Bach and more

Interpreters

Nils Mönkemeyer . Viola and Direction
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur BWV 1068 in der Urfassung für Streicher

Paul Hindemith
Trauermusik for Viola Solo and Strings

Benjamin Britten
Prelude and Fugue, op. 29 alter
alternativ: A. Vivaldi: RV 243 / Concerto con violino senza cantin, strings & b.c. in D minor / La Serenissima

François Couperin
La Sultane, Sonate en quatuor: I. Gravement

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony Nr. 3 C-Dur, Wq 182/3, H 659: II. Adagio

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Chambersymphony op. 110a

“Because the viola, perhaps more than any other string instrument, floats between the different registers, it is best suited to rendering subtle tonal nuances. It comes very close to the human voice.” (Nils Mönkemeyer)

Bayerischer Rundfunk, among others, says of Nils Mönkemeyer: “The range of sounds he draws from his viola is at times outrageously unrestrained, then delicate as if through a veil, and then again perfectly straight.” What’s more, he is described as “the figurehead among violists”. The highest accolades for an artist who, despite all his success, has always remained completely open and approachable. And above all: curious. Mönkemeyer is renowned for his artistic and imaginative concert programmes, which play with contrasts and connections, bringing together the familiar with rare treasures – yet sounding as if they were cast from a single mould. He has created such a signature musical journey exclusively for this programme with the SKO, centred on what Max Reger called “the beginning and end of all music”: Johann Sebastian Bach.