A Concert of the Artistic Series “Polyphonic Europe” – 21st June, 2012
The concert of the artistic series “Polyphonic Europe” under the title "memories and constellation" will deeply impress on occasion of the European day of music. The pieces range from magnetically attractive scenes of pain and grief, nostalgic melodies to a tonal constellation of cheerful themes. The concert opens with a smoothly magnetic scene of Periklis Koukos’ opus “In Memoriam Y.A. Papaioannou”, which is immediately followed by a sad, serious funeral march.
The slow dragging rhythm passes over to the still and nostalgic melody of a solo violin and is gradually penetrated by the whispering harmonies of the other string player. Without any dramatic explosion the violin leads to the end of the piece. The classic setting made of two bugles, drums and string players finally represents the exact sound conception of Borboudaki’s opus “Constellation”. Starting from a tone of the string players tonal constellations are formed at times, which cause repetitive lines by the horns. The stereophonic positioning of the horns plays an important role in the dramaturgic flow of the piece. The motives of Schubert’s Symphony no 5 flow into one another and no other symphony of Schubert is more Mozart-like than this one. The “well-balanced symphony” often shows its dramatic component, but still remains cheerful, melodic and has a ‘Biedermeier’ character.
A concert by the Camerata Europaea with kind support of the Initiative Neue Musik e.V.

Thursday 21st June 2012, 8 pm
Konzerthaus Berlin, Concert Hall, Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin

Performers
Camerata Europaea
Soloist: Franziska Hölscher – violin
Artistic Director: Maria Makraki

Program
Periklis Koukos: In Memorian, for violin solo and strings, (German premiere)
Minas Borboudakis: Constellation for horns, percussion and strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in C major for violin solo and orchestra
Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B major

Entrance: 10,00 €, reduced 8,00 €,
tickets: Konzerthaus Berlin, phone: (030) 20309-2101, tickets@konzerthaus.de; www.konzerthaus.de; ticket reservation via Camerata Europaea, online form
phone: 0043(0)512-361291, tickets@camerata.eu, www.camerata.eu

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