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Live from Wigmore Hall

Presented by Sara Mohr Pietsch

The Artemis Quartet and pianist Markus Groh play Bach, Piazzolla and Brahms.

Bach/Piazzolla: Partita for Trio - In Memoriam Friedemann Weigle
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60

Artemis Quartet
Markus Groh, piano

In this concert, subtitled "In Memoriam Friedemann Weigle," the Artemis Quartet bid farewell to their violist Friedemann Weigle, who died earlier this year.

The quartet writes:

"Featuring excerpts from Bach's Goldberg Variations, the English Suite BWV 808 and the Sinfonia BWV 795, as well as two fragments from Piazzolla's Oblivion and Fuga 9, the 'Partita for Trio' spans the lifetime of Friedemann, from his beginnings as a church musician's son to his time as a member of the Artemis Quartett. In 2012, when we were conceptualising our Bach-Piazzolla suite, Friedemann was devoted to arranging the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He had a special affinity for the music of Bach, music that had accompanied him since his childhood. At the same time, he had been fascinated by pop music - from rock to jazz - since his youth. Indeed, he often proudly said that his first public musical performance was as a drummer in a rock band. Friedemann's curiosity for new musical forms once again became apparent when he learned - and learned to love - Piazzolla's Tango Nuevo through the Artemis Quartett.
We performed the 'Aria' from the Goldberg Variations at Friedemann's funeral. The idea then came about for us to honour Friedemann through the arrangement of a Partita, which would bring together these two aspects of his musical interests and, as a trio, to show the absence of a beloved friend.