mon 12 oct 2026 20:00 hrs
Composers: Anton Webern | Billy Childs | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | Florence Price | Hans Henkemans | Joseph Haydn
This edition of Concertzender Live: New Classical Music features a wealth of string quartets, with works ranging from those by Hans Henkemans, a composer who rediscovered his musical voice, to Joseph Haydn and Billy Childs, as well as music by Mattias Spee and Florence Price.
Muze van Zuid: Henkemans’s Distant Horizons
Otilka Quartet: Iris van Nuland and Lucien Renette, violins; Elin Haver, viola; Stefano Bruno, cello. Mattias Spee, piano.
16 September 2026. Concertgebouw, Small Hall, Amsterdam. Sound engineer: Theo van Soest.
- Klein Strijkkwartet (1931): Adagio–Presto–Allegro molto – Hans Henkemans
Otilka Quartet - Salome (2026) – Mattias Spee
Stefano Bruno, cello; Mattias Spee, piano - Concerto for Piano and Strings, Op. 1 (1932): Adagio–Adagio molto–Presto – Hans Henkemans
Otilka Quartet, Jala Heywood, double bass; Mattias Spee, piano
Isidore String Quartet
18 September 2026. Concertgebouw, Small Hall, Amsterdam. Sound engineer: Hans Jansen.
- String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5, Hob. III:35 (1772) – Joseph Haydn
- String Quartet No. 4, American Mosaic (2026) – Billy Childs
- String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 (1847) – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Adoration – Florence Price
- Langsamer Satz – Anton Webern
Photo: Isidore String Quartet.
©The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
