ensemble 4.1 piano windtet
"the Easy-Riders of Viennese Classic"
Nominee for OPUS KLASSIK 2019
A group with exceptional communicative powers and an exhilarating stage presence, ensemble 4.1 is often praised by critics and audiences alike for their enjoyable and educational programs.
The group was in 2013 formed by five long-time friends, all members of professional German Orchestras or university professors. They tremendously enjoy performing together, and travel for concerts as far as pakistan, china or Tulsa, Oklahoma, conduct workshops and school outreaches and lead through all of their programmed works with relaxed introductions. The ensemble 4.1 piano windtet also works with modern composers such as jörg widmann, V.D.Kirchner or Avner Dorman.
In addition to the original masterpieces for this colorful instrumentation by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble 4.1 is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the last two centuries.
Thus, piano windtets by Walter Gieseking, Heinrich von Herzogenberg and Gustav Holst - to name but a very few - are now being performed again on a regular basic for an enthusiastic public.
CD - origins -
"I consider it to be the best I've written so far."
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a letter to his father about the slow movement of hsi Quintet KV 452. The ensemble 4.1 piano windtet, called the "Easy Rider of Vienna Classics" (Hamburger Abendblatt), approaches this genius work with abundant joy. The Debut CD of the ensemble 4.1 piano windtet features the Mozart Quintet, a world premiere recording by romantic Theodor Verhey and the rediscovery of the only Quintet written by famous pianist Walter Gieseking, a colorful work of surprisingly fine quality.
CD - progress -
Voilà, the ensemble 4.1! Possibly the only steady piano windtet - four wind soloists and a pianist - devote themselves enthusiastically to this wonderful but neglected classical musical genre, which is mostly cultivated by ad hoc ensembles, if at all.
On their second CD, in addition to Beethovens original classic for this instrumentation, you will also hear a rarity by Brahms-friend Heinrich von Herzogenberg and the world premiere recording of “Jerusalem Mix”, a powerful new work by Israeli composer Avner Dorman.