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Ensemble 4.1, Unique “Piano Windtet," Makes Detroit Debut
Classical Concert Event: Ensemble 4.1 at Seligman Performing Arts Center Oct. 7, 8 PM, presented by Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Comprising four wind soloists from top German orchestras and the distinguished pianist Thomas Hoppe, ensemble 4.1 is the only “piano windtet” of its kind, devoting itself to the still undiscovered genre of quintets for piano and winds.
The group makes its first ever Detroit appearance on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series Saturday, October 7, 8:00 PM at Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills. Mixing great masterpieces and hidden repertoire gems for this unique chamber music combination, ensemble 4.1 will perform quintets by Mozart, Verhey and Gieseking.
Tickets for the concert, priced at $25 - $65 ($12.50 - $32.50 for students) are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org.
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About the Artists
Ensemble 4.1 is a one-of-a kind chamber group featuring oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano with musicians from Germany's top orchestras.
The ensemble has earned critical praise for its communicative powers and its dynamic intensity. In addition to the original masterworks for this instrumentation by Mozart and Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the Romantic and Modern periods. After many years of silence, the works of such composers as Walther Gieseking, Theodor Verhey, Herrmann Zilcher and Arne Oldberg are again being performed for an enthusiastic public.
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Since its inception in 2013, Ensemble 4.1 has crisscrossed the globe and performed in China, Pakistan, Austria, Germany, Algeria, Canada and the United States, in such major cities as Berlin, Istanbul, New York City, Toronto, Ottawa, Karachi, Shanghai and Chengdu. It has appeared with great success at festivals in Denmark and on Malta, as well as at the Kotor Festival in Montenegro.
Learn more about the artists and the evening's repertoire at a pre-concert conversation with the artists on stage which begins at 6:45 on concert night and is free to ticket-holders.
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Theodor Verhey: Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 20
Walter Gieseking: Quintet in B-flat major for Piano and Winds
Information:
313-335-3300 or CMSDetroit.org
