Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Terzetto No. 1, K. 439b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Terzetto No. 3, K. 439b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute, K. 620
Hm! hm! hm! – Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja – Marsch der Priester
– Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen – Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – Pa-pa-pa
Lotz Trio (Slovakia / Czech Republic):
Róbert Šebesta – basset horn I – artistic leader
Ronald Šebesta – basset horn II
Igor Františák – basset horn III
The Lotz Trio is undoubtedly the only ensemble of players of period basset horns (bizarrely curved classical clarinets ending in a metal bell) in all of Central and Eastern Europe. Thanks to the trio’s top concert players (brothers Róbert and Ronald Šebest and Igor Františák), a high artistic level is ensured with a certain amount of musician’s passion mixed with interpretative humility, when without this equipment the trio would probably not have started playing the intonationally unstable and in every way unpredictable basset horns. The trio regularly presents itself at their own Bratislava Mozart Festival, but five years ago the trio also experienced strong foreign ovations for a performance at the Museum of Musical Instruments in Berlin. At that time, however, they did not yet know that in 2019 they would receive an absolutely prestigious invitation from the New York MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Going to a Lotz Trio concert definitely promises an unconventional experience, not only thanks to the specific sound of their instruments, which is more reminiscent of museum exhibits. The trio’s repertoire belongs to the category of entertainment Harmoniemusik (divertimento, serenades, partitas), which was heard in aristocratic and Masonic circles, and the wonderful arrangements of arias from Mozart’s operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, as well as the operatic works of Antonio Salieri, are extremely popular. Original tension in their program is also created by original compositions by Czech native Jiří Družecký or even the works of contemporary composers.