4. Concert: Pathos and Haydn’s Smile

Thu, June 11th at 18

Lauttasaari Church

• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): String Quartet op. 76, no. 5 in D major (1796–1797)

  • I Allegretto

  • II Largo cantabile e mesto

  • III Menuetto. Allegro

  • IV Finale. Presto

Quatuor Arod

• Pēteris Vasks (*1946): The Fruit of Silence for piano quintet (2014)

Keigo Mukawa, piano
Quatuor Hanson

• W. A. Mozart (1756–1791): String Quintet no. 4 in G minor, K. 516 (1787)

Quatuor Hanson
Alexander Gordon, viola

Papa Haydn composed his quartet in 1797 – five years after Mozart’s death – while Mozart had written his fourth string quintet ten years earlier. At this stage, both composers were grappling with an inner tension related to their existence and lives, a tension that foreshadowed Beethoven’s musical revolution.
The ethos of Pēteris Vasks’ work can be summed up in one sentence: silence is not emptiness but the foundation of spiritual and human connection.

Tickets 30 €, pensioners 25 €, students and children (7–17 yo) 15 € + fee 1,5 €

Photo: Rémi Rière / Quatuor Hanson