Adams, Doric String Quartet / Stravinsky, Adams, Beethoven by Stravinsky, Adams, Beethoven, Od (2015/2015), Dirigent John Coolidge Adams, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

"One of the best young string quartets" wrote the renowned Gramophone Magazine about the Doric Sting Quartet who, in Absolute Jest by the American John Adams – making a personal appearance on the conductor’s podium – enter into an exhilarating dialogue with the Wiener Symphoniker. This is preceded by the martial Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky, who was an important forerunner for composers of minimal music. The Matinee ends with a complete contrast: the Symphony No.4 in B flat major op.60 by Ludwig van Beethoven, with its friendly, almost idyllic demeanour. Please note: This concert is presented as part of a cooperation between the Wiener Symphoniker and the Wiener Konzerthaus Society.