Porträt Franziska Fleischanderl
Venice 300 Years Ago | Folk Music Roots of the ClassicalDouble concert with the acclaimed salterio and hammered dulcimer player
Reading: Samira Kossebau
Description
Il dolce conforto
David Drabek | violin
Natalie Carducci | violin
Rosi Haberl | viola
Viola Alex Jellici | cello
Fran Petrac | contrabass
Deniel Perer | harpsichord
Pablo Fitzgerald | lute
Franziska Fleischanderl | salterio
Almquartett
Toni Burger | violin
Hermann Härtel | violin
Simon Wascher | symphonia
Franziska Fleischanderl | hammered dulcimer
Lavish gold ornamentation and a silvery sound: in 18th century Venice, the very sight of a salterio string instrument elevated it to a dazzling prestigious object. Its tonal richness was showcased in masterfully composed concerts.
In her many years of scientific and artistic research, Franziska Fleischanderl has accomplished pioneering work across the board. She is the first musician in the world to have explored and mastered all the historical playing techniques of the baroque salterio. Her instrument will be exactly 300 years old in 2025. She explains: “You don’t often have the chance to buy a salterio in Europe. Although the photos were blurry, I spotted it at first glance: this one is something special! Like in a romantic film, I carried the salterio in my arms, wrapped in sheets on a gondola... I met the love of my professional life in Venice.”
Fleischanderl uses a descendant of the salterio when she performs with the Almquartett. With dulcimer, zither, violin, and symphonia, the ensemble navigates the interface between folk songs and classical music – and redefines it. A yodel embedded in Mozart’s German Dances, baroque snippets merged with folk music – the genre boundaries are more permeable than expected!
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto in C major, RV 186
Anonymous (Venice)
Sonata (18th c.), Adagio
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major, RV 220
Ho nel petto un cor sí forte
Andante in A minor, RV 294a
Sonata in D major, RV 84
Concerto in E minor, RV 275
The Almquartett’s programme will be announced live on stage.
Weitere Termine
Black Angels
An Enthralling Key Work of the 20th centuryThe work will be performed twice! During the intermission, we ask you to change seats and experience the second performance in a completely new way.
Reading: Amrito Geiser
Bach tanzt
The Timeless Pulse of the Baroque MasterCombinations of instrumental music, singing, and contemporary dance
Reading: Elias Eisold
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Gipfeltreffen | Hopkinson Smith & Wolfgang Muthspiel
Lute Meets GuitarsWorks by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, John Dowland, George Gershwin, The Beatles, Wolfgang Muthspiel
Concert Introduction: Albert Hosp
World Premiere
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The Importance of Otherness
Music and Poetry without BordersExcerpts from “Pasado En Claro” and other compositions by Anders Jormin and Lena Willemark, based on texts by Octavio Paz, Petrarca, Yamabe no Akahito, Thomas Tranströmer, Lena Willemark, and others.
Concert Introduction: Talk with Lena Willemark
Austrian Premiere
Totentanz
On Transience and HopeAn amalgam of Hugo Distler and Johann Sebastian Bach
The two works will be performed without a break, entwined with each other, so to speak.
Accompanying the concert, Herwig Zens's Totentanz will be on display in the side aisle.
Concert Introduction: Albert Hosp
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Hey Jo!
Homage to Josef “Jo” Aichinger (1955–2021)Music by Jimi Hendrix, Maja Osojnik, Clemens Wenger, Joe Zawinul, and many more.
Concert Introduction: Albert Hosp
Composition commissioned by the State of Lower Austria
World Premiere