The Four Seasons – A Different Take «Autumn»

Description

In four concerts, the Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players dedicate themselves in the 2026/2027 season to the popular theme of setting the seasons to music – but "a different take" than one would expect. The opening is autumn: a musical journey through melancholic moods and radiant sound colors. Johannes Brahms encounters autumn in his choral song adapted for string quartet, "In Autumn," with heartfelt contemplation. A similar melancholic mood characterizes the famous chanson "Les feuilles mortes" by Joseph Kosma, originally written for Yves Montand and also made famous by Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis. The Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu created a fascinating sound reflection for string quartet from it. The Lucerne composer Caspar Diethelm, whose 100th birthday would be celebrated this year, was similarly inspired by another's music and transformed a shaded Mozart fragment into an independent work. And of course: Mozart must not be missing. With his unmistakable sound colors, which can also be wonderfully autumnal, he sets the final point of a program that translates autumn into music – poetic, colorful, and full of surprising connections, with the Quintet KV 515. PARTICIPANTS Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players PROGRAM Johannes Brahms In Autumn op. 104, No. 5, arranged for string quartet by David Faber Wolfgang Amadé Mozart String Quintet movement in A minor KV Anh. 79 (KV 515c), supplemented by Caspar Diethelm (1978) Joseph Kosma Les feuilles mortes, arranged for string quartet by Toru Takemitsu Wolfgang Amadé Mozart String Quintet in C major KV 515

Highlights

• Performance by the Festival Strings Lucerne
• Works by Brahms, Mozart, and Kosma
• Musical journey through autumn

General Information

The concert "The Four Seasons – A Different Take" is dedicated to autumn with a selection of classical works. The Festival Strings Lucerne present a unique musical interpretation that combines melancholic moods and radiant sound colors.

Location

Schweizerhofquai 3, 6004 Luzern, Switzerland

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