European Chamber Music Academy Oslo Session 2016 Norwegian Academy of Music 31 March - 4 April Playing together Opening Concert We wish you a warm welcome to Norway at the time where «King winter» is loosening his grip and the light Thursday 31 March 7:30 pm of spring is emerging. Given the possibility to shed Lindemansalen light on the noblest of arts; the art of making chamber music, we all look forward to indulging in the wonder- ful world of playing together, to the attentive listening, Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942): awareness and vigilance that real chamber music String Quartet No 2, Op. 15 requires. 1. Sehr mässig – Heftig und leidenschaftlig 2. Moderato – Andante mosso – Allegretto – Adagio We wish for the musicians to share intense and challenging musical 3. Schnell moments with each other and the listeners, and even more, we look 4. Andante – Mit energischer Entschlossenheit – Allegro molto forward to moments of joy and playfulness. – Langsam – Andante The playground is yours. Hanson Quartet Hilde Ringlund - Deputy Principal Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet No 8 in e minor, Op. 59, No 2 1. Allegro 2. Molto adagio 3. Allegretto – Maggiore (Thème russe) Finding meaning behind the music 4. Finale: Presto During this year’s gathering in Oslo, we wish to approach music and its meaning from several different angles: As a Quatuor Akilone language rich in symbols, as natural sounds, as an art of rhetoric, and as choreographed dance. It is fascinating to contemplate how closely woven the art forms of music and dance were in the seventeen and eighteen hundreds. Lead by our dance instructor Elizabeth Svarstad and accompanied by our professor of fortepiano Liv Glaser, ECMA participants may experience the liberating qualities of Rococo dance. Are Sandbakken - Artistic director Oslo session Concert Final Concert Saturday 2 April 6:00 pm Monday 4 April 7:30 pm Levinsalen Levinsalen Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No 5, Hob. III, No 79 String Quartet No 11 in f minor, Op. 95 1. Allegretto – Allegro 1. Allegro con brio 2. Largo: Cantabile e mesto 2. Allegretto ma non troppo 3. Menuetto: Allegro 3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso 4. Finale: Presto 4. Larghetto – Allegretto agitato Equalis Quartet Orbis Quartet Bela Bartok (1881-1945): Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): String Quartet No 2, Op. 17, (SZ 67) String Quartet No 7 in f sharp minor, Op. 108 1. Moderato 1. Allegro 2. Allegro molto capriccioso 2. Lento 3. Lento 3. Allegro Tchalik Quartet Parlando Quartet A chamber group from the Norwegian Academy of Music --- break --- György Ligeti (1923-2006): 6 Bagatelles Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): 1. Allegro con spirito Piano Trio No 3 in c minor, Op. 101 2. Rubato. Lamentoso 1. Allegro energico 3. Allegro grazioso 2. Presto non assai 4. Presto ruvido 3. Andante grazioso 5. Adagio. Mesto 4. Allegro molto 6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso Trio Arte A chamber group from the Norwegian Academy of Music Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): 2 Pieces for String Quartet 1. Elegie 2. Polka Sonus Saxophonequartet Lectures Masterclasses Friday 1 April 3:00pm Experience the Masters at Work Levinsalen Masterclasses with the ECMA ensembles are held every day Lecture: Is there Meaning in Music? (Thursday - Monday) from about 9:30am till the afternoon. Morten Carlsen Johannes Meissl, Patrick Jüdt, og Are Sandbakken, Wolfgang Plagge og Morten Carlsen will be giving masterclasses. Saturday 2 April 3:00pm Levinsalen Detailes and schedule are available at the Academy. Workshop: Classical Rococo Dances Lecture and dance class for the ECMA ensembles Open to the public. Elizabeth Svarstad and Liv Glaser (hammer piano) Sunday 3 April 3:00pm Levinsalen Lecture: Metre and Musical meaning Lasse Thoresen (composer) Monday 4 April 3:00pm Levinsalen Lecture: Rhetoric in music and the musical discourse Johannes Meissl INSTRUCTORS Are Sandbakken ECMA SESSION 2016 IN OSLO Viola in alphabetical order Are Sandbakken studied with Leif repertoire (Grieg, Sibelius, Stenham- Jørgensen in Oslo and Sándor Vegh mar and contemporary works) for in Salzburg. For several years he the labels Naxos and CPO have recei- played principal viola with Camerata ved outstanding reviews in the inter- Academica Salzburg and The Nor- national press. The quartet’s recor- wegian Chamber Orchestra. From dings of the Nielsen string quartets 1995 to 2002 he was principal viola were Editors Choice in Gramophone of the Oslo Philharmonic under Ma- magazine in 1999. riss Jansons. He performed as soloist Oslo String Quartet is especially de- with this orchestra on numerous oc- dicated to alternative concert forms. casions, as well as with other Nordic Their children’s concerts, where Are orchestras. Since 2003 he has been Sandbakken has also performed as a professor of chamber music at the singer and actor, have become very Norwegian Academy of Music. popular. In 2006 the quartet celebra- In 1991 Sandbakken was among the - founding members of the Oslo String mances of the complete Beethoven Quartet, which today is regarded stringted its quartets15th anniversary in a series with entitled perfor as one of the most outstanding and The Beethoven Code. Are Sandbak- innovative string quartets in north- ken plays a viola by Mattio Goffriller ern Europe. The quartet performs re- of 1729, on loan from Dextra Musica. gularly at leading European festivals and their recordings of Scandinavian Johannes Meissl Morten Carlsen Violin Viola Johannes Meissl is professor for string quartet became a regular at the world’s Morten Carlsen teaches viola and tions, Springer 2014 with an article chamber music and vice director of the most important music centres and festi- related subjects (also violin) at the called «Practice as Self-Exploration». Joseph Haydn Institut for Chamber Mu- vals from New York to Tokyo. Numerous Norwegian Academy of Music, which sic at Vienna’s University of Music and prizes for more than 30 recordings (such he has been doing since 1989. He is Morten Carlsen has a soloist diploma Performing Arts. Artistic director of isa as Grand Prix du Disque, Diapason d’Or, a regular visiting teacher at the Uni- from the Universität für Musik und (International Summer Academy Prague- Deutscher Schallplattenpreis Echo etc.), versity of Music in Vienna, where he darstellende Kunst, Vienna Vienna-Budapest), he also gives master- and the «Artis series» at the Gesellschaft studied, and the Paris Conservatoire. classes at numerous renowned schools d. Musikfreunde in Vienna, now running Professional experience: and summer academies such as CNSM - His career as performer involved - Co-principal viola of Orchester der Paris, Guildhall School of Music and tional position of the quartet. orchestral positions, top-level cham- Beethovenhalle, Bonn 1982-84 and its 19th season, also prove the interna Drama London, Tokyo Geidai and Casals ber music and solo performances of RSO Stuttgart 1984-88. Festival Prades, to name a few. Beside the quartet work J. Meissl appears and recordings. Carlsen is fascinated - Similar position in the Oslo Philhar- in recitals and as a soloist and at numer- also by the more philosophic aspects monic Orchestra 1988-94. Born in Austria, J. Meissl studied at A. ous chamber music festivals. of teaching and performing and has - Engagements as principal viola in Bruckner-Conservatory Linz (violin and written smaller articles, and lectured the orchestra of the Norwegian Op- composition ) and at the Academy of J. Meissl is co-initiator of numerous inter- Music in Vienna with W. Schneiderhan on subjects such as instrumental era and the Norwegian Broadcasting and G. Hetzel and got strong artistic music and shares with Hatto Beyerle the practice, performer history and tal- (KORK). impulses by Hatto Beyerle. He gradu- functionnational projectsof artistic in director the field of of ECMA. chamber ent education. ated with distinction and special award. In 1982 he joined the Artis Quartet. As Having done regular coaching with sev- A collection of his advanced exercises a member of this ensemble he took the eral orchestras and youth orchestras for for violin/viola, Vademecum, has been opportunity for further studies with the many years he has recently sucessfully published. He contributes to the an- LaSalle Quartet in the USA. After several taken up conducting. thology Philosophy of Music Educa- prizes at international competitions the tion challenged: Heideggerian Inspira- Patrick Jüdt Wolfgang Plagge Viola Piano/Composer Professor Patrick Jüdt studied in Wolfgang Plagge showed an early in- for solo piano, and several works for Hannover University of Music and terest in classical music, playing the woodwind and brass chamber music Drama as well as in Basel Academy of piano and composing from the age ensembles. Music, with Professor Hatto Beyerle. of four. At the age of ten he won an He has long had a love of the ancient international talent competition on music of Northern Europe, and many He is a member of Collegium Novum British television. He completed his of his works have grown out of his Zürich. studies at the Hochschule für Musik researches into early medieval Nor- in Hamburg. wegian music. He is active on an international scale Wolfgang Plagge is active as a per- as a soloist and chamber musician Ever since his student days, the former all over the world and is a and engaged in the area of contempo- phenomenon of time has been an sought-after chamber musician. He rary music. Since 2006 he is closely important component of his music: has performed as soloist with numer- cooperation with Ensemble Modern observations on and studies of the ous orchestras and collaborated with Frankfurt. course of time, manipulation of the many prominent musicians. sense of time and the use of time as a Patrick Jüdt is professor of the viola, formal element are essential factors chamber music and contemporary when he was 12.