Dec. 5: ASPECT Foundation Presents Mozart, Schumann & the Tales of Hoffmann Feat. Talk by Damian Fowler

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ASPECT FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AND ARTS PRESENTS
MOZART, SCHUMANN & THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, DECEMBER 5

Featuring violinists Philippe Quint and Grace Park, violists Matthew Lipman and Kyle Armbrust,
cellist Zlatomir Fung, and pianist Vsevolod Dvorkin with an illustrated talk by Damian Fowler

New York, NY (November 6, 2018) — The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts continues its third New York City season of illuminating performances on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:30pm with Mozart, Schumann & the Tales of Hoffmann at Bohemian National Hall. The program features Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 and Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 performed by an ensemble of world-class musicians: violinists Philippe Quint and Grace Park, violists Matthew Lipman and Kyle Armbrust, cellist Zlatomir Fung, and pianist Vsevolod Dvorkin.

Journalist and author Damian Fowler returns for an illustrated talk on writer E.T.A Hoffmann, about whom Schumann wrote “One hardly dares breathe when reading Hoffmann.” Fowler discusses Hoffmann’s influence on composers like Schumann, Brahms, and Mozart, having inspired ballets by Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker) and Delibes (Coppélia), as well as operas by Offenbach, Busoni (Die Brautwahl) and Hindemith (Cardillac). His reach as a author, meanwhile, can be seen in the writings of Baudelaire, Balzac, Maupassant, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Program Information
Mozart, Schumann & the Tales of Hoffmann
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:30pm
Bohemian National Hall | 321 E 73rd St | New York, NY
Tickets: $45 includes wine and refreshments.
Link: https://www.aspectfoundation.net/payment-test/mozart-schumann-amp-the-tales-of-hoffmann

Performers:
Philippe Quint, violin
Grace Park, violin
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Matthew Lipman, viola
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Vsevolod Dvorkin, piano

Illustrated talk by Damian Fowler

Program:
Mozart - String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

About ASPECT Foundation for Music and Arts
ASPECT Foundation for Music and Arts was founded by Irina Knaster in London in 2011 and relocated to New York City in 2016. ASPECT presents a new concert format – one that transforms the traditional recital into an intimate, engaging, and thought-provoking blend of performance, speech, and image.

The Foundation’s chamber-music events feature some of today’s leading musicians and music experts. For each concert, they set the works on the program in context with presentations supported by visuals. These “illustrated talks” reveal fascinating details about the composer, the music, and the cultural history of the period in question.

ASPECT aims both to support and promote artists, and to welcome audiences old and new to explore new aspects of a classical repertoire of endless riches. It’s more than a concert. To find out more, please visit www.aspectfoundation.net.

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