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.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Abigél Králik violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Wassili Wohlgemuth violin
- Natalie Loughran viola
- Nicholas Swensen viola
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Anouchka Hack cello
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
- Simon Aringer double bass
- 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
intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 ‘Pastorale’
(Arr. G. Fischer for string sextet, ca. 1810)
An artist talk with Tabea Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Friedemann Eichhorn will take place at 6.45 pm.
Subject to change.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Adam Walker flute
- Anneleen Lenaerts 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
intermission
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Lachrymae op. 48
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931)
‘Garden of Joys and Sorrows’ for flute, viola, harp and narrator (ad lib.)
Unfortunately, harpist Agnès Clément had to cancel her participation in the concert due to illness. We are very happy that Anneleen Lenaerts has agreed to step in at short notice. The program for the concert remains unchanged.
Subject to change.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS III
Participants
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Thomas Hoppe piano
Programme
Documentary film ‘Dmitri Shostakovich. The Viola Sonata’ (1981, OmU)
The film documents the often endangered existence of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union. The directors created their work from archive material, which they edited exclusively with music by the composer. Criticism of Soviet cultural policy and solidarity with the composer, who on the one hand was honoured, but on the other hand was repeatedly harassed and humiliated, is created through the art of montage image/music.
intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata in C major for viola and piano op. 147
The film is introduced by Brigitte van Kann.
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Anna Im violin
- Julian Rhee violin
- Ruslan Talas violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
Quartet for Four Violins
Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
Fantasy, Op. 91 "Círculo"
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major
Subject to change.
