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7:30 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2018
MARTIN THEATRE
MIRIAM FRIED,
violin
PAMELA FRANK,
violin
PAUL BISS,
viola
KIM KASHKASHIAN,
viola
TIMOTHY EDDY,
cello
KENNETH OLSEN,
cello
ROBERT LEVIN,
piano
MOZART
Sonatensatz
in G major
*
(Completed by Robert Levin)
Miriam Fried
,
Robert Levin
MOZART
Piano Quartet No.
Allegro
Andante
Rondo: Allegro
Pamela Frank
,
Paul Biss
,
Timothy Eddy
,
Robert Levin
–
–
SCHUBERT
String Quintet
Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Scherzo: Presto—Trio: Andante sostenuto
Allegretto
Miriam Fried
,
Pamela Frank
,
Kim Kashkashian
,
Timothy Eddy
,
Kenneth Olsen
*
First performance at Ravinia
Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of
Sponsor
Joan and Bob Feitler
.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–91)
Sonatensatz
in G major, .
a/Anh.
(completed by Robert Levin)
Cataloging Mozart’s large collection of manu-
scripts took years a er his death to complete.
e examination of fragmentary composi-
tions occupied priest, pianist-composer, and
musicologist Maximilian Stadler and the Danish
diplomat to Vienna, Georg Nikolaus von Nissen
(who would marry the widowed Constanze Mo-
zart in
), during the summers of
and
. ese eventually joined Stadler’s catalogue
of Mozart’s estate, which assisted Constanze
in her e orts to secure a publisher for her late
husband’s compositions. Johann Anton André,
a composer and publisher based in O enbach
am Main, eventually purchased more than
autograph manuscripts, fragments, and nished
compositions in
.
is collection included six fragmentary sona-
tas for piano and violin, three of which Con-
stanze authorized Stadler to complete around
– . Robert D. Levin completed the re-
maining three fragments in a
publication
by G. Henle Verlag, edited by Wolf-Dieter Seif-
fert. Levin also recomposed two of Stadler’s real-
izations and completed one work omitted from
Stadler’s catalogue.
e autograph manuscript
of the
Sonatensatz
(sonata movement) in G
major, .
a/Anh. , consists of measures
of music, alternating between piano and violin
with only a brief passage for both instruments.
Scholars agree that this fragment represents one
of Mozart’s late creations, though there are dif-
ferences of opinion on the exact date:
–
(Alan Tyson) and
(Sei ert).
Piano Quartet in G minor, .
Mozart wrote the rst of two quartets for pi-
ano, violin, viola, and cello in
, soon a er
publishing his six string quartets dedicated to
Haydn. According to his works catalogue, the
Piano Quartet in G minor was nished “in the
month of July.” However, Leopold Mozart wrote
to his daughter a er receiving the violin and
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