With their programme ‘Mediterranean Summer Night’, the Cologne Classical Ensemble performs as a chamber ensemble in the beautiful ballroom of the Altes Kurhaus in Aachen. The audience can expect solo concertos by Vivaldi, Boccherini, Rodrigo, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate and Piazzolla.
In 2003, eight students at the Cologne University of Music founded the Kölner Klassik Ensemble. Today - 20 years later - this ensemble has developed into one of the leading collectives for classical chamber music in NRW. The young Cologne Classical Ensemble's own arrangements of Astor Piazzolla's ‘Las Estaciones Porteñas’ were a great success and the CD released by Sony received worldwide acclaim. In addition to the original eight-piece chamber ensemble, other outstanding formations of the chamber music scene have formed within the Kölner Klassik Ensemble: the Astor Trio, the Duo Kravets & Kassung, the Arisva String Quartet and the 8CELLI. Numerous concerts in Germany and abroad as well as the extensive recordings for Sony Classical and KSG Exaudio are proof of the ensemble's exceptional quality and are regularly praised by audiences and critics alike.
At the Altes Kurhaus Aachen, the Cologne Classical Ensemble's large seven-piece line-up will perform outstanding baroque, classical and romantic solo concertos.
Soloists:
Alexander Prushinskiy, violin
Lena Kravets, violoncello
Tobias Kassung, guitar
The Cologne Classical Ensemble live with ‘Verano Porteño’ by Astor Piazzolla at the chamber concerts in the Kunstverein:
Programme:
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Quintet No. 4 D major G. 448 „Fandango”
1. Pastorale
2. Allegro maestoso
3. Grave assai – Fandango
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
„Adagio” from the Concierto de Aranjuez
Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741)
L’estate – Summer, op. 8 Nr. 2, RV 315
Allegro non molto – Adagio – Presto
- intervall -
Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
Concerto for guitar and strings D major RV 93
Allegro – Largo – Presto
Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
„Andante cantabile” for violoncello and strings
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
Gypsie Airs op. 20
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
(Arr.: Tobias Kassung)
Verano Porteño – Summer in Buenos Aires
