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Current event

Year
Month
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
Martin, Imai, Helmerson, Thedéen, Avdeeva, Stagg, Students of Kronberg Academy, Măcelaru

Participants

  • Mihaela Martin violin
  • Nobuko Imai viola
  • Frans Helmerson cello
  • Torleif Thedéen cello
  • Yulianna Avdeeva piano
  • Siobhan Stagg soprano
  • Cristian Măcelaru conducting

Programme

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Death and the Maiden D 531
Gretchen on the spinning wheel D 118
You are the peace D 776
The Trout D 550
Erlkönig D 328

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op. 49

Intermission

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.

The concert ends at 9.30 pm

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 45 / 55 €
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.

The concert ends at 8:30 pm.
Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Samuel Rosenthal – Lost and Found
Wells, Neubauer, Herbert, Consonni

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
Martina Consonni - 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 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Große Oper - starkes Lied
Brigitte Fassbaender

Participants

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

Programme

Abraham Bretón:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Aus dem Schwanengesang D957
Ständchen
Am Meer
Der Doppelgänger 

Morgan-Andrew King:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Tod und das Mädchen

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Die beiden Grenadiere

and two other pieces

Andrew Kim:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Botschaft

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Ich liebe dich
Ein Traum

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Ich grolle nicht

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Verborgenheit

Cláudia Ribas:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Von ewiger Liebe
Die Mainacht
Unbewegte laue Luft

Moderation: KS Brigitte Fassbaender

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

Subject to change.

Tickets
29 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
Bridges Chamber Orchestra is coming to Casals Forum once again
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 – Musik des Widerstands. Stimmen aus Osteuropa
Pejčić, Semykras, Aavik, Kainrath, Wohlgemuth

Participants

  • Petar Pejčić cello

Programme

Bohuslav Martinů 

Variationen über ein slowakisches Thema für Cello und Klavier, H. 378

 

Dmitri Schostakowitsch 

Sonate für Cello und Klavier in d-Moll, Op. 40

1. Allegro non troppo
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Allegro

 

Béla Bartók 

Streichquartett Nr. 4

1. Allegro
2. Prestissimo, con sordino
3. Non troppo lento
4. Allegretto pizzicato
5. Allegro molto

 

Further participants

Dmytro Semykras - piano
Hans Christian Aavik - violine
Julian Kainrath - violine
Wassili Wohlgemuth - viola

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“
Devillers, Romaniuk, Vox Luminis, Meunier

Participants

  • Perrine Devillers soprano
  • Anthony Romaniuk organ
  • 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

Intermission

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“
Devillers, Romaniuk, Vox Luminis, Meunier

Participants

  • Perrine Devillers soprano
  • Anthony Romaniuk organ
  • 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

intermission

Dixit Dominus HWV 232

Concert ends around 10.00 pm.

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 55 / 75 €