Concert One

'Musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra open the weekend with the music of Franz Schubert. The Gewandhaus Orchestra’s 2022 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Schubert’s late symphonies was widely acclaimed, the unique sound of this orchestra an ideal match for Schubert’s crystalline musical language. Schubert’s Octet is a masterpiece for this ensemble of instruments, which represent a cross-section of the symphony orchestra. It is paired here with his Six Moments Musicaux for solo piano, in a new arrangement for octet by composer Hans Abrahamsen, created especially for this performance.'

– Tahlia Petrosian, Curator

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Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780 (arr. Hans Abrahamsen) (30′)

I. Moderato
II. Andantino
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Moderato*
V. Allegro vivace*
VI. Allegretto

*Movements four and five have been newly arranged by Hans Abrahamsen, and will be premiered by musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra on this Australian tour.

Edgar Hesske | Clarinet
Axel Benoit | Bassoon
Simen Fegran | Horn
Yun-Jin Cho | Violin
Karl Heinrich Niebuhr | Violin
Tahlia Petrosian | Viola
Axel von Huene | Cello
Burak Marlali | Double Bass

INTERVAL

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Octet in F, D. 803 (60′)

I. Adagio – Allegro – Più allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace – Trio – Allegro vivace
IV. Andante – variations. Un poco più mosso – Più lento
V. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio – Menuetto – Coda
VI. Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto – Allegro molto

Edgar Hesske | Clarinet
Axel Benoit | Bassoon
Simen Fegran | Horn
Yun-Jin Cho | Violin
Karl Heinrich Niebuhr | Violin
Tahlia Petrosian | Viola
Axel von Huene | Cello
Burak Marlali | Double Bass