Repertoire
Works performed by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
STRiNG QUINTETS 2 VIOLAS
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quintet No.1 in E-flat major opus 4
Allegro con brio
Andante
Minuet. Allegretto - Trio 1 - Trio 2
Finale. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quintet No. 2 in C major opus 29 "Storm"
Allegro moderato
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo. Allegro
Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quintet No. 3 in C minor opus 104
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con variazioni
Minuet. Quasi allegro - Trio
Final. Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major opus 21 for string quintet
(transcription Ferdinand Ries, 1802)
Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con moto
Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
Finale (Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major opus 36 for string quintet
(transcription Ferdinand Ries, 1803-04)
Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Larghetto
Allegro
Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major opus 60 for string quintet
(publisher : Bureau et Industrie, Vienna, 1809)
Adagio - Allegro vivace
Adagio
Allegro molto e vivace - un poco meno allegro - Tempo primo
Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor opus 67 for string quintet
(transcription Carl-Friedrich Ebers, 1830)
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Allegro (Scherzo)
Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major opus 92 for string quintet
(publisher : Steiner, 1816)
Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Allegretto
Presto
Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major opus 93 for string quintet
(publisher : Steiner, 1816)
Allegro vivace e con brio
Allegretto scherzando
Tempo di minuetto
Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore III overture opus 72a for string quintet
(transcription Christian Gottlieb Müller, 1828)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont overture opus 84 for string quintet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
Johannes Brahms
String quintet No.1 in F major opus 88
Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Grave ed appassionato - Allegretto vivace - Tempo I
Allegro energico - Presto
Johannes Brahms
String quintet No.2 in G major opus 111
Allegro non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
Poco adagio
Poco allegro
Johannes Brahms
Scherzo from the Sonata FAE
(transcription Sandòr Devich)
Michel Lysight
"Trois Croquis" for string quintet *
Pastel
Fusain
Sanguine
* this version has been premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Bohuslav Martinu
String quintet H.164
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto
Félix Mendelssohn
String quintet No.1 in A major opus 18
Allegro con moto
Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto
Scherzo: Allegro di molto
Allegro vivace
Félix Mendelssohn
String quintet No.2 in B-flat major opus 87
Allegro vivace
Andante scherzando
Adagio e lento
Allegro molto vivace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String quintet in C major K.515
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String quintet in G minor K.516
Allegro
Menuetto : Allegretto – Trio – Menuetto da capo
Adagio ma non troppo
Adagio - Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantaisie in F minor K.594 (transcr. for string quintet by Fr. Beyer)
Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
STRiNG QUINTETS 2 CELLOS
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quintet with 2 cellos in F major opus 5
Adagio sostenuto
Allegro
Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quintet with 2 cellos in A major opus 47 "A Kreutzer"
Adagio sostenuto - Presto
Andante con Variazioni
Presto
Luigi Boccherini
String quintet with 2 cellos in D major G276 "L'Uccelliera"
Adagio assai – Allegro giusto
Shepherds and Hunters : Allegro – Tempo di minuetto – Tempo di Prima
Luigi Boccherini
String quintet with 2 cellos in C major opus 42 No. 2
Andante con moto
Minuetto
Grave
Rondo : Allegro con moto
Alexander Glazunov
String quintet with 2 cellos
Allegro e risoluto assai
Minuet and Trio: Allegro con fuoco
Largo
Finale: Allegro agitato
Franz Schubert
String quintet with 2 cellos in C major D956
Allegro ma non troppo
Adagio
Scherzo: Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto
Allegretto
PIANO QUINTETS
Johannes Brahms
Piano quintet in F minor opus 34
Allegro Non Troppo
Andante, Un Poco Adagio
Scherzo: Allegro – Trio
Finale: Poco Sostenuto - Allegro Non Troppo - Presto, Non Troppo
Jean-Pierre Deleuze
"Vue sur le jardin de lumière" for piano quintet *
Horizons indicibles
L'Allée vers la lumière
Par delà
* commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn, creation in 2011
Ernö Dohnanyi
Piano quintet No.1 in C minor opus 1
Allegro
Allegro vivace
Adagio quasi andante
Allegro animato
Ernö Dohnanyi
Piano quintet No.2 in E minor opus 34
Allegro non troppo
Intermezzo (Allegretto)
Moderato – Tempo del primo pezzo
Antonin Dvorak
Piano quintet No.1 in A major opus 5
Allegro non troppo
Andante sostenuto
Finale: Allegro con brio
Ola Gjeilo
"Brooklyn" for piano quintet *
* commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn, creation in 2005
Jacqueline Fontyn
Sul Cuor Della Terra for piano quintet
* version commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn creation in 2019
César Franck
Piano quintet
Molto moderato quasi lento - Allegro
Lento con molto sentimento
Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco
Claude Ledoux
Piano quintet (2005)
Claude Ledoux
Piano quintet N°2 "Souvenir d'horizon" - dedicated to the Ensemble Mendelssohn, in memory of his father
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano and strings in E-flat major K.452
(Transcription of the quintet for piano and winds)
Largo – Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Rondo : allegretto
Stéphane Orlando
Gakki for piano quintet *
Taïko
Koto
Shinobue
Shamisen
Sho
* Taïko, Shamisen, Shinobue and Sho commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn(creation in 2023)
Carl Reinecke
Piano quintet in A major opus 83
Lento ma non troppo - Allegro con brio
Andante con variazioni
Intermezzo: Allegretto
Finale: Allegro con spirito
Arnold Schoenberg
1st chamber symphony opus 9 for piano quintet
(transcription: Anton Webern)
Jean Sibelius
Piano quintet in G minor
Grave - Allegro
Intermezzo: Moderato
Andante
Scherzo: Vivacissimo
Moderato - Vivace
Adrien Tsilogiannis
'Rituel d'Eleusis' for piano quintet
Ouverture à Déméter
Dans les méandres obscurs de la Terre
Mort et Vie par le Feu
Suivre Hermès
* dedicated to the Ensemble Mendelssohn, creation in 2023
Anton Webern
Piano quintet (1907)
Hao-Fu Zhang
Flowing Sleeves for piano quintet
* dedicated to Daniel Rubenstein and the Ensemble Mendelssohn, created in 2019
STRING SEXTETS
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" opus 55 for string sextet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
Allegro con brio
Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
Scherzo : Allegro vivace-Alla breve-Tempo primo
Finale : Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Presto
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" opus 68 for string sextet
(transcription C.M. Fisher, 1820)
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante molto moto
Allegro
Allegro
Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan overture for string sextet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Luigi Boccherini
String sextet in F major opus 23 n°4
Allegro moderato
Minuetto con moto
Grave assai
Finale : Allegro ma non presto
Johannes Brahms
String sextet No.1 in G major opus 18
Allegro, ma non troppo
Andante, ma moderato
Scherzo: Allegro molto – Trio: Animato – da capo – Coda: Piu Animato
Rondo: Poco Allegretto e grazioso
Johannes Brahms
String sextet No.2 in G major opus 36
Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco allegretto
Vivace,ma non troppo
Jan Freidlin
Madrigal for string sextet
* created in Brussels, Nov 14, 2024
Michel Lysight
"Hexagramme" for string sextet *
* this version has been premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Bohuslav Martinu
String sextet
Lento – Allegro poco moderato
Andantino – Allegro scherzando – Tempo 1
Allegretto poco moderato[4'01]
Richard Strauss
"Cappriccio" for string sextet
Piotr Ilyich Tchaïkovsky
String sextet "Souvenir de Florence" in D minor opus 70
Allegro con Spirito
Adagio cantabile e con moto
Allegretto moderato
Allegro vivace
QUINTETS, SEXTETS & more
with guest musicians
Talia Amar
'When soft voices die' for piano quintet (2021)
* written for and created by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2023
Guillaume Auvray
"Timbre électroacoustique" for string quintet with 2 cellos and electronics (2018) *
* created and recorded by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" opus 55 for string sextet with double-bass
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
Allegro con brio
Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
Scherzo : Allegro vivace-Alla breve-Tempo primo
Finale : Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Presto
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" opus 68 for string sextet with double-bass
(transcription C.M. Fisher, 1820)
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante molto moto
Allegro
Allegro
Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan overture for string sextet with double-bass
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantaisy opus 80 for piano, string septet, percussion organ and 6 solo voices
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn and Maiko Inoue
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 opus 125 for string septet, percussion, organ and 8 solo voices
(transcription Vladimir Mendelssohn, 2021)
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Scherzo. Molto vivace - Presto
Adagio molto e cantabile
Presto
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings in D major G448 "Fandango"
Pastorale
Allegro maestoso
Grave assai
Fandango
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet quintet in B minor opus 115
Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
Antonin Dvorak
String quintet with double-bass in G major opus 77
Allegro con fuoco
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Poco Andante
Finale. Allegro Assai
Francois-Joseph Fétis
"Grand sextuor" for piano 4 hands, 2 violins, viola & cello
Allegro Risoluto
Andantino
Menuetto (Allegro)
Rondo (Allegretto)
Hajime Fukagawa
Quartet for piano, 2 violins & cello
I - Interlude - II
* commissioned by Masahiro Kawakami & the Ensemble Mendelssohn (created in 2016)
André-Modeste Grétry
"Sinfonia in D" for string quintet with double-bass
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Toshio Hosokawa
Fragmente II for alto flute, 2 violins, viola & cello
Johan-Nepomuk Hummel
Piano quintet with double-bass in E-flat major opus 87
Allegro e risoluto assai
Minuet and Trio: Allegro con fuoco
Largo
Finale: Allegro agitato
Michel Lysight
Concerto Grosso for clarinet, bassoon, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double-bass
Lento - Allegro moderato
Liberamente - Lento
Allegro moderato
* premiere recording by the Ensemble Mendelssohn with Jean-Marc Fessard, Mavroudes Troullos and Rachel Talitman in 2023
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet quintet in A major K.581
Allegro
Larghetto
Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
Allegretto con variazioni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro for clarinet quintet in B flat major K.516c
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No.1 in D major K136 for string quintet with double-bass
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No.3 in F major K138 for string quintet with double-bass
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet quartet in E-flat major K.374f
Allegro maestoso
Andante con moto
Rondo: Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet quartet in F major K.496
Allegro
Andante
Allegretto (Thema mit Variationen)
Felix Mendelssohn
Konzerstücke opus 114 for clarinet, basset horn and string sextet
(transcription : Daniel Rubenstein, 2024)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2024
Sergei Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet & piano quintet, Op. 34
Arvö Pärt
"Summa" for violin, 2 violas and cello
Franz Schubert
Piano quintet "Trout" in A major D667
Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo: Presto
Andantino – Allegretto in D major
Allegro giusto
Anna Segal
"Terra Santa Abruzzo" for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello
* creation by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Anna Segal
Suite for oboe, harp and string quintet
* creation by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Anna Segal
Concertino for clarinet, harp and string quintet
* premiere recording by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Antonio Vivaldi
4 Seasons for string quintet 2 violas & organ or cembalo
(transcription: Daniel Rubenstein)
Spring
Summer
Autunm
Winter
CREATIONS & WORLD PREMIERES
Talia Amar
'When soft voices die' for piano quintet (2021)
* written for and created by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2023
Guillaume Auvray
"Timbre électroacoustique" for string quintet with 2 cellos and electronics (2018) *
* created and recorded by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantaisy opus 80 for piano, string septet, percussion organ and 6 solo voices
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn and Maiko Inoue
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 opus 125 for string septet, percussion, organ and 8 solo voices
(transcription Vladimir Mendelssohn, 2021)
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Scherzo. Molto vivace - Presto
Adagio molto e cantabile
Presto
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" opus 55 for string sextet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
Allegro con brio
Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
Scherzo : Allegro vivace-Alla breve-Tempo primo
Finale : Allegro molto - Poco Andante - Presto
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan overture for string sextet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont overture opus 84 for string quintet
(transcription Daniel Rubenstein, 2020)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Jean-Pierre Deleuze
"Vue sur le jardin de lumière" for piano quintet
Horizons indicibles
L'Allée vers la lumière
Par delà
* commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn (creation in 2011)
Ola Gjeilo
"Brooklyn" for piano quintet
* commissioned by the Ensemble Mendelssohn (creation in 2005)
Jan Freidlin
Madrigal for string sextet
* created in Brussels, Nov 14, 2024
Jacqueline Fontyn
Sul Cuor Della Terra for Piano quintet for piano quintet
* created in Festival Loop, Nov 24, 2019
Hajime Fukagawa
Quartet for piano, 2 violins & cello
I - Interlude - II
* commissioned by Masahiro Kawakami & the Ensemble Mendelssohn (created in 2016)
Claude Ledoux
Piano quintet N°2 "Souvenir d'horizon" - in memory of his father
* dedicated to the Ensemble Mendelssohn (created in 2024)
Michel Lysight
Concerto Grosso for clarinet, bassoon, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double-bass
Lento - Allegro moderato
Liberamente - Lento
Allegro moderato
* premiere recording by the Ensemble Mendelssohn with Jean-Marc Fessard, Mavroudes Troullos and Rachel Talitman in 2023
Michel Lysight
Energie Noire for clarinet, harp, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello and double-bass
* premiere recording by the Ensemble Mendelssohn with Jean-Marc Fessard, Rachel Talitman and Pierre Quiriny in 2023
Michel Lysight
"Hexagramme" for string sextet
* this version has been premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Michel Lysight
"Trois Croquis" for string quintet
Pastel
Fusain
Sanguine
* this version has been premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Konzerstücke opus 114 for clarinet, basset horn and string sextet
(transcription : Daniel Rubenstein, 2024)
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2024
Stéphane Orlando
Gakki for piano quintet
Taïko*
Koto
Shinobue**
Shamisen**
Sho**
* dedicated to Daniel Rubenstein and the Ensemble Mendelssohn
** written for the Ensemble Mendelssohn, creation in 2023
Anna Segal
"Terra Santa Abruzzo" for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello
* creation by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Anna Segal
Suite for oboe, harp and string quintet
* creation by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Anna Segal
Concertino for clarinet, harp and string quintet
* premiere recording by the Ensemble Mendelssohn in 2017
Adrien Tsilogiannis
'Rituel d'Eleusis' for piano quintet
Ouverture à Déméter
Dans les méandres obscurs de la Terre
Mort et Vie par le Feu
Suivre Hermès
* dedicated to the Ensemble Mendelssohn, creation in 2023
Antonio Vivaldi
4 Seasons for string quintet 2 violas & organ or cembalo
(transcription: Daniel Rubenstein)
Spring
Summer
Autunm
Winter
* premiered by the Ensemble Mendelssohn
Hao-Fu Zhang
Flowing Sleeves for piano quintet
* dedicated to Daniel Rubenstein and the Ensemble Mendelssohn, created in 2019