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18 July — 6 September 2025

Cycle «Change III» 2023 — 2025

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Friday, 19 July 2024, Lauenen Church

Chamber Music

Friday, 19 July 2024
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church

It’s always a delightful treat to experience the Chiaroscuro Quartet in Gstaad ... artists carrying forward the Menuhin legacy and loyal guests of our Festival! This year, the ensemble collaborates with Kristian Bezuidenhout on the fortepiano for their concert in the cozy Lauenen Church. Amidst wooden-paneled walls, we can look forward to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 (originally performed “a quattro”, meaning with quartet accompaniment at the time of its creation) and the “Dissonance Quartet” by the Salzburg genius. The nickname unfolds right in the opening bars: in a departure from all “classical” conventions, a C (played by the cello), an A-flat (on the viola), an E-flat (on the second violin), and an A (on the first violin) gently layer upon each other during the slow introduction.

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Alina Ibragimova, Violin
Charlotte Spruit, Violin
Emilie Hörnlund, Viola
Claire Thirion, Cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonance Quartet”30'
Fantasia for Piano No. 4 in C Minor, K. 47512'
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:4220'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (version for piano and string quartet)30'
 100' (interval included)
CHF 85/60/40