About Roaring and Flirting
We live in turbulent times. Just like in the Roaring Twenties, when our ancestors yearned for an escape from a harsh reality. In this programme, Ragazze looks back on that legendary decade and looks ahead: where are we going?
The ominous, compact Third String Quartet by Béla Bartók stands next to the lighter Second String Quartet by Erich Korngold, the king of film music. Innovator Garth Knox composed a brand new work especially for Ragazze. Garth Knox, formerly violist of the famous Arditti Quartet, conceived a work that goes beyond rigid role patterns, with a leading role for equal exchange and spontaneous creation – core characteristics of a good string quartet.
We do not know what the future will look like, but Ragazze will certainly show you how it could sound. The Grom and the Flirt balances between hope, disaster and reconstruction, sometimes deadly serious, then again with a wink.
This program is part of Bartók Bound.
