Cloostermans Classix Benefit Concert 'Wiener Mélange' - Carousel Chamber Music Ensemble

A musical highlight for lovers of classical music in the Waasland. Voor Cloostermans Classix, the benefit concert for the fight against cancer, welcomes Waasmunster on Mechelse Carousel Chamber Music Ensemble. Carousel is rapidly conquering international concert stages. A few months after the program Wiener Mélange, the ensemble travels to the legendary Wigmore Hall in London and the renowned Mozartfest Würzburg. But first, Carousel will land on Sunday, December 13 in Cultuurcentrum De Meermin in Waasmunster with a program that showcases Viennese chamber music at its most beautiful – refined, compelling and full of surprising colors. The ensemble combines top artistic quality with a warm commitment to the fight against cancer. CAROUSEL Chamber Music Ensemble: Wiener Mélange Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet Alexandra Soumm, violin Samuel Nemtanu, violin Mathis Rochat, viola Louis Rodde, cello Franz Schubert (1797–1828) – Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 (1820) Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) – Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Fünf Rückert-Lieder, arr. for clarinet and string quartet Anton Webern (1883–1945) – Langsamer Satz (1905) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 (1789) Delicate, layered and full of character: like the Viennese coffee specialty from which this program takes its name, Carousel Chamber Music Ensemble serves a Wiener Mélange that lingers for a long time. A refined combination of distinct flavors and subtle nuances, in which romantic passion, quiet introspection and timeless elegance meet. The ensemble, founded in 2019 by clarinetist Annelien Van Wauwe and composed of internationally acclaimed musicians, has built a strong reputation in a short time as one of the most fascinating chamber music ensembles of its generation. In Wiener Mélange brings together works in Carousel that, each in their own way, reflect the rich musical tradition of Vienna. Franz Schuberts Quartettsatz in C minor is one of the most poignant unfinished works from the chamber music repertoire. Written in 1820, it breathes a dramatic intensity and emotional charge that points forward to Romanticism. Restlessness, vulnerability and an almost palpable tension alternate with moments of moving lyricism. In barely ten minutes, Schubert unfolds a musical world that is as powerful as it is inevitable. With Met Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, the program reaches a moment of stillness. Gustav Mahler composed this Rückert-Lied in 1901–1902 as a deeply personal meditation on seclusion, inner peace and the refuge of art. In the special arrangement for clarinet and string quartet, the vocal line receives a new, wordless voice. The clarinet takes over the role of the human voice and lets Mahler's melancholy melodies speak with an almost vocal intensity. The result is an intimate, transparent sound world in which melancholy and serenity balance each other. Ook Anton Weberns Langsamer Satz originated in a period of infatuation and personal experience of happiness. The twenty-two-year-old composer wrote the work in 1905, long before he would develop the atonal and extremely concentrated style with which he would make history. Here, a distinct late-Romantic language still sounds, full of broad melodic lines, rich harmonies and an intense emotional power of expression. The work breathes longing, tenderness and ecstatic joy, and forms a surprising window onto a young Webern who is still completely in the tradition of Brahms and Mahler. The concert concludes with Mozarts Klarinetkwintet in A, K. 581, one of the absolute highlights of the chamber music repertoire. Written for his friend and clarinet virtuoso Anton Stadler, Mozart gave the clarinet a full place within the string quartet for the first time. The five voices engage in a continuous conversation, in which the clarinet now sings, then accompanies or subtly blends into the ensemble. From the intimate Adagio to the playful Minuet to the sparkling finale: the quintet unites elegance, warmth and a deep human feeling. A masterpiece in which light and shadow, simplicity and refinement complement each other effortlessly.