Cologne string sextet
The Cologne string sextet was founded in 1997 by Demetrius Polyzoides and Uwe Ender with the aim of performing chamber music for string sextets with a permanent, continuously working ensemble .
In addition to the consistent cultivation of the classical-romantic sextet literature, works of the musical avant -garde are regularly on the program.
Members
- Demetrius Polyzoides, violin
- Elisabeth Polyzoides-Baich , violin
- Bernhard Oll , viola
- Rémy Sornin-Petit , viola
- Uta Schlichtig , violoncello
- Birgit Heinemann , violoncello
Bernhard Oll joined the ensemble after Uwe Ender's death. Otherwise, the sextet has played in the same line-up since it was founded.
World premieres
- Augusto Valente six to midnight (1999/2000), composition commissioned by the Cologne String Sextet, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal (formerly the Großer Sendesaal ), Kölner Funkhaus (March 10, 2001)
- Horst Schiffbauer , L'autre, pas d'ici (2002), winches
Research - forgotten works of string sextet literature
In addition to the actual musical work, the members of the Cologne String Sextet occasionally devote themselves to musical research. The following works have been performed again in the course of this work:
- Hans Koessler , string sextet in F minor (1902 at the latest), first printing: Strasbourg , Süddeutscher Musikverlag , 1902
- Eduard Franck , String Sextet in E flat major op. 41, (ca.1882)
- Eduard Franck, String Sextet in D major op.50, (1894)
- Ludwig van Beethoven , Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastorale) in an arrangement for string sextet by Michael Gotthard Fischer (1810)
Discography
- The Cologne String Sextet, Marc Aurel Edition (2001)
Johannes Brahms , String Sextet No. 2 in G major op. 36, Kurt Hopstein , Forgotten Gardens
- The Cologne String Sextet, CAvi-music 8553258
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastorale) in an arrangement from 1810 for string sextet by Michael Gotthard Fischer, Augusto Valente, six to midnight
- Cologne string sextet , marc aurel edition (2004)
Johannes Brahms, string sextet No. 1 in B flat major op.18, Adolf Busch , string sextet in G major op.40
- Transfigured Night , Marc Aurel Edition (2006)
Arnold Schönberg , Transfigured Night , Andreas Hammerschmidt , Paduan à 6 , Richard Strauss , string sextet from the opera Capriccio op. 85, Wolfgang Danzmayr , For example: Isolde , Tatjana Komarova , Forever and ever !? , Béla Bartók , From the diary of a fly
Trivia
Cooperation with the cabaret artist Lars Reichow , Pastorale carnevale , WDR 3 , live broadcast (February 22, 2003)