Thomas Quasthoff & Amatis Trio
Thomas Quasthoff & Amatis Trio
—Humanity in war
Notice
Concert with Catalan surtitles.
Details
Thomas Quasthoff returns to the stage, this time to give voice to words. The legendary German bass-baritone, one of the leading Lied, opera and oratorio singers of his generation, takes on the role of narrator alongside the Amatis Trio in Humanity in war, a programme that searches for traces of humanity amid the barbarity of war.
Music and words intertwine through letters and diaries written by soldiers of different nationalities and their families, bearing witness to fear, death and disillusionment, but also to moments of hope and fraternity, such as the Christmas Truce. Quasthoff’s readings enter into dialogue with performances by the Amatis Trio, comprising Lea Clara Hausmann, Samuel Shepherd and Mengjie Han, and music by Korngold, Webern, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Kreisler and Rebecca Clarke.
Performers
Thomas Quasthoff, narrator
Amatis Trio:
Lea Clara Hausmann, violin
Samuel Shepherd, cello
Mengjie Han, piano
Program
Music in war time
E. W. KORNGOLD: Much ado about nothing, op. 11 (fragment)
A. WEBERN: Three little pieces for cello and piano, op. 11; Two pieces for cello and piano (fragment)
F. SCHUBERT: Piano trio No. 2, in E-flat major, D 929 (fragment); Notturno in E-flat major, D 897
R. SCHUMANN: Abendlied, op. 85, No. 12; Fantasiestücke, op. 88 (fragment)
D. SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano trio No. 2, in E minor, op. 67 (fragment)
F. KREISLER: Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (fragment)
R. CLARKE: Piano trio (fragment)