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Mirijam Contzen & Luis Magalhães team up with Amici Quartet
The Endler Concert Series will begin its 2012 season on 7 February at 20:00 with a concert of beautiful chamber music. World famous German/Japanese violinist, Mirijam Contzen will team up with the Amici String Quartet and locally based Portuguese pianist, Luis Magalhães in a programme of Mozart, Schubert and Chausson. The Amici Quartet, hailed in Die Burger as "Gratification for the soul", consists of Suzanne Martens - guest concertmaster of the Cape Philharmonic and violin lecturer at Stellenbosch University, Quentin Crida - leader of Camerata Tinta Barocca, Karin Gaertner - principle violist of the now defunct Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, and cellist, Peter Martens - winner of the 2011 Classical music SAMA for his CD recording of the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas with pianist Luis Magalhães.
The concert will begin with Schubert's Rondo in A major for violin and string quartet, D. 438 with Mirijam Contzen as the solo violinist. The work, a classic favourite in its guise for violin and string orchestra, will be presented in its original form, a chamber version where a string quartet replaces the larger forces of the string orchestra. Mozart rewrote the accompaniments to a number of his piano concerti for string quartet for his own performance. One these most popular rewrites is for his concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449, which in this concert will feature Luis Magalhães as the piano soloist. After the interval, all six musicians will join forces in Chausson's Concerto in D major for violin, piano and String Quartet, Op. 21, a piece that despite its unusual combination of instruments, is recognised as one of the greatest examples of French Romantic chamber music.
Tickets @ R110 and R85 are available at Computicket outlets countrywide or on 0861 915 8000. Box office at the Endler Hall will open at 19:00 on the night. For further enquiries, please call the Endler Hall Concert Series on 021 808 2343 during office hours.
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