LOVE & DEATH
An Introspective journey in the human mind
The enigmatic theme to our programme 'Love and Death', reveals how revered composers explored two of our greatest unknowns coming face to face in an eclectic array of circumstances: The seductive courting of the matador before a final paso doble with the bull, a bouquet of mourning flowers written overnight for a deceased friend, intoxicated love leading to an atrocious murder and finally, Death as a lover and a saviour from the pain of his suffering bride. Although these masterpieces differ greatly, one can question whether it is the very nature of the two unknowns which confers a common thread of immortality.
Repertoire
Turina: La Oracion del Torero op. 34
Kurtag: Ligatura Y
Puccini: Crisantemi
Kurtag: Ligatura - Messages to Frances-Marie
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata
Kurtag: Arioso from Officium Breve
Schubert: Der Tot und das Mädchen
NAVARRA 20!
September 2022 will bring the upcoming anniversary of 20 years for the Navarras!
The bohemian rediscovered joy upon his return to homeland of Dvorak in his late quartets, Bartok’s numinous and haunting worlds of sound infused with balkan folklore and complex counterpoint and the complete Mozart quartets dedicated to Haydn will be the main focus of our celebration of existence and love for music.
Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K. 428
Bartok: String Quartet No.3
Dvorak: String Quartet op. 16 in G major
REPERTOIRE
Programme proposals for 2021:
COVID-friendly
one-hour Programme Proposals:
Wings of Poetry
Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata
Dvorák: Cypresses
Schubert: Death and the Maiden
Intimate Prayers: Orlando di Lasso Prophetiae Sibyllarum
Turina: La oración del torero Op. 34
Puccini: Crisantemi
Fauré Quartet
The Spring
Mozart: KV 387
Dvorák: Op. 106
Slavic Blood
Suk: Mediation on an old old Czech Hymn
Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata
Dvorák: Op. 106
Full-length
Programme Proposals
Love & Death
Turina: La Oracion del Torero op. 34
Kurtag: Ligatura Y
Puccini: Crisantemi
Kurtag: Ligatura - Messages to Frances-Marie
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata
Kurtag: Arioso from Officium Breve
Schubert: Der Tot und das Mädchen
Slavic Blood
Suk: Mediation on an old old Czech Hymn
Dvorák: Quartet Op. 106
Beethoven: Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 Razumovsky
Mozart: Quartet KV387 Spring
Ravel: Quartet
Schubert: Death and the Maiden / Beethoven: Quartet Op. 59 No. 1