Highlights of the 201516 season include performances with staatskapelle berlin, a residency at the laeiszhalle in hamburg and a collaboration with teodor currentzis and musica. Patricia kopatchinskaja, pekka kuusisto, lilli maijala and pieter wispelway fly. Her highly personal even extreme interpretations of the great classics leave no one indifferent and fascinate the public, which adores her generosity and commitment on the concert platform, her taste for new musical creations and pieces from off the beaten track. By the time schubert wrote his string quartet, which uses the songs great melody as the theme of its andante second movement, he was facing death.
Oct 14, 2016 this is an unusual album from an extremely talented musician who refuses to travel the well trodden path of the jet set virtuoso. We sat her down to pick her brain on which 5 cd recordings she would take with her to a deserted island and how the tracks have helped shape her as a musician. At last nights wigmore hall concert, quartetlab created a framework. Official website of patricia kopatchinskaja, musician and. May 09, 2018 its a program exploring schuberts death and the maiden, recorded live with st. Patricia kopatchinskaja there are 9 patricia kopatchinskaja recordings available. Oktober 2014 interpreten quartetlab, streichquartett patricia kopatchinskaja, violine pekka. Though not in the same starry league, the piatti quartet espoused the same cause in. Patricia kopatchinskaja, performer the saint paul chamber orchestra, performer gyorgy kurtag, composer 2016 alpha classics outhere music france 2015 the saint paul chamber orchestra string quartet no. A detectives view on ludwig van beethovens violin concerto in d major, opus 61 by patricia kopatchinskaja i am pleased to share my interpretation of beethovens violin concerto with spco audiences this week and want to take this opportunity to share my perspective on this piece.
Oktober 2014 interpreten quartet lab, streichquartett patricia kopatchinskaja, violine pekka. Patricia kopatchinskaja, polina leschenko 1cd alpha 387. Her chamber music partners include fazil say, sol gabetta and markus hinterhauser. The release offers us fresh insights into beethovens concerto for violin and orchestra in d major, op. And bizarrely, but typically paradoxically given this was a quartetlab gig it was the apparently most conventional string quartet on the programme that brought the riskiest musicmaking. Chamber music is immensely important to kopatchinskaja and she performs regularly with artists such as markus hinterhauser and polina leschenko as well as members of her own family. Between the movements are musical interludes from other composers of different eras.
Patricia kopatchinskaja plays a violin built in 1834 by giovanni francesco pressenda 17771854 with gut strings. One might find the account a bit over the top, especially with kopatchinskajas frequent use of portamento. Utterly fresh in her approach, she imagined it as a surreal psychodrama without words, volcanic in its outbursts, startling in its juxtapositions. Schubert death and the maiden patricia kopatchinskaja, the saint paul chamber orchestra 1cd alpha 265. The official youtube channel of violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. Kopatchinskaja takes the idea of death and the maiden, which began as a poem by matthias claudius, set as a song by schubert in 1817, and makes it the basis of a fascinating 70 minutes of music. Jun, 2018 when tom morris, the director of the ojai music festival in southern california, tapped patricia kopatchinskaja to curate this years festival, the visionary moldovanborn violinist didnt. When tom morris, the director of the ojai music festival in southern california, tapped patricia kopatchinskaja to curate this years festival, the visionary moldovanborn violinist didnt. She used a bow built at the end of the 18th century by francois tourte 17471835. Vc desert island downloads experimental violinist, patricia.
Patricia kopatchinskaja born 1977 is a moldovanaustrianswiss violinist. The four players of quartetlab pekka kuusisto and patricia kopatchinskaja on violin, lilli maijala on viola and pieter wispelwey on cello. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The least that one could say about the art of moldavian violinist patricia kopatchinskaja is that one cannot be left indifferent by it so completely does she set herself apart from her smoother, more mainstream peers. Sep 29, 2009 the inclusion of other infrequently recorded works, the two romances for violin and orchestra, and the fragment from an uncompleted c major concerto, makes this disc even more attractive. Byzantine chant on psalm 140 for solo violin and strings arranged by patricia kopatchinskaja view full playlist 10 videos 6 videos play all. Beethovens concerto has many structural similarities with a violin concerto written by clement two years before which beethoven must have known because he conducted one of. Patricia kopatchinskaja listen on deezer music streaming. Interview patricia kopatchinskaja in conversation with ulrich knorzer 16 min. Patricia kopatchinskaja plays beethoven november 57, 2015. Hungary, the land of the 3 composers featured, peter eotvos was the conductor of the first performance of the second version of ligeti violin concerto, in 1992, with ensemble modern.
Violinist kopatchinskaja brings inventive programming to. Oct 22, 2014 according to kopatchinskajas view however, this is a polyphony in which only one voice was written down, since at the time you knew what the other voices would be. She is also a founding member of the quartet lab, a string quartet together with pekka kuusisto, lilli maijala and pieter wispelwey. Death and the maiden by patricia kopatchinskaja on. Mar 26, 2015 a profile of violinist patricia kopatchinskaja, one of the saint paul chamber orchestras newest artistic partners. Due to an injury sustained by violinist patricia kopatchinskaja at the end of last year, when the.
The violin channel recently caught up with boundarypushing moldovanaustrianswiss violin virtuoso patricia kopatchinskaja for a fun game of vc desert island downloads. Her parents were both with the state folk ensemble of moldova. In this concert, kirill petrenko made his last appearance with the berliner philharmoniker before taking up office as their chief conductor. Bachs cello suites see here, which promises to shakeup the string quartet repertoire. Patricia kopatchinskaja violin concertos naive v 5285 lw. A detectives view on ludwig van beethovens violin concerto.
Patricia kopatchinskaja has premiered numerous works, including violin concertos written for her by johanna doderer, otto zykan, jurg wyttenbach and faz. The quartet gets an energetic, edgy performance sometimes nervy, occasionally playful. A profile of violinist patricia kopatchinskaja, one of the saint paul chamber orchestras newest artistic partners. First, soloist patricia kopatchinskaja showed how much virtuosity and expressive variety there is in arnold schoenbergs violin concerto. To programme schuberts masterpiece with diverse composers as the 16th century augustus normiger, dowland and gesualdo with the contemporary kurtag takes imagination but to then interject their works between the movements of death and the maiden takes courage.
Kopatchinskaja has extended that sense of freedom by experimenting with some of the variants in beethovens autograph, all perfectly reasonable and unlikely to ruffle the plumage, unlike the. Death and the maiden, an album by patricia kopatchinskaja, saint paul chamber orchestra on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Schubert death and the maiden patricia kopatchinskaja, the saint paul chamber. Oktober 2014 interpreten quartet lab, streichquartett patricia kopatchinskaja, violine pekka kuusisto, violine lilli maijala, viola pieter wispelwey. Kopatchinskaja plays schuberts death and the maiden march. Violinist patricia kopatchinskajas versatility shows itself in her diverse repertoire, ranging from baroque and classical often played on gut strings, to new commissions and reinterpretations of modern masterworks. She is a founding member of the acclaimed quartetlab a string quartet with isabelle van keulen, lilli maijala and pieter wispelwey with. Constantly characterised and slightly demeaned as a quirky maverick, kopatchinskaja proved here that shes in a class of her own. Patricia kopatchinskaja, the saint paul chamber orchestra. Kopatchinskaja treats the work as if it were newly composed and avoids comparison with recordings of the past. Patricia kopatchinskaja fun with mendelssohn facebook. This one was, like most of what quartetlab does, sui generis. She is a founding member of the acclaimed quartetlab a string quartet with isabelle van keulen, lilli maijala and pieter wispelwey with whom she undertakes a major european tour in autumn 2015.
Patricia kopatchinskaja has premiered numerous works, including three violin concertos written for her. Over the past few years, patricia kopatchinskaja has exploded the norms of the classical violin. Simon rattle and patricia kopatchinskaja digital concert hall. According to kopatchinskajas view however, this is a polyphony in which only one voice was written down, since at the time you knew what the other voices would be. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo for string quintet composed by carlo gesualdo. By patricia kopatchinskaja beethovens violin concerto was commissioned in 1806 by the virtuoso franz clement 17801842, who was also a composer himself. Kopatchinskaja created a string arrangement of schuberts quartet. Liner notes in english, german and french written as personal letters from patricia kopatchinskaja to teodor currentzis and the other way round. Kopatchinskaja contributes her own adaptations of beethovens original cadenzas for the piano version of the concerto.
One of her other projects is the recently founded quartetlab, with fellow adventurous violinist pekka kuusisto, violist lilli maijala, and cellist pieter wispelwey responsible for two of the most thrilling recent accounts of j. Feb 11, 2017 she is also a founding member of the quartet lab, a string quartet together with pekka kuusisto, lilli maijala and pieter wispelwey. Works by august normiger, gyorgy kurtag, carlo gesualdo, johannes brahms, john dowland, heinz holliger, and arrangements by kopatchinskaja and michi wiancko will be interspersed among the movements of schuberts quartet in d minor, death and the maiden to explore the work in a completely new light. For strings by patricia kopatchinskaja, the saint paul chamber orchestra composed by franz schubert. Pieter wispelwey, pekka kuusisto, patricia kopatchinskaja and lilli maijala form the quartetlab. Aug 09, 2016 patricia kopatchinskaja, the saint paul chamber orchestra. The whole makes for thoughtprovoking, refreshing listening and what impresses most, as ever, is the sheer aliveness of kopatchinskajas musicmaking. Between bartok, ligeti, eotvos and kopatchinskaja, there are many links. It offers the schubert quartet itself, in an arrangement for string orchestra by kopatchinskaja herself, that preserves the original quartet forces in some passages. December 9, 2017 i got heavy criticism on youtube for this, but mendelssohn was 12 or years old when he wrote it.
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