Sun, 14.06.2026
Boswil Master Concert IV - Camerata Bern & Steven Isserlis
Concert title
Boswil Master Concert IV - Camerata Bern & Steven Isserlis
Date
Sun 14.06.2026
Start of the concert
17:00
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
Camerata Bern
Line
Steven Isserlis, conductor and cello
Soloists
Steven Isserlis, cello
Dénes Várjon, piano
Dénes Várjon, piano
program
Joy and Sorrow:
As an art of time, music is not a memory only at the moment it is played. And often even then. The composer György Kurtág is a master of musical remembrance. Many of his pieces bear the inscription "in memoriam." With "Kroó György in memoriam," Kurtág commemorates a renowned Hungarian musicologist. Artistic partner Steven Isserlis, in turn, commemorates Kurtág's 100th birthday with this piece for solo cello.
John Tavener's "Eternal Memory" for cello and strings focuses on the eternity of memory, but also on that of a future paradise. In contrast, Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major is powerful and firmly rooted in the here and now. The Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon can be heard here, as well as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's festively elegant Piano Concerto in C major. A universal musician with exceptional technical and profound musical abilities.
Program:
John Tavener (1944–2013)
Eternal Memory for cello and strings;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, KV 415;
György Kurtág (*1926)
Circumdederunt / Schatten / Kroó György in memoriam for solo cello
; Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44, version with string orchestra;
Boswil Artist Talk: 4:15 p.m.
As an art of time, music is not a memory only at the moment it is played. And often even then. The composer György Kurtág is a master of musical remembrance. Many of his pieces bear the inscription "in memoriam." With "Kroó György in memoriam," Kurtág commemorates a renowned Hungarian musicologist. Artistic partner Steven Isserlis, in turn, commemorates Kurtág's 100th birthday with this piece for solo cello.
John Tavener's "Eternal Memory" for cello and strings focuses on the eternity of memory, but also on that of a future paradise. In contrast, Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major is powerful and firmly rooted in the here and now. The Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon can be heard here, as well as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's festively elegant Piano Concerto in C major. A universal musician with exceptional technical and profound musical abilities.
Program:
John Tavener (1944–2013)
Eternal Memory for cello and strings;
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, KV 415;
György Kurtág (*1926)
Circumdederunt / Schatten / Kroó György in memoriam for solo cello
; Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44, version with string orchestra;
Boswil Artist Talk: 4:15 p.m.
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