Close-Up: Michael Gieler
Portrait concert of principal viola player Michael Gieler featuring multi-instrumentalist Andro Biswane
Violist Michael Gieler joins forces with colleagues from the Concertgebouw Orchestra to play works by Dvořák and Schönberg and a newly commissioned work for string quartet, ngoni and percussion by Andro Biswane.
Like no other, Dvořák is able to make the five string players breathe together and sing as one.
Violist Michael Gieler joins forces with colleagues from the Concertgebouw Orchestra to play works by Dvořák and Schönberg and a newly commissioned work for string quartet, ngoni and percussion by Andro Biswane.
Like no other, Dvořák is able to make the five string players breathe together and sing as one.
Concert programme
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Andro Biswane
New work for string quartet, ngoni and percussion (world premiere)
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Arnold Schönberg
String Quartet No. 2
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Antonín Dvorák
String Quintet No. 3
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About this concert
Michael Gieler, solo violist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, is the driving force behind several concert series with a keen eye for unusual programming. In this musical portrait, he presents a brand new work for string quartet, ngoni (a West-African string instrument) and percussion by composer and multi-instrumentalist Andro Biswane. In addition, Gieler and his colleagues from the orchestra will perform two landmark works of chamber music. Dvořák, in his Third String Quintet, gives the five string players a unique chance to breathe together and sing as one. Speaking of singing, the violinist Marleen Asberg, who is also a gifted soprano, heralds the dawn of a new era when she sings about the ‘air from another planet' in Schönberg’s Second String Quartet.
Musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform their own programmes in the Recital Hall as part of the Close-up chamber music series. Each of these concerts is unique and performed only once as part of the series. It’s the very best way to experience the orchestra musicians' individual qualities! These intimate concerts are organised by the Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.