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Performers
- Daniel Rowland violin
- Tim Brackman violin
- Floor le Coultre violin
- Dana Zemtsov viola
- Benjamin Roskams viola
- Maja Bogdanovic cello
- Pieter de Koe cello
- Nicholas Schwartz double bass
- Janne Thomsen flute
- Natacha Kudritskaya piano
Programme
- Pēteris VasksLandscape with Birds
- Sonata Estiva
- Autumn Music
- Ludwig van BeethovenSymfonie nr. 6 in F-groot, opus 88 – Pastorale
- Arrangement for string sextet with double bass
Connected with nature
Few composers feel as close to nature as Pēteris Vasks. The seasons and birds are recurring themes in his work. Daniel Rowland plays the Sonata Estiva (Summer Sonata) dedicated to him. Pianist Natacha Kudritskaya conjures up autumnal colours from her piano in Autumn Music, a movement from the magisterial piano cycle in which Vasks depicts the four seasons. Danish flautist Janne Thomsen plays Landscape with Birds, now a classic of the flute repertoire. Beethoven also painted a landscape with birds in his Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral. The festival musicians perform a masterful version for string septet.