György Kurtág at 100

Adrian Brendel cello 
Joseph Havlat piano 
Sostenuto Quartet: 
Bjørg Pas and Andreas Alexander Martinsen violin 
Kristin Pas viola 
Frida Leanne Rogn cello 
Veronika Barylo soprano
Other musicians to be announced 

Programme to include:
GYÖRGY KURTÁG 12 Microludes for string quartet, Op 13, ’Hommage à Mihály András’; Aus der Ferne; Ligatura – Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question), Op 31b; Remembrance Noise, Op 12; Farewell from Requiem for the Beloved, Op 26
BEETHOVEN Cavatina from String Quartet in B flat, Op 130

Academy students perform SIDE-BY-SIDE with cellist Adrian Brendel and pianist Joseph Havlat in a concert of music by Hungarian composer György Kurtág, who celebrated his 100th birthday in February.  

Kurtág’s work traces a line back to Bach, through Beethoven and Bartók; although modernist in style, it is full of references and homages to earlier composers. This programme sets his music in this context, and includes his own arrangements of music by Bach for piano four-hands. 

This concert will be repeated at the Guildhall, Bath, on Wednesday 18 November at 1pm, as part of the Bath Mozartfest.