Koeckert Quartet

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The Koeckert Quartet was a well-known German string quartet .

Origin and work

It was founded in 1939 under the name Sudetendeutsches Quartet , later renamed the Prague String Quartet . It consisted of members of the German Philharmonic in Prague (1939-1945), which had been founded on the orders of Joseph Goebbels . In 1947 it took on the name Koeckert Quartet after its first violinist Rudolf Koeckert (1913–2005). The quartet had resided in Munich since 1949 , and the members were soloists in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra . Along with other ensembles, it shaped the musical life of the city of Munich in the 1950s and 1960s, from where it undertook concert tours to North America, South Africa and all major European cities. It was one of the leading German string quartets of international standing. The quartet existed under the name Koeckert Quartet until 1982. It was succeeded by the Joachim Koeckert Quartet ; its Primarius, Rudolf-Joachim Koeckert, is the son of Rudolf Koeckert; Antonio Spiller took the place of the 2nd violin. Since 1982, this ensemble has premiered most of Karl Höller's important chamber music works, as well as works by Günter Bialas , Alberto Ginastera , Paul Hindemith , Ernst Křenek and Winfried Zillig . The Joachim Koeckert Quartet existed until 1992.

occupation

  • Rudolf Koeckert (1st violin ) (until 1982)
  • Willi Buchner (born October 14, 1910 Schwarzau / Lower Austria) (until 1965), Rudolf-Joachim Koeckert (born April 10, 1941 Prague) (2nd violin)
  • Oskar Riedl (born July 4, 1912 Graslitz / Böhmen) (until 1975), Franz Schessl ( viola )
  • Josef Merz (born August 20, 1911 Gumplitz / Böhmen) (until 1976), Helmar Stiehler ( cello )

Discography (selection, published by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH)

  • Anton Bruckner, string quintet in F major (with Georg Schmid, viola), mono (DGG 18.042)
  • Robert Schumann, string quartet op.41 no.2 and Bedřich Smetana, string quartet no.1 (1959)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, String Quartet op.12 (1960)
  • Franz Schubert, Trout Quintet D 667, with Christoph Eschenbach, piano (1964)
  • Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Hob. III: 72 (1969)
  • Carl Orff, Catulli Carmina, with choir and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductor: Eugen Jochum (1970)
  • Robert Schumann, String Quartets op.41 No. 1 and 3 (1985)
  • Edvard Grieg, string quartet (1990 and 1992)

literature

  • Alain Pâris: Classical Music in the 20th Century. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 .
  • Violinist and quartet founder Rudolf Koeckert dies . In: Neue Musikzeitung . September 7, 2005 ( nmz.de [accessed April 29, 2010]).
  • A. Schmitt: 25 years of the Koeckert Quartet. In: Musica. 18, 1964, p. 86.
  • J. Creighton: Discopaedia of the Violin, 1889-1971. Toronto 1974, ISBN 0-8020-1810-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Music in the past and present . (MGG), Volume 10, Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel / Basel 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9 .
  2. ↑ Source material touring South Africa 1961, 1969, 1976
  3. ↑ Marc Honegger, Günther Massenkeil (ed.): The great lexicon of music. Volume 4: Half a note - Kostelanetz. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 1981, ISBN 3-451-18054-5 .