Phantasy Quintet

In the organizer's words:

1st Chamber Concert / Ludwig van Beethoven: Excerpts from "Fidelio" / York Bowen: "Phantasy Quintet" op. 93 / Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor D 759 "Unfinished" / Jean Françaix: "Divertissement" for bassoon and string quartet

First it was called "Leonore", then "Fidelio": Beethoven struggled with hardly any other work as much as with his only opera. The drama about tyranny, freedom and spousal love is a timeless composition - this is also evident in the chamber music arrangement of some excerpts created by Christoph Habicht, cellist in the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra.

York Bowen's "Phantasy Quintet" from 1932, which he composed for the charming instrumentation of clarinet and strings, sounds late romantic. The rather dark tone of the work is created by the intense mixture of deep string and clarinet sounds.

Franz Schubert wrote a symphony in 1822 - this time not for an amateur orchestra, but for a critical audience. He wanted to achieve success - alongside the great Ludwig van Beethoven. However, in the fall of the same year, he puts his B minor Symphony aside - a commissioned work intervenes. He never completed the work, but it is a classic for all time, which is also convincing in the version for three cellos, also by Christoph Habicht. The Divertissement for bassoon and string quartet by Jean Françaix concludes the program.