Sunday, May 22, 2011 – 7 p.m.
TEATRO COLÓN, A Coruña

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FESTIVAL EXPRESS
Friday, June 10, 2011
CARBALLO

 Saturday, June 11, 2011
FERROL

Johann Strauss (son)
Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op. 333
(Arrangement by Alban Berg for string quartet, harmonium and piano)

Johann Strauss (son)
Schatzwaltzer (Treasure Waltz), Op. 418
(Arrangement by Anton Webern for string quartet, harmonium and piano)

Johann Strauss (son)
Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), Op. 388
(Arrangement by Arnold Schönberg for string quartet, harmonium and piano)

Johann Strauss (son)
Lagunen Walzer (Lagoon Waltz), Op. 411
(Arrangement  by Arnold Schönberg for string quartet, harmonium and piano)

Arnold Schönberg
Weihnachtmusik (Christmas Music)
(for two violins, cello, harmonium and piano)

Arnold Schönberg
Die eiseme Brigade (The Iron Brigade)
(for string quartet and piano)

20th CENTURY INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
Dorothea Nicholas, violin
Raymond Arteaga, viola
Ruslana Prokopenko, cello
Ayako Zemba, piano
Yulia Konarzewska, harmonium
Jesús Quiroga, Eva Faraldo, Ana Belén Ferreiro, dancers
Violin and conductor, Florian Vlashi

In 1919 Schönberg founded the Private Concert Society (or more accurately, the Society for Private Musical Performances) in which Alban Berg and Anton Webern both played active roles. It was a private association created to freely present, with no ties or obstacles whatsoever, the music the Society’s founders considered interesting: from Mahler onward.  The Society followed a set of very strict rules: it was not open to the public, only members and the occasional guest could attend; there was no previous publicity of the concert programs, so that audiences would come with open minds; neither applause nor any expression of approval or disapproval was permitted so as not to color the opinion of others in the audience; and, obviously, critics were not allowed entry in order to avoid subsequent influence. Until the time it dissolved due to lack of funds, the Society organized a total of 133 concerts.