Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles

This concert brings the Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles’ Beethoven series to a close with two of the composer’s most popular chamber works: the “Gassenhauer Trio”, with its ingenious variations on a popular operatic hit, and his Septet in E-flat major. Both works combine melodic invention with wit and elegance. Béla Bartók’s Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano offers a striking contrast, combining Hungarian dance rhythms, jazz influences  and Bartok’s distinctive musical language with dazzling assurance.

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in B flat major, op. 11 “Gassenhauer”

Béla Bartók
Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano, Sz 111

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, op. 20