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Datelines: Mondsee, Austria, Schloss Mondsee, Aug. 29, , p.m., and Aug. 30, 11 a.m.
In , Joseph Haydn was commissioned by a canon in Cádiz, the ancient port city in southwest Spain, to write sacred instrumental music for Holy Week illustrating the "seven last words of the Lord." Haydn composed seven slow, meditative movements for full orchestra framed by a portentous introduction and a ferocious, concluding earthquake.
years later, on Sunday morning, Aug. 30, , the third day of the Mondsee Musiktage Festival, the Auryn String Quartet and actor Joseph Lorenz gave a powerful, humbling performance of what is now known as The Seven Last Words of Our Savior On the Cross, Hob. XX: 1, that held a large audience in the Schloss Mondsee concert hall in breathless suspension throughout its entire 90 minute length.
Haydn himself described how the music had first been performed in , at the Good Friday service in the Oratorio de la Santa Cueva (Holy Cave Oratory) in Cádiz, Spain:
The walls, windows and pillars of the church were draped in black, with but a single lamp hanging in the middle to shed light into the darkness. At noon all the doors were shut. Then the music began. After a suitable prelude, the bishop mounted the pulpit, pronounced one of the se
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Sat., February 28,
February 28, pm at Battelle Auditorium
Matthias Lingenfelder, violin
Jens Oppermann, violin
Stewart Eaton, viola
Andreas Arndt, violoncelloAuryn Quartet Web Site
Program
String Quartet In C Major op. 64/1 Franz Josef Haydn () Allegro moderato Menuetto Allegretto scherzando Finale: Presto String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 51 Antonin Dvorak () Allegro ma non troppo Dumka: Andante con moto; Vivace Romanza: Andante con moto Finale: Allegro assai Intermission
String Quartet in F major, Op, No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven () Allegro Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando Adagio molto e mesto Thčme Russe: Allegro Artiest Bio
An outstanding career spanning three decades has made the Auryn Quartet one of the most sought-after and respected ensembles performing around the globe. The Quartet has not changed its personnel over this long period, and continues with its fresh and pioneering approach to all genres of music.
Matthias Lingenfelder (violin) was born in Germany in , and started playing the violin at the age of 7. He studied with Klaus Eichholz, Max Rostal and Gerard Poulet. In he co-founded the Auryn Quartet. In the Quartet won prizes at intern