Rubens Quartet Concertgebouw Series
2010-11 Season
In collaboration with the Stichting Kamermuziek Amsterdam, the Rubens Quartet will present its very own series next season at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The series will feature three of the 6 quartets from Beethoven's Op. 18, in combination with a lesser-known work for string quartet, and a quintet welcoming a special guest. These programs can also be booked separately for performance in the same period as the Concertgebouw appearance, via Stichting Kamermuziek Nederland. The quintet work can also be replaced by a quartet work on request.
Program 1:
Concertgebouw: November 10, 2010
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1
André Caplet: Quintet for Harp and String Quartet “Conte Fantastique”
Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C Major
Caplet's Conte Fantastique will also be offered in the same season as part of a special
Night Program*. It will be combined with a new work for harp quintet by
Roel van Oosten, the Sunrise Quartet by Haydn, Ainsi la nuit by Henri Dutilleux
and the famous Nocturne from Borodin's 2nd Quartet.
Program 2:
Concertgebouw: February 2, 2011
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 18 No. 5
Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Quartet
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
The Brahms Clarinet Quintet can also be offered in combination with another clarinet quintet: either the quintet of Mozart, K. 581 or a new work by Japanese composer Akira Nishimura, commissioned by Karl Leister himself.
Program 3:
Concertgebouw: April 27, 2011
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet, Op 18 No. 3
Joey Roukens: Commissioned work
Alexander Glazunov: Cello Quintet
More works of Joey Roukens, composer in residence for the Rubens Quartet, can be heard in various programs in seasons 2009-10 and 2010-11.
The string quintet of Glazunov
in collaboration with Dimitri Ferschtman
is also offered in the themed program
"à la Belaieff".
Bookings: Stichting Kamermuziek Nederland www.stichting-kamermuziek-nederland.nl, e-mail:
* This program can be booked exclusively via Effacta Productions