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Hugo Wolf Quartet
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 7:30 pm
*Discuss each night's music with Lisa Brooks at 6:45 pm
Program
Quartet No. 27 in D major, Opus 20, No. 4
Franz Joseph Haydn
The Lyric Suite
Alban Berg
Opus 130 with the Grosse Fugue, Opus 133
Ludwig van Beethoven
FREE PARKING
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 40188 Indianapolis, IN 46240
Concert Address: 450 West
Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202
The Musicians
Renowned the world over for the breadth of its repertoire and its impeccable concert performances (“absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note” - L.A. Times), the Hugo Wolf Quartet is firmly established as one of the most sought after ensembles of its generation. Shortly after forming in 1993 at the Vienna University for Music the group won the Fifth International String Quartet Competition and quickly followed this triumph with the first prize for best string quartet at the International G.B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the Special Prize of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the European Cultural Award for Chamber Music.
The quartet’s busy performing schedule annually takes it to the world’s most prestigious concert halls and notable music festivals. Its award-winning recordings include works by Haydn, Schubert, Dvorak, Ravel, and Ligeti. A recent disc featuring Beethoven’s quartets was awarded the ORF - Pasticcio Prize.
The group’s impressive repertoire encompasses everything from the traditional to newly commissioned work from today’s most important composers. Fittingly, the quartet’s name was granted by The International Hugo Wolf Society of Vienna. The late Romantic composer was situated between the great Viennese musical tradition and its departure into the modern period. His name is thus used as a symbol for a performing repertoire that stretches from the Classical period to music far past the Second Viennese School.
"Urgent and impassioned, but with an absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note."
Los Angeles Times