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Year
Month
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kids@Casals
CELLO GANG
Music theatre for children from the age of 5
Tickets
20 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kids@Casals
CELLO GANG
Music theatre for children from the age of 5
Tickets
20 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Anna Han – In Medias Res
Wells, Herbert, Han, Navon

Participants

  • Anna Han piano

Programme

François Couperin
Les Barricades Mystérieuses

Béla Bartók
Two Romanian Dances Op. 8a
Allegro vivace
Poco allegro

Unsuk Chin
Etude No. 5 “Toccata”

George Crumb
Zeitgeist (III. Monochord), for two amplified pianos

Johann Sebastian Bach/Gyorgy Kurtag
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch
Ziemlich langsam
Rasch
Kräftig, mit Humor

Further participants
Claire Wells - violin
Oliver Herbert - cello
Itai Navon - piano

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS I
Martin, Helmerson, Thédeen, Steffens, Avdeeva, Students of Kronberg Academy

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.

Tickets
25 / 35 €
Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
WEEKEND PACKAGE I „FREUNDSCHAFTSSPIELE“
Mihaela Martina, Frans Helmerson & Friends
Day pass
68 / 76 / 100 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS II
Röschmann, Martin, Imai, Helmerson, Thedéen, Avdeeva, Students of Kronberg Academy, Măcelaru

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.

Tickets
35 / 45 / 55 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Day pass
112 / 144 / 176 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS III
Martin, Măcelaru, Imai, Helmerson, Steffens, Students of Kronberg Academy

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.

Tickets
25 / 35 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Samuel Rosenthal – Concert
The young soloists from the Kronberg Academy perform on many stages worldwide - and every Wednesday in the Casals Forum: Week after week, one of them presents themselves in the Carl Bechstein Hall with a self-designed one-hour concert - and invites other young colleagues to join as fellow musicians.

Participants

  • Samuel Rosenthal viola

Programme

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
LIED AUS DEM OPERNSTUDIO – BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER PRÄSENTIERT
Brigitte Fassbaender

Participants

  • Brigitte Fassbaender

Programme

For the first time this season, members of the opera studio will be performing two recitals at the Casals Forum. 

Chamber singer Brigitte Fassbaender has also been recruited for this special collaboration between Kronberg Academy and Oper Frankfurt.

In a preceding master class at Oper Frankfurt, the celebrated German singer, Lied interpreter and vocal coach will work intensively with the young singers on their programme and put the finishing touches to it for the recital. She will also host the evening.

Moderation: KS Brigitte Fassbaender

Participating singers from the opera studio:
Cláudia Ribas - mezzo-soprano
Abraham Bretón - tenor
Andrew Kim - tenor
Morgan-Andrew King - bass

Piano:
Anne Larlee Principal Repetiteur of the Frankfurt Opera
In Sun Suh Principal Repetiteur of the Frankfurt Opera

Programme:
Selected pieces by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and others.

Subject to change.

Tickets
29 €