Guntis KUZMA – clarinet
Quadra Piano Quartet:
Arvīds ZVAGULIS – violin
Pēteris TRASUNS – viola
Kārlis KLOTIŅŠ – cello
Rihards PLEŠANOVS – piano
Programme:
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E♭ Major op. 47
Paul HINDEMITH Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Andris DZENĪTIS Towards Vastness Clocks Stand Still for clarinet and piano quartet (new work)
In this concert, Quadra Piano Quartet and clarinettist Guntis Kuzma will treat the audience to three great chamber music pieces from different musical eras.
Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet brings out the lightness, simplicity, and frankness so characteristic of early Romantic music at the beginning of the 19th century.
In the Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano by German composer Paul Hindemith, the musicians will indulge in a deeply philosophical conversation in music notation. Meanwhile, Andris Dzenītis will add a new opus to the Latvian chamber music repertoire – created at the suggestion of Quadra Piano Quartet and clarinettist Guntis Kuzma and inspired by long walks along the Baltic Sea coast, the work encompasses a sense of immense endlessness and, at the same time, a warm, familiar feeling of refuge.