Programme:
Giovanni Bottesini: Duetto for Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano
Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Iwan Müller: “Una voce poco fa”,  Rosina’s aria from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata

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Ástor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango for Double Bass and Piano
David Anderson: Capriccio No. 2 for Double Bass Solo
Vilmos Montag: Double Bass Sonata
Reinhold Glière: Intermezzo and Tarantella for Double bass and Piano, Op. 9
Morton Gould: 3 Pieces from Benny’s Gig

The first Thursday evening in August will be dedicated to a stylistically diverse repertoire spanning several periods. The programme will include works by Italian Romantic composer and double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini, Italian opera innovator Gioacchino Rossini, French composer and Les Six member Francis Poulenc, American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, Argentinian tango revolutionary Astor Piazzolla, American contemporary composer David Anderson, twentieth-century Hungarian composer Vilmos Montag, Russian composer of German and Polish descent Reinhold Glière, and twentieth-century American composer Morton Gould. Za kontrabasom bo Rick Stotijn, v Amsterdamu izobraženi vsestranski glasbenik, ki poučuje na Visoki šoli za glasbo Robert Schumann v Düsseldorfu. V vlogi klarinetista bo nastopil François Benda, ki je študiral v Gradcu in Ženevi, danes pa je profesor na Univerzi za umetnost v Berlinu (UdK) in na Visoki šoli za glasbo v Baslu. Za klavirjem bosta Elina Gotsouliak, v Rigi in Baslu izobražena pianistka, ki je prav tako domača s čembalom, in Zsuzsa Bálint, ki je študirala v Essnu in Berlinu, danes pa poučuje na UdK.