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.
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Dorothea Röschmann soprano
- Mihaela Martin violin
- Nobuko Imai viola
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Torleif Thedéen cello
- Yulianna Avdeeva piano
- Cristian Măcelaru conducting
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Selected pieces
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op. 49
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Death and the Maiden
(Arr. G. Mahler for chamber orchestra)
18:15–18:45
Concert introduction: Friedemann Eichhorn in conversation with Mihaela Martin and Frans Helmerson.
Subject to change.
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS III
Participants
- Mihaela Martin violin
- Cristian Măcelaru violin
- Nobuko Imai viola
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Karl-Heinz Steffens clarinet
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Clarinet quintet in A major KV 581
Max Bruch (1838–1920)
Octet in B flat major op. posth.
Subject to change.