The Ladies’ Morning Musical Club presents

Fauré Quartett

Erika Geldsetzer – violin      Sascha Frömbling – viola      Konstantin Heidrich – cello      Dirk Mommertz – piano

The Fauré Quartett was founded in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1995, the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Gabriel Fauré. In the three decades since then, the founding members are all still in the group, which has established itself as one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles and as one of the few for the instrumental combination of piano, violin, viola, cello.

“The communication between the four performers was as beautiful to watch as their music was satisfying to hear. This quartet thinks and breathes as one, focused on a singular, clear vision for their music making.” – Toronto Star

The Quartett has appeared in most of the world’s leading concert halls, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In addition to mainstream classics, the Fauré Quartett is devoted to discovering new and unusual repertory. In 2009, it expanded its repertory with modern arrangements of selected songs from pop history, published by the Deutsche Grammophon label under the title Popsongs. The Quartett’s visionary, experimental approach has attracted considerable attention, as for example in its collaborations with artists like Rufus Wainwright and Sven Helbig, and in appearances at clubs like Le Poisson Rouge in New York. The Quartett’s mainstream discography includes works by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and of course Fauré, in addition to its own arrangements of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninoff’s Etudes-Tableaux.

“By any standards the individual members of the Faure Quartett play extremely well. What is especially impressive, however, is how well they play together and how well balanced is the total ensemble.” – Calgary Herald

Program
BONIS (1858–1937)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 69 (1905)

BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (1875)

DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87 (1889)

To learn more about the Fauré Quartett, visit: www.faurequartett.de/en

The LMMC is a non-profit organization.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.lmmc.ca
By telephone, at 514-932-6796, 514-708-6796, Monday to Friday between 10:00am and 4:00pm.
Reservations are recommended as concerts often sell out.
If tickets are still available, they can be purchased at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall box office as of 2:30pm before the concert. Only cash is accepted at the venue.
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