Conducting Masterclass in Mons 2018

Date
March 8 – 11, 2018

Place
Conservatoire Royal de Mons, Belgium

Director
Konrad von Abel

Theme

How to obtain a homogeneous leading of the bow in a quartet
How to find a musical unity between violin and piano in spite of the heterogeneous means of expression

Repertoire

G. Frescobaldi:  l’Altro Ricercar (no. 30)
S. Bach: Sonata no. 4 for violin and piano in c minor, 1^st mvt.
A. Mozart: Divertimento in D major KV 136, 1^st mvt.
L. v. Beethoven: Sonata no. 7 for violin and piano in c minor, 1^st mvt.
F. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4, 2^nd mvt.

The work is based on phenomenology of music and is focused on the development of the free listening of both the musicians and the conductor.