Davide Locatelli Hyper Silent

The “Mozart Matinees” were originally founded by Bernhard Paumgartner to introduce audiences to the genial composer’s little-known works. The Mozart Matinees of the 2004 summer festival – in addition to Mozart – were dedicated to the younger brother of Joseph Haydn: Johann Michael Haydn. Michael Haydn’s Requiem in C Minor was heard for the first time in December 1771; both father and son Mozart participated in the performance. Mozart later quoted a motive from this Requiem in his Maurerische Trauermusik and quoted the older man as well in his own requiem.

Le clarinettiste Davide Bandieri et le pianiste Guillaume Hersperger ont souhaité mettre en avant l'esprit de rencontre, de partage et d'amitié qui caractérisait le "Groupe des Six". Réunissant Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1979), Georges Auric (1899-1983), Louis Durey (1888-1979) et Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) sous l'égide de Cocteau et sous l'influence spirituelle de Satie, il est le reflet d'une période artistique foisonnante dans le Paris des années 1920 faisant se rencontrer des artistes de différents milieux. Ce programme constitue l'intégrale de l'oeuvre pour clarinette des compositeurs issus du groupe (excepté Durey n'ayant pas écrit pour clarinette) sur une large période allant de 1918 à 1973.

Carl Maria von Weber had a special fondness for the clarinet, finding it the ideal instrument for expressing the profound Romanticism he had made his own.

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composed until 1796, the year of his death, but his works remained unedited until the rediscovery and printing of a portion of them curated by his grandson. A complete analysis of Friedrich Wilhelm Rust’s works turns out to be a complex endeavor even today, as only a small part of his work has been researched and performed. Nevertheless, his keyboard works are slowly making their way into the concertizing repertoire and it is here that Friedrich Wilhelm Rust undoubtedly distinguishes himself with an innovative and wholly personal style.