Chamber Concert

“Fantasy and mysticism”

Saturday

April 2025

8:00 pm

Munich, Munich Residence, Max Joseph Saal

Chamber concert

Sunday

April 2025

6:00 pm

Tutzing, Evangelische Akademie

Chamber concert

$Andrea Eun-Jeong Kim © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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$Alexander Kisch © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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$Emiko Yuasa © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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$Anja Kreynacke © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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$Katharina Jäckle © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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$Heinrich Treydte © BR\Astrid Ackermann$

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Programme

Robin Milford

“Phantasy Quintet” for clarinet and string quartet, op. 33

Zoltán Kodály

Intermezzo for string trio

York Bowen

“Phantasy Quintet” for bass clarinet and string quartet, op. 93

Interval

Anton Bruckner

String Quintet in F major, WAB 112

Performers

Andrea Eun-Jeong Kim violin

Alexander Kisch violin

Emiko Yuasa viola

Anja Kreynacke viola

Katharina Jäckle violoncello

Heinrich Treydte clarinet and bass clarinet

Information about the programme

What does fantasy sound like? In Robin Milford’s 1933 composition based on English folklore, when the solo clarinet glides over a delicate wave of strings – it sounds dance-like, lyrical, expressive, full of humor, and rich in contrasts. In the similarly titled composition by the English late Romantic composer York Bowen, the distinctive bass clarinet, which is rarely featured in chamber music concerts, blends irresistibly into the string sound with its sonorous velvety tone. It is captivating and seamlessly flowing. Finally, Bruckner’s only large-scale chamber music work provides a mystical dimension to this concert: like his great symphonies, the String Quintet in F major is imbued with the mysticism of nature and of the Catholic faith.