Currentzis and Kuusisto

25 September 2016

Bonn

Sunday 18:00 / Stadtmuseum Siegburg

BOOK

Presented by
Beethovenfest Bonn

Chamber Music

PROGRAMME

STEVE REICH: Violin Phase for four violins

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: First half of the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (transcription for string trio by Dimitry Sitkovetsky) 

PEKKA KUUSISTO: Looping and improvisation 

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Second half of the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (transcription for string trio by Dimitry Sitkovetsky) 


  • Violin Pekka Kuusisto
  • Musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
ABOUT THIS CONCERT

On this tour, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra pays tribute to one of classical music’s most notorious revolutionaries, Ludwig van Beethoven. This special chamber music concert, featuring Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, closely adheres to the theme of Beethovenfest Bonn 2016: Revolution

While Beethoven stands in the spotlight in the orchestral concert, this chamber music concert examines the term “revolution” in a literal sense: the way in which an object undergoes circular motion. J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Steve Reich’s Violin Phase are established works in the classical music canon, while Pekka Kuusisto creates his own cyclical compositions by improvising with his loop machine. 


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CONCERTS THIS TOUR

22 September 2016 Merano

Thursday 20:30pm / Kursaal

Works by: Ludwig van Beethoven, Arvo Pärt

With: Conductor Teodor Currentzis, Violin Pekka Kuusisto

24 September 2016 Bonn

Saturday 20:00pm / Beethovenhalle

Works by: Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Schönberg

With: Conductor Michael Wendeberg (Schönberg), Violin & Director Pekka Kuusisto (Beethoven Violin Concerto), Speaker Sunnyi Melles