Philharmonia Quartet Berlin
Years active1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Members

The Philharmonia Quartet Berlin is a string quartet founded in 1985 by members of the Berlin Philharmonic.[1]

Among the long-standing members were principal players of the orchestra, concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa, second violinist Christian Stadelmann, the principal violist Neithard Resa, and cellist Jan Diesselhorst.[2][3] When the latter died unexpectedly in 2009,[2] the cello part was taken over by Dietmar Schwalke the same year.[1][4]

The Philharmonia Quartet has given concerts worldwide, including Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall,[4] and has made several recordings.[3] At the Kammermusiksaal of the Berliner Philharmonie, the ensemble performed complete cycles of the string quartets by Beethoven and Shostakovich.[4] The quartet's repertoire covers more than one hundred works from classical music to contemporary music. The string quartet also plays rarely performed compositions of the genre, such as the first string quartet by Erwin Schulhoff, the second string quartet by Karol Szymanowski, Hindemith's Fourth String Quartet and Max Reger's String Quartet No. 3, Op. 74.[3][5]

They recorded Hindemith's String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32, in 1995.[6] In 2001, they recorded Reger's Clarinet Quintet, Op. 146, with clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs, and his String Quartet No. 4, Op. 109.[7][8] They recorded all the Beethoven string quartets over years, combined in 2015 when they celebrated their 30th anniversary.[9][10] On the same occasion, a recording of all the quartets by Johannes Brahms was released. The players, knowing the composers' symphonic works well, have a special approach to the symphonic features in their string quartets.[9]

After the death of second violin Christian Stadelmann in 2019, the status of the ensemble remains unclear.[11][12]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Badelt, Udo (18 May 2015). "30 Jahre Philharmonia Quartett Silbriger Wohlklang". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cookson, Michael (May 2010). "Robert Schumann (1810–1856) / String Quartets Op.41 (1842)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Woolf, Jonathan (September 2004). "Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) / String Quartet No.14 Op.131 / String Quartet No.16 Op.135". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Philharmonia Quartett Berlin". Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Philharmonia Quartett Berlin". Berliner Festspiele (in German). 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ Diskographie / 5. Streichquartett op. 32 (1923) Hindemith Institut Frankfurt
  7. ^ France, John (May 2001). "Max Reger (1873–1916) / Clarinet Quintet in A major Op.146 (1909) / String Quartet in Eb major Op. 109 (1915)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. ^ Pätzig, Gerhard (1 June 2001). "Max Reger / Klarinettenquintett A-Dur op. 146 / Streichquartett Es-Dur op. 109". klassik-heute.de (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b Brandstetter, Markus (2015). "Das Philharmonia Quartett Berlin wird 30" (PDF). Class (in German). Cybele (2): 12. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Jüschke, Sonja (13 April 2018). "Beethoven, Ludwig van – Sämtliche Streichquartette / Gesammelte Werke". magazin.klassik.com (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  11. ^ Daltas, Kimon (1 August 2019). "Obituary: violinist Christian Stadelmann, 1959–2019". The Strad. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Death of Christian Stadelmann". Berliner Philharmoniker. Berlin. 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  13. ^ Bestenliste 3-2002 schallplattenkritik.de 20 August 2002
  14. ^ "Philharmonia Quartett Berlin". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). 27 October 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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