If the string quartet were to be described as the supreme discipline of chamber music, then the piano quintet would be the pinnacle. And when the “veterans” of the New Philharmonic Frankfurt play together, it is very special after the orchestra’s 25th anniversary year. They have known and loved each other for a long time, but it was only five years ago that they founded the four4strings together – because a productive collaboration in chamber music not only requires maturity but also a certain amount of composure. The ensemble motto: “ From baroque to rock, there is good and bad music – we play everything that is good, across genres and borders”. And so the four NPF members are devoting themselves to really good music in the 16th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert together with the pianist Gavin Brady: Robert Schumann composed his Opus 44 in 1842 in a rapturous creative frenzy over the course of just five days, thus founding the piano quintet genre in the first place. Dvořák's Opus 81, premiered in Prague in January 1888, fits seamlessly into the large series of romantic piano quintets.

Ralf Hübner

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Mar 23, 2025

16th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

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