FreundschaftsSpiele
This new concert series offers great musicians a chance to organise musical “friendlies”, inviting artist friends to play alongside them in the Casals Forum. Taking delight in their collaboration, they organise a top class weekend of concerts exactly as they choose, with students from Kronberg Academy likewise in on the game. Four such “mini festivals” feature in this first season, where six artists who teach at Kronberg Academy will act as “playmakers”.
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Mihaela Martin violin
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Karl-Heinz Steffens clarinet
- Sergei Babayan 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“
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonata No. 20 in C major for piano and violin KV 303
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
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Torleif Thedéen cello
- Sergei Babayan 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)
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.
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.
ANTJE WEITHAAS, DÉNES VÁRJON & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Dénes Várjon piano
Programme
Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Three romances for violin and piano op. 22
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata No. 3 in D minor for violin and piano op. 108
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano quartet E flat major op. 47
Subject to change.
ANTJE WEITHAAS, DÉNES VÁRJON & FRIENDS III / „CON UN VIOLINO“ III
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Dénes Várjon piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonatas No. 1 in D major, No. 2 in A major, No. 3 in E flat major for piano and violin op. 12 No. 1
Subject to change.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
- Thomas Hoppe piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048
Thomas Demenga (*1954)
‘Duo? o, Du...’ for viola and violoncello
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet (viola) and violoncello op. 114
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 ‘Pastorale’
(Arr. G. Fischer for string sextet, ca. 1810)
Subject to change.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Adam Walker flute
- Agnès Clément harp
Programme
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
‘Syrinx’ for flute solo L 129
Sonata in F major for flute, viola and harp L 145
Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
Elegiac Trio, GP 178
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Lachrymae op. 48
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931)
‘Garden of Joys and Sorrows’ for flute, viola, harp and narrator (ad lib.)
Subject to change.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS III
Participants
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Thomas Hoppe piano
Programme
Documentary film ‘Dmitri Shostakovich. The Viola Sonata’ (1981, OmU)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata in C major for viola and piano op. 147
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.