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Year
Month
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 – Lost and Found
Wells, Neubauer, Herbert

Participants

  • Samuel Rosenthal viola

Programme

Errollyn Wallen (*1958)
LAVINIA (2021)

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Sonata for Viola and Piano
I. Molto moderato
II. Allegro energico
III. Molto lento

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet Opus 20, No. 4
I. Allegro di molto
II. Un poco Adagio affetuoso
III. Allegro zingarese
IV. Presto Scherzando

Further participants
Claire Wells - violin
Oliver Neubauer - violin
Oliver Herbert - cello

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
Große Oper - starkes Lied. Lied aus dem Opernstudio der Oper Frankfurt im Casals Forum
Brigitte Fassbaender

Participants

  • Brigitte Fassbaender
  • Cláudia Ribas mezzo soprano
  • Abraham Bretón tenor
  • Andrew Kim tenor
  • Morgan-Andrew King bass

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 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
Das Bridges Kammerorchester kommt erneut ins Casals Forum
Dahlhoff, Clarke
TICKETS
30 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
PABLO CASALS: ORATORIUM „EL PESSEBRE“
Buczkowska, Makuła, Lebow, Geyer, Faulkner, Choir of St John's Church, St John's Youth Choir, Kronberg Academy Soloists, Strings of the Emanuel Feuermann Conservatory, Wind players of the youth orchestra of the Hochtaunus district, Zosel
TICKETS
25 / 35 / 45 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Petar Pejčić – 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

  • Petar Pejčić cello

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
WEIHNACHTSKONZERT: „THE YOUNG HÄNDEL“
Vox Luminis, Meunier

Participants

  • Vox Luminis
  • Lionel Meunier conducting

Programme

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Nisi Dominus HWV 238
Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4 and opus 7
Laudate Pueri HWV 237
Dixit Dominus HWV 232

Concert ends around 10.00 pm.

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 55 / 75 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
WEIHNACHTSKONZERT: „THE YOUNG HÄNDEL“
Vox Luminis, Meunier

Participants

  • Vox Luminis
  • Lionel Meunier conducting

Programme

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Nisi Dominus HWV 238
Concerto for organ: selection out of opus 4 and opus 7
Laudate Pueri HWV 237
Dixit Dominus HWV 232

Concert ends around 10.00 pm.

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 55 / 75 €
Kleiner Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin
Kronberg Academy on Tour
ESPRESSO-KONZERT
Loughran, Gagliano

Participants

  • Natalie Loughran viola
  • Avery Gagliano piano

Programme

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Drei Romanzen op. 22

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Violasonate op. 147

Subject to change.

TICKETS
14 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Cosima Soulez Larivière – „nicht nur Streicher..!“
Larivière, Lee, Kruithof, Aringer, Gruber, Plath, Scheliga

Participants

  • Cosima Soulez Larivière violin

Programme

Fritz Kreisler (arr. by Nils Thore Røsth)
Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
I. Adagio-Allegro con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Tempo di menuetto
IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante
V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
VI. Andante con moto alla marcia

Further participants
Haesue Lee - viola
Benjamin Kruithof - cello
Simon Aringer - double bass
Marc Gruber - horn
Theo Plath - bassoon
Nemorino Scheliga - clarinet

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 €