As performers on period instruments and with a strong interest in historical performance practice the “Pleyel Quartett Köln” re-examines string quartets of both the classical period and the 19th century and early 2oth centuries.
The large number of composers in the classical era and their wide scope remain just as largely forgotten nowadays, people tending instead to focus on Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven as the main representatives of the time. It is the intention of the “Pleyel Quartett Köln” to rediscover lesser known composers und to place them in context with their more famous colleagues.
The repertoire includes works of:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Luigi Boccherini (1743 – 1805)
Max Bruch (1838 – 1920)
Norbert Burgmüller (1810 – 1836)
Friedrich Cerha (* 1926)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)
Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763 – 1850)
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Fanny Hensel (1805 – 1847)
Ferdinand Hiller (1811 – 1885)
Johann Nepumuk Hummel (1778 – 1837)
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801 – 1866)
August Klughardt (1847 – 1902)
Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen (1745 – 1818)
Emilie Mayer (1812 – 1883)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706)
Arvo Pärt (* 1935)
Ignaz Pleyel (1757 – 1831)
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Arnold Schönberg (1874 – 1951)
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Carl Stamitz (1745 – 1801)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892 – 1983)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739 – 1818)
Ernst-Wilhelm Wolf (1735 – 1792)
Please contact us with specific programming suggestions for your concerts, as we can supply themes ranging from childrens' concerts to musicological symposia.