06.10.25, 20:00, Osimun Quartet, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Seara & Gotkovsky

It seems like an unlikely combination: composers from the classical period and a saxophone quartet, but the Osimun Quartet pulls it off with conviction. To fully anchor the bridge to the 21st century, the four Spanish musicians add several contemporary works. They asked Spanish composer Robert Seara to write a new piece and chose Ida Gotkovsky's Quatuor pour saxophones. What connects all these pieces? A universal, deeply human theme: suffering, endurance, pain. Christ's suffering on the cross sounds almost solemn, structured, and somewhat hopeful towards the end in Haydn's work. Gotkovsky takes a completely different approach, allowing chaos to reign supreme and throwing all structure overboard. The Osimun Quartet shows suffering in all its forms and makes it sound beautiful too.