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The seven last words of Christ - version for string quartet and voice
Joseph Haydn, José Peris

Henschel Quartett / Susanne Kelling

The seven last words of Christ - version for string quartet and voice

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917254624
Catnr: CC 72546
Release date: 23 March 2012
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23 March 2012

""The magnificent Henschel Quartet plays as if they were one person. They are passionate, accurate, and musically sophisticated. I was astounded at the quality of their performances." - Oscar and Pulitzer prize winner John Corigliano on the all Christopher Theofanidis programs at Carnegie Hall & Yale University, February 2013  "

, 25-6-2013
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"On March 19 in 2010 when the Henschel Quartett from Munich — one of the outstanding German string ensembles of the moment — performed in the pope’s private apartments to celebrate his name day, the feast of St. Joseph."- NY Times

“The Seven last words of Christ”, in a new “Haydn style” version of by Spanish Royal Court composer José Peris for string quartet and voice.
When the Henschel Quartet received the honourable invitation by the Vatican to perform for Pope Benedikt XVI on his name day the Quartet decided that this should be the opportunity to introduce the new compelling Peris arrangement of Haydn`s Seven Last Words. The Vatican invited the German mezzo soprano Susanne Kelling to take the voice part at this occasion.

José Peris Lacasa, composer and musical assessor to the Spanish national patrimony and organist at the Spanish Capilla del Palacio de Madrid, completed his studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Darius Milhaud and in Carl Orff’s “Meisterklasse für Dramatische Komposition” in Munich.

Professor Peris Lacasa has created a new version of Haydn’s “Seven Last Words” in which for the first time the leading part is taken up by a solo voice, a mezzo soprano. Haydn’s original work for string quartet was a commission by a capitular in Cádiz at the end of the 18th century to celebrate Good Friday in the church of Santa Cueva and became one of Haydn’s most famous compositions.

The world premiere of Peris Lacasa’s version in Madrid was performed by the Henschel Quartet on the Spanish court’s unique Stradivarius collection to an enthusiastic reception at the Royal Court during the Holy Week in 2008, soloist was the Spanish mezzo soprano Ana María Sánchez.
Overweldigende muziek in de week voor Pasen
Dit album bevat een bewerking van Hadyn’s Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (De zeven laatste woorden van Jezus Christus aan het kruis) uitgevoerd door het Henschel Quartett. Het is een ingrijpende en overweldigende uitvoering. "Het magnifieke Henschel Quartett speelt alsof ze uit één persoon bestaan. Ze zijn gepassioneerd, nauwkeurig en muzikaal heel verfijnd. Ik was stomverbaasd over de kwaliteit van hun optredens." Oscar and Pulitzer prize winner John Corigliano on the all Christopher Theofanidis programs at Carnegie Hall & Yale University, february 2013.

Haydn schreef de oorspronkelijk versie voor strijkkwartet aan het einde van de 18e eeuw, in opdracht van een kapittel in Cádiz. Het werd uitgevoerd op Goede Vrijdag in de kerk van Santa Cueva, en werd een van Haydn’s meest beroemde composities.

Professor José Peris Lacasa creëerde een nieuwe versie van Hadyn's werk, waarin de eerste partij gezongen wordt door een mezzosopraan. De première van de versie van Lacasa vond plaats in 2008, aan het koninklijk hof in Madrid. Uitgevoerd door het Henschel Quartett, tijdens de Goede Week, de week voor Pasen. Het kwartet speelde op Stradivariusviolen uit de unieke collectie van het Spaanse hof.

Het Henschel Quartett werd op de kaart gezet na hun bijzonder gewaardeerde debuutconcerten. Het is één van de belangrijkste strijkkwartetten van deze tijd. De lovende kritieken leidden tot een indrukwekkende internationale carrière. In 2012 sloot Daniel Bell zich bij het kwartet aan als tweede violist. Hij genoot internationale erkenning als lid van het Petersen Quartet en het Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Bovendien schreef het kwartet in 2012/13 geschiedenis door als eerste Europese kwartet de strijkkwartetten van Beethoven in China uit te voeren.
Ergreifend und überwältigend: Joseph Haydns „Die Sieben letzteWorte" in einer Fassung für Stimme und Streichquartett.

Der spanische Komponist José Peris Lacasa (*1924), der u.a als Organist an der Hofkapelle des Spanischen Königspalastes in Madrid wirkt, schuf eine neue Version von Haydns "Sieben letzte Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze" für Stimme und Streichquartett, in der die Worte Jesu in den Gesang übertragen werden. Die Musiker des Münchner Henschel-Quartetts waren von dieser Umsetzung in den Bann gezogen und von seinem stilbewussten Umgang mit der kompositorischen Substanz Haydns beeindruckt. Am 13. März 2008 spielten sie die Uraufführung im Königlichen Palast von Madrid und am 19. März 2010, zum Fest des Heiligen Joseph, erging an die Künstler die Einladung des Vatikans, diese Fassung als Geschenk zum Namenstag für Papst Benedikt XVI. in der „Sala Clementina“ aufzuführen.

Gefeierte Debüts in den wichtigsten Musikzentren sowie ein umjubelter Einspringer für das Juilliard Quartet in Londons Wigmore Hall, ebneten dem Münchener Henschel Quartett den Weg an die internationale Spitze Seit 2011 spielt das ehemalige Mitglied des Petersen Quartetts und der Berliner Philharmoniker, der gefeierte Kammermusiker und Violinsolist Daniel Bell, im Henschel Quartett.
Die Mezzosopranistin Susanne Kelling studierte an der Musikhochschule Köln Violoncello, sowie bei Prof. Klesie Kelly (USA) Gesang und ist auf zahlreichen Opernbühnen im In-und Ausland zu Gast.

„Das Henschel Quartett ist ohne Frage eines der besten Ensembles der Welt, ein großartiges Quartett!“ (Los Angeles Times).

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Henschel Quartett

In their intensive years of study with Felix Andrievsky, Thorleif Thedeen, Sergiu Celibidache, Franz Beyer, the Amadeus Quartet and later with members of the Alban Berg and La Salle Quartets the young artists were confronted with the highest international standards. The Henschel Quartet were quartet in residence at both the Aldeburgh Festival (1994) and at the Tanglewood Music Festival (1995/1996). At the latter, they were coached by the legendary musicians Louis Krasner and Eugene Lehner, who had themselves worked with composers such as Béla Bartók and Arnold Schönberg, and, who gave the quartet unique insights into the works of the Second Viennese School. In 1995 the Henschel Quartet were prize-winners of no less than five prizes at International String Quartet...
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In their intensive years of study with Felix Andrievsky, Thorleif Thedeen, Sergiu Celibidache, Franz Beyer, the Amadeus Quartet and later with members of the Alban Berg and La Salle Quartets the young artists were confronted with the highest international standards. The Henschel Quartet were quartet in residence at both the Aldeburgh Festival (1994) and at the Tanglewood Music Festival (1995/1996). At the latter, they were coached by the legendary musicians Louis Krasner and Eugene Lehner, who had themselves worked with composers such as Béla Bartók and Arnold Schönberg, and, who gave the quartet unique insights into the works of the Second Viennese School. In 1995 the Henschel Quartet were prize-winners of no less than five prizes at International String Quartet competitions in Evian, Banff and Salzburg for the best interpretation of works ranging from Mozart up to contemporary composers. In 1996 they won the first prize and gold medal at the coveted Osaka International String Competition. Highly acclaimed debut concerts in many of Europe's prestigious concert halls helped to firmly establish the Henschel Quartet as one of today's leading string quartets. Constant critical acclaim has led to an impressive international career.
This season’s engagements include amongst others tours of USA, Mexico, China, Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, and England. In March 2010 the Henschel Quartet had the great honour to perform for Pope Benedikt XVI in Vatican celebrating the Holy Fathers nameday. The Henschel Quartet has recently played its third BBC Proms appearance, the Premiere of a newly discovered string quintet by Max Bruch at the Wigmore Hall London, appeared at Brussels Bozar as “Cultural Ambassadors” for Germany and performed at the re-opening of the Anna-Amalia Library in Germany (UNESCO World Culture Heritage). The Henschel Quartet has been invited to present its fourth concert at the Royal Spanish Palace Palacio Real on the set of the 4 Royal Stradivarius instruments in March 2012. In June 2012 the Henschel Quartet as the first European string quartet in 20 years will perform a complete Beethoven cycle at Suntory Hall Tokyo - the founding members Christoph Henschel, Monika Henschel and Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj since 2010 joined by the acclaimed chamber-musician, soloist and long-term member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Bell of the celebrated Petersen Quartet.
In addition to performances as a quartet, they also appear regularly with other musicians. Amongst those who have performed with the Henschel Quartet are members of the Amadeus Quartet, Sharon Kam, Till Fellner, Anna Gourari, Julie Kaufmann, Christian Elsner, Magdalena Kozena and on a permanent basis with trio con brio Copenhagen. Each summer the Henschel Quartet presents its own festival in the old monastery of Seligenstadt in Germany. In 2007 this festival at “Germany`s nicest open air venue” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) celebrated its 10th anniversary. Since 2006 the Henschel Quartet has established itself as permanent ensemble-in-residence at the Hindsgavl Festival in Denmark.
The Quartet's teaching activities takes them to major conservatories at home and abroad, to American universities as e.g. the MIT Boston, Boston Conservatory, the University of California, in Australia to the Victorian College of the Arts Melbourne and other Melbourne faculties, in England to the Dartington Summer School. In 2010 the Henschel Quartet has found an incorporated society supporting projects for the promotion of the arts. Along with the ministry of education of Bavaria the Henschel Quartet`s society in February 2010 introduced culture sponsorships by Rotary Clubs for students.
On the new prize-winning CD label NEOS Music has released Max Bruch´s newly discovered string quintet (CD of the Year 2009 on the International Music Web) and Manfred Trojahn string quartets (CD of the Month 4/2010 IMW). The Henschel Quartet’s recording of Beethoven String Quartet’s op 18/6 & op 127 at SONY BMG continues to receive critical acclaim from the international press.
The Quartet’s discography includes Respighi's "Il Tramonto" and selected pieces by Schulhoff with the mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena on the Deutsche Grammophon label (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik). The Ginastera production was released to great critical acclaim by Gramophone. The release of Mendelssohn's Complete String Quartets on the Arte Nova/SonyBMG label was nominated for the MIDEM Awards in Cannes 2006 as well as also receiving the accolade of “Recording of the Year” 2005 by Michael Cookson on International Music Web. It was ranked No.1 in the Top 10 classical CDs on the HMV Charts in Japan in 2006 and 2007.
In 2006 the Henschel Quartet was officially appointed musical Ambassadors of the SOS Children`s Villages.

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Joseph Haydn

(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'.   Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, 'forced to become original'. Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.   He was a friend and mentor of Mozart,...
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(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become original". Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.
He was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a teacher of Beethoven, with whom he formed the First Viennese School. He was also the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.

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"The magnificent Henschel Quartet plays as if they were one person. They are passionate, accurate, and musically sophisticated. I was astounded at the quality of their performances." - Oscar and Pulitzer prize winner John Corigliano on the all Christopher Theofanidis programs at Carnegie Hall & Yale University, February 2013  
, 25-6-2013

"...the brilliance of the manoeuvre (Op.59/1) gave me a moving surprise in the captivating account by the HENSCHEL QUARTET - a jolt paralleled by the irruption of exploratory recitatives before the tragic-hued, inevitable surprise of the Op. 132..."
Sunday Times, 20-1-2013

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