Travel back in time to 19th-century Vienna at the Open University’s “Tzlilim” concert, this Thursday evening, April 25th, in Ra’anana. The program will feature works by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms, performed by some of Israel’s leading musicians. Each piece will be introduced by Anat Sharon, the series’ director.
Mozart composed his Piano Quartet in G minor in Vienna, at the peak of his career. The piano quartet – the ensemble of a violin, viola, cello and piano – was still quite a novel idea in 1785, and Mozart’s efforts were not immediately appreciated by the Viennese public. Despite the dismay, Mozart insisted on writing more piano quartets, and today this composition is one of his best-known works.
Schubert’s String Trio in B flat major was created when the composer’s focus had moved from chamber music elsewhere, and he never finished it – only the first movement is performed. It is still one of the most performed chamber compositions today, showcasing the influence of the classical Viennese composers on nineteen-year-old Schubert.
In Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 2 (1861), written when the composer was still living in Hamburg, you can hear the influences of Schumann and Schubert as well as hints of gypsy music and the waltz, popular in Vienna at this time.
Eleonora Lutzky (violin), Eugenia Oren (viola) and Marcel Bergman (cello) all have established careers as soloists, and have performed as part of various ensembles in Israel and abroad. They will be joined by Victor Stanislavsky, one of Israel’s most promising pianists, who has performed in the greatest concert halls from Europe and the Americas to the Far East.
The concert will take place on Thursday, April 25 at 20:30 at the Chais Auditorium on the Open University campus (1 University Road, Ra’anana). Tickets can be purchased by phone at 1-700-700-169, or on the evening of the concert. The brochure for the concert (in Hebrew) may be viewed here.
