ARDITTI 50.4

Program

• Hilda Paredes: Diálogos apócrifos (2023–2024 UA) - 20'
  Kompositionsauftrag von Wien Modern im Rahmen von Schönberg 150 und weit! neue musik weingarten gefördert durch die Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
• Luigi Nono: Fragmente – Stille. An Diotima (1979–1980) - 35'
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• Arnold Schönberg: Streichquartett Nr. 2 fis-moll op. 10 für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und eine Sopranstimme (Text: Stefan George) (1907–1908) - 30'

Cast

• Arditti Quartet
• Irvine Arditti: Violine
• Ashot Sarkissjan: Violine
• Ralf Ehlers: Viola
• Lucas Fels: Violoncello
• Christina Daletska: Sopran

Schönberg's Second String Quartet – written during the private crisis that Manos Tsangaris maps out in Arnold Elevators – is definitely one of the magical moments in music history, with its Stefan George line «Ich fühle luft von anderem planeten» ["I feel air from another planet"]. On this fourth and final evening with the Arditti Quartet, the "best of" for its 50th anniversary includes Luigi Nono's famous late work Fragmente – Stille. An Diotima. The commissioned premiere of the evening is by the Mexican composer Hilda Paredes (full disclaimer: married to Irvine Arditti).

We very much regret that the cellist of the Arditti Quartet broke his arm a few days before the start of the planned major anniversary project ARDITTI 50 (1st and 2nd November 2024 Wiener Konzerthaus, 4th and 5th November 2024 Musikverein) and wish him a speedy recovery. In consideration of the quartet's intensive preparations and rehearsals for this project, which have been ongoing for months, we have jointly decided to maintain the integrity of the programme and the quartet and not to look for short-term replacements for parts of the programme. We are working to reschedule all four concerts unchanged to 2025; the new dates will be announced as soon as possible. Festival passes and individual tickets will remain valid. We thank you very much for your understanding and look forward to welcoming you to one or more of the remaining 140 events in the 37th edition of the festival.

Kuratiert von Irvine Arditti und Bernhard Günther
Produktion Wien Modern
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von Stadt Wien Kultur im Rahmen von Schönberg 150