Sentiment Mathis Stier & Ensemble Reflektor

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major, BWV 1055R (Transcribed for Oboe by Mathis Stier):
• 1 Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major, BWV 1055R (Transcribed for Oboe by Mathis Stier): I. [Allegro] by Mathis Stier 04:00
• 2 Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major, BWV 1055R (Transcribed for Oboe by Mathis Stier): II. Larghetto by Mathis Stier 05:07
• 3 Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major, BWV 1055R (Transcribed for Oboe by Mathis Stier): III. Allegro ma non tanto by Mathis Stier 04:09
• Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727 – 1789): Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor:
• 4 Hertel: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: I. Allegro con spirito 05:55
• 5 Hertel: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: II. Grave 08:16
• 6 Hertel: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: III. Allegro di molto 04:13
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791): Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191/186e:
• 7 Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191/186e: I. Allegro 06:53
• 8 Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191/186e: II. Andante ma Adagio 06:44
• 9 Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191/186e: III. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto) 03:54
• Total Runtime 49:11

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Born in 1994, bassoonist Mathis Stier not only won second prize at the 2019 ARD Competition, but was also awarded the coveted Audience Prize. Mathis Stier has a natural affinity with the music of the 18th century and the three works which he has chosen for his ALPHA debut demonstrate its principal characteristics: Baroque, Empfindsamkeit/Sturm und Drang and Viennese Classicism. The composers J.S. Bach, Johann Wilhelm Hertel and W.A. Mozart represent three generations: father, son and grandson. The conventions of each previous generation are questioned, musical boundaries are broken down and new paths are taken, until the generational revolt finds its way back to more conventional channels.

This is how Mathis Stier describes the phenomenon: "Musically, the Mozart Concerto represents the classical bassoon and is probably the best-known work in the original literature. Hertel's concerto, on the other hand, is unusual and fairly unknown even among bassoonists. It deserves to be more widely known, however, because it is an exceedingly remarkable and idiosyncratic piece. Finally, the Bach Concerto, while a very well-known work, is extremely rarely

performed in this version and thus represents an addition to the repertoire. The adaptation for the bassoon is obvious, since the (reconstructed) original was probably composed for the similar-sounding oboe d'amore. Moreover, setting pieces in a different key was common practice for Bach."

Mathis Stier, bassoon Ensemble Reflektor

Mathis Kaspar Stier
studied with Lyndon Watts and Prof. Eberhard Marschall at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was a scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. He received further musical tuition by Dag Jensen, Laurent Lefèvre, Daniele Damiano, Mor Biron and Sergio Azzolini. As a soloist Mathis has performed with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, and the Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonie.

Mathis was a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic as well as member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He played as a substitute with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the DR Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

A keen chamber musician Mathis has played concerts with various ensembles such as Goldmund Quartett or Scharoun Ensemble Berlin. He regularly plays chamber music with colleagues of the WDR Symphony Orchestra and has been invited to festivals like the Zermatt Music Festival, the Delta Chamber Music Festival in Spain as well as the Fêtes Musicales de l'Aubrac in France.

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