begun his musical career in the Taunus string orchestra, successful at the Würzburg orchestra compeꢁꢁon in 1986. He studied violin at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Julius devoted himself intensively to piano trios and string quartets, with mentors like the Opus 8 trio, the Cherubini and the Vogler Quartets. Between 1991 and 1998, he was acꢁve as a member of the Detmold Chamber Orchestra, mainly as voice guide of the second violin and concertmaster. Aꢀer working at the Staatstheater Kassel, at the Städꢁschen Bühnen Osnabrück and at the Münchener Kammerorchester, Julius Calvelli-Adorno joined the StuWgart Philharmonic (March 2000). As a sought-aꢀer chamber musician and commiWed educator, he regularly takes part in various ensembles and fesꢁvals in Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, the USA and Japan.

Mar+n Höfler (viola) studied violin and viola at the Freiburger Musikhochschule and the Amadeus Quartet in Cologne. With the Spohr Quartet, which was founded in 1984, he won first place at the Freiburg University Compeꢁꢁon in 1985. This ensemble not only represented the ARD at the “Internaꢁonale Musiktage” in Salzburg in 1986, but also performed numerous concerts and broadcasts for various insꢁtuꢁons. As an orchestral musician, he has played with the SWR-Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, the baroque orchestra Collegium Aureum in Cologne, the Ensemble Aventure for contemporary music in Freiburg and the Bach-Collegium StuWgart of the Internaꢁonal Bach Academy. As an accomplished chamber musician, Marꢁn is also involved in chamber music performances of various combinaꢁons with colleagues of the StuWgart Philharmonic.

Bernhard Lörcher (violoncello) was born in Freiburg in 1970 and toured throughout Europe as a youth with the “Landes- und Bundesjugendorchester”. With his cello trio, he won 1st place at the “BundesweWbewerb Jugend Musiziert”. He studied with Prof. Marꢁn Ostertag in Karlsruhe and received his chamber music educaꢁon in Vienna with the Alban Berg Quartet and the Haydn Trio. Together with various chamber music ensembles, Bernhard was a guest at many music fesꢁvals and received invitaꢁons to concerts all over Europe. In 1994, he won the Mendelssohn Compeꢁꢁon in Berlin. Since 1999 he has been a cellist with the StuWgart Philharmonic and has been a solo cellist since 2001. In 2006, he performed for the first ꢁme at the Santa Catarina Music Fesꢁval in Brazil, where he has since been invited as a guest lecturer and soloist.

2019

  • DAY 1 | NETHERLANDS: AMSTERDAM
  • DAY 3 | GERMANY: COLOGNE - BONN

  • Begin your classical music odyssey in the Dutch capital city of
  • Aꢀer breakfast venture out into the vibrant city of Cologne

Amsterdam. Aꢀer embarking and seWling into your home for the with its famous twin spired cathedral, through an opꢁonal next 8 days, join the cruise director for a Welcome Cocktail follo- walking tour or on your own. Return to the ship for lunch as wed by a special Welcome Dinner. This evening listen to the sounds of Mozart and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in a special concert onboard - a wonderful beginning to your cruise. your vessel conꢁnues to the next stop along the Rhine river - Bonn. Conꢁnue your music educaꢁon with a visit to the Beethoven House - a memorial site and museum focusing on the life and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Music of Beethoven is the focus of a private piano concert.

Wriꢀen in 1772 when Mozart was just 15 years old, the Diverꢀ- mento K. 138 in F major reflects not only his youth period, but

  • also his journeys around Europe and especially in Italy. The y-
  • To understand Ludwig van Beethoven’s work of art, one

oung Mozart immersed himself in the Italian musical styles, new   must comprehend the young man’s childhood. His first years explora)ons that would influence him later in preparing his work   in Bonn were tragically unhappy, because of his father’s for stringed instruments. This bright composi)on embracing the   demented ambi)on to turn his boy into a “child prodigy” Italian grace was meant as background, outdoor music for social   like Mozart. A musical enthusiast, but a violent alcoholic, his events, such as garden par)es. The )tle Diver)mento in the ma-   father, who was also his first teacher, forced him to prac)ce

  • nuscript is not Mozart’s handwri)ng.
  • all the )me and if mistakes were done, he would punish

him. The father would o G en wake up the boy in the middle of the night to play for his drunken friends. Yet, the suffering was transposed in sensi)vity and joy for music.
Composer, conductor, pianist and organist, Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy significantly developed the German musical scene. Given his Jewish heritage, his reputa)on was altered when the

  • Nazis banned his music and tore down his statue in front of the
  • Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness started by the age of 26

Leipzig Gewandhaus. The String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80   and aggravated deeply in )me, so a G er the age of 50, the was composed in 1847 as homage to his sister Fanny who had died on 17 May of that year and it bore the )tle "Requiem for Fanny." It was the last major piece he completed before he died two months later on 4 November 1847. musician was in complete silence. Though devasta)ng the brilliant pianist, his public performances and social events, the composer’s deafness revealed more of his capacity to create music, ringing freely in his inner ear. The “Conversa)on Books” are a priceless tes)mony of that peri- od; records of conversa)ons between the composer and his friends or visitors that facilitated their discussions in wri)ng. In Beethoven House Museum in Bonn, one can view his hea- ring aids, such as a special ear horn.

DAY 2 | AMSTERDAM - UTRECHT

Explore the beauꢁful canal city of Amsterdam during this morning's city tour. As a special highlight, we will visit the beauꢁful Dominicus Church for a private concert. Relax as you listen to the strains of Schubert and Schumann are performed. Conꢁnue through the picturesque countryside in the north of Holland, to rejoin the vessel for a peaceful aꢀernoon onboard.

DAY 4 | COCHEM

Relax onboard while cruising the lovely Moselle River to the romanꢁc wine-growers village of Cochem. Spend the aꢀernoon exploring the village or join a walking tour with a tasꢁng of the famous wines of the Moselle region. This evening enjoy an exclusive concert onboard highlighted by music of Haydn and Mendelsohn-Bartholdy. Your vessel departs later this evening.

Born in the Heaven’s Courtyard (Himmelpfortgrund ) , a suburb of Vienna, Franz Schubert did not have what we can call a paradisi- ac life. One of the nineteen children of a school master, Franz was considered an extremely talented musician from an early age. Despite his rich work, he lived in poverty and died at the age of 31, before his 32nd birthday. When he died, his only possessi- ons were a bed, some clothes and his music. He was buried next to Beethoven, whom he admired so deeply that he acted as one of the thirty torch bearers at Beethoven’s funeral.
Born in 1732, Franz Joseph Haydn is one of the most influen- )al composer of his )me and not only. Known as the “father of symphony”, his work had a great impact on all the other genres, also. His crea)ons are as present today as in the past because one of his songs, “The Deutschland Lied", is the na)onal anthem of Germany. “Papa Haydn”, as he was called by his friends in apprecia)on of his good sense of humor, never had children, but helped as much as he could young struggling musicians as Mozart, whose s)rring Requi- em was played at Haydn’s death.
Robert Schumann commenced his remarkable instrumental explora)ons in 1842 with three string quartets. The Quartet No.3 is the most structurally tradi)onal work of the group. The very first gesture of the first movement's brief introduc)on is iden)- cal, harmonically and mo)vically, to the opening gesture of Beethoven's Op.31, No.3, and one must suspect a conscious or subconscious debt on Schumann's part.

2019

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s quartet in D major op. 44 no. 1

was completed on 24 July 1838. On 30 July 1838 Mendelssohn wrote from Berlin to the violinist Ferdinand David that “I have just finished my third Quartet, in D major, and I would like it a lot if it pleased you too. I almost believe it will, since, it appears to me, it is more fiery and more grateful to the players than the others.“ Mendelssohn’s op. 44 is concerned predominantly with the element of buffoonery that exists in Roman)c irony.
Though born in a German family from Halle, Germany, Georg Friedrich Händel will spend most of his life in Eng- land (over 45 years ) un)l his end. There, he becomes the na)onal idol and composer, but also the headline musician of the Teutonic musical galleries. Deeply appreciated among the aristocra)c and intellectual groups, Handel was ap- pointed Musical Director of the Royal Academy of Music – a society meant to promote the opera works. For its opening, Radamisto was Händel’s first opera that he wrote, his grea- test performance un)l that moment.

DAY 5 | KOBLENZ - RÜDESHEIM

Enjoy a music-filled day in Koblenz and Rüdesheim! This morning, visit the ancient city of Koblenz, a gateway to the terraced vineyards and castle ruins of the Rhine Gorge. Aꢀer your visit, your ship travels through the romanꢁc Rhine region. Enjoy a musical tea party onboard, taking in the passing scenery while listening to beauꢁful musical pieces from the world of opera and waltz. Before dinner arrive in Rüdesheim, where you will have the opportunity to visit Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum, which is, as the name suggests, all about music and instruments. Aꢀer a delicious dinner, your vessel conꢁnues along the Rhine.

Mozart's Diver)mento in D major, K. 136 (K.125a ) is the first of a group of works collec)vely known as the "Salzburg" symphonies. These works stands apart from Mo- zart's remaining symphonies, in that they are set for strings alone, rather than for the otherwise customary mixed in- strumenta)on including winds. Mozart's Diver)mento mir- rors the style of Italian concertos for strings, which he must certainly have encountered during his several visits to Italy.

Antonin Dvořák’s en)re life and work strongly resonate with his statement registered on his 7th Symphony, “God, Love and Country”, showing his emo)onal connec)on with the Czech homeland. There was though also something mo- re personal: the recent deaths of his mother and eldest child. His spirituality may be the very reason why Neil Arm- strong, the first man to walk on the moon, chose the com- poser’s 9th Symphony to take it with him among stars, as the highest peak of human crea)ng powers. Ambassador of the Czech musical culture, Dvořák was the Director of the Na)onal Conservatory in New York.

DAY 6 | SPEYER

Aꢀer breakfast, arrive in the former imperial residence of Speyer, which you can explore during a leisurely morning stroll through the city. Aꢀer lunch, travel to the university town of Heidelberg. Tour this well-preserved old town, famous for its picturesque castle ruins. This evening the captain invites you to a fesꢁve Captain's Gala Dinner.

DAY 7 | FRANCE: STRASBOURG

At breakfast ꢁme, you arrive in Strasbourg, which boasts a magical, historic old town. A city sightseeing tour is part of the morning’s program, culminaꢁng in an organ concert in the church of St. Thomas, featuring the music of Bach, Händel, and Mozart. This evening, celebrate your musical journey with a farewell concert celebraꢁng the music of Mozart and Dvorak.

The String Quartet No. 12 Op 96 "The American" was com- posed in the summer of 1893, during Dvořák’s stay in Ameri- ca. Retreated in the small town Spillville of Iowa, a farming community of 400 people, he found the spirit of his country- men that he yearned for. There, the Czech composer writes in only two weeks the quartet that would become the most known and appreciated of his work. The melodic inspira)on melts itself with the rigors of musical architecture in a work of art, but nevertheless, the composi)on reflects themes encountered by Dvořák in the American space.
Johann Sebasꢀan Bach’s interest in playing the organ started early in his childhood. A G er his parents’ death, he moved to Ohrdruf, Germany, to live with his brother, Johann Christoph, who was the organist at St. Michael's Church. His brother gave him the first lessons on keyboard instruments. Bach explored the organ building when his brother had to repair the larger of the two organs at Ohrdruf. The organ brought him later a repu- ta)on, but also got him in trouble; once for a conflict with a fellow musician and once for being caught distrac)ng a "strange maiden" in the balcony.

DAY 8 | SWITZERLAND: BASEL

Arrive this morning in Basel. Enjoy a generous breakfast on board before disembarking. The enꢁre AMADEUS team wishes you a pleasant journey home and many great memories of your trip on board. We hope to welcome you again soon!

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    tezfiatipnal" THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Borodin Quartet MIKHAIL KOPELMAN, Violinist DMITRI SHEBALIN, Violist ANDREI ABRAMENKOV, Violinist VALENTIN BERLINSKY, Cellist SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 25, 1990, AT 4:00 RACKHAM AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PROGRAM Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 .............................. PROKOFIEV Allegro sostenuto Adagio, poco piu animate, tempo 1 Allegro, andante molto, tempo 1 Quartet No. 3 (1984) .......................................... SCHNITTKE Andante Agitato Pesante INTERMISSION Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130, with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 ...... BEETHOVEN Adagio, ma non troppo; allegro Presto Andante con moto, ma non troppo Alia danza tedesca: allegro assai Cavatina: adagio molto espressivo Finale: Grosse Fuge The Borodin Quartet is represented exclusively in North America by Mariedi Anders Artists Management, Inc., San Francisco. Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the auditorium. Halls Cough Tablets, courtesy of Warner Lambert Company, are available in the lobby. Twenty-eighth Concert of the lllth Season Twenty-seventh Annual Chamber Arts Series PROGRAM NOTES Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 ........................ SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sergei Prokofiev, born in Sontsovka, in the Ekaterinoslav district of the Ukraine, began piano lessons at age three with his mother, who also encouraged him to compose. It soon became clear that the child was musically precocious, writing his first piano piece at age five and playing the easier Beethoven sonatas at age nine. He continued training in Moscow, studying piano with Reinhold Gliere, and in 1904, entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory where he studied harmony and counterpoint with Anatoly Lyadov, orchestration with Rimsky- Korsakov, and conducting with Alexander Tcherepnin.
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