Every year, Tobias Kassung presents at the Hardtberg Guitar Series a different duo or trio combination with guitar, thrilling audiences in the process. The cello and guitar duo last performed in Bonn four years ago. That's a long time for such creative and dynamic artists as these two.
So now we can once again look forward to the latest programme, ‘Nachtstücke – zwischen Traum und Tango’ (Nocturnes – between dream and tango). Romantic nocturnes and adagios by Burgmüller, Glinka and Beethoven perfectly express the intimate sound of the cello and guitar. With Kassung's own new piece and Raffaele Bellafrente's brilliant tango, the duo brings to life not only the contemplative side of the ‘Nachtstücke’ but also the exuberant nightlife. And everything culminates in the ‘Quatre rêves’ by Parisian composer Mathias Duplessy, who has set the exuberant nightlife of the French metropolis to rousing music in his four musical dreams.
Programme:
Frédéric Burgmüller (1806-1874)
Deux Nocturnes
Michail I. Glinka (1804-1857)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
Ich erinnere mich des zauberhaften Augenblicks
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
(Arr.: Lena Kravets & Tobias Kassung)
Après un Rêve, op. 7 No. 1
Tobias Kassung (*1977)
Sonate in drei Szenen für Violoncello und Gitarre, op. 20
Ein Traum vom Frieden
1. Heimat – 2. Vertreibung – 3. Hoffnung
Raffaele Bellafronte (*1961)
„Tango” aus Suite No. 1 for cello and guitar (1994)
- interval -
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
(Arr: Tobias Kassung)
Adagio cantabile (aus der Klaviersonate Nr. 8 op. 13)
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
Prayer (No. 1 „From Jewish Life”)
Mathias Duplessy (*1972)
Sonate pour violoncelle et guitare en quatre rêves
1. Rêve fou – verrückter Traum
2. Rêve heureux – glücklicher Traum
3. Rêve melancolique – melancholischer Traum
4. Rêve exalté – erhabener Traum
