FreundschaftsSpiele – because music connects souls!
Our new concert series, FreundschaftsSpiele, invites you to discover music as a deeply unifying experience. Six outstanding artists from the Kronberg Academy bring their musical friends to the Casals Forum to create four weekends filled with joyful play and closeness - entirely shaped by their own ideas and moods. Each concert weekend becomes a "mini-festival," where humanity and music meet in a unique atmosphere. The boundaries between stage and audience blur as the artists present personal works, inviting the audience to share in their friendship and passion for music. Students from the Kronberg Academy are also involved, bringing fresh energy to these extraordinary weekends.
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Mihaela Martin violin
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Torleif Thedéen cello
- Karl-Heinz Steffens clarinet
- Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Programme
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Concerto in G major for four violins TWV 40:201
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano trio No. 4 in B flat major op. 11 „Gassenhauer-Trio“
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Sonata for piano and violin No. 2 in G major op. 13
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Two pieces for string octet op. 11
Subject to change.
ANTJE WEITHAAS, DÉNES VÁRJON & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Timothy Ridout viola
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Dénes Várjon piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String trio in C minor op. 9 No. 3
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano trio No. 3 in G minor op. 110
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet No. 2 in A major op. 26
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
Quartet for four violins
Further works to be announced.
Subject to change.