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In Kronberg stars of today make music with stars of tomorrow; leading contemporary artists give performances with outstanding next-generation musicians. The concerts, public tuition sessions and public rehearsals all provide opportunities for audiences to become stakeholders in these great musical moments. Get close to music and the artists!
Current event
CHRISTIAN GERHAHER - ABENDRÖTHE
Participants
- Christian Gerhaher Baritone
- Gerold Huber piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Selected Songs
Manfred Trojahn (*1949)
Abendröthe (Eleven Songs on Texts by Friedrich Schlegel)
Subject to change
COHEN & AVISHAI
Participants
- Avishai Cohen trumpet
- Yonathan Avishai piano
Programme
Avishai Cohen is regarded as a defining innovator of contemporary jazz. In duo with his childhood friend Yonathan Avishai, he continually reimagines jazz standards in a style that is intimate, free, and deeply expressive.
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Concerti Brillanti: STURM UND GLANZ
Participants
- Alexandra Kahrer cello
- Itamar Carmeli piano
- European Orchestra Academy
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169 “Al Santo Sepolcro”
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
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BACH UND WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Angela Hewitt piano
Programme
PRELUDE
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Preludes and Fugues from “The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II”
INTERLUDE
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
POSTLUDE
Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
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LEA DESANDRE - IDYLLE
Participants
- Lea Desandre mezzo soprano
- Thomas Dunford Lute
Programme
Selected chansons by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn, Jacques Offenbach, Françoise Hardy, Barbara, Sébastien Le Camus, and others.
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ORA SINGERS - SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE
Participants
- ORA Singers
- Suzi Digby director
Programme
Selected songs by Jonathan Dove, Bob Chilcott, Richard Allain, Michael Cavendish, Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and others.
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IDENTIGRATION
Participants
- Bridges Kammerorchester – The composing orchestra
- Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff director
Programme
Atefeh Einali (*1990)
I am from Nowhere
Peter Klohmann (*1986)
Identigration?
Walid Khatba (*1982)
Mosaik am Main
Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff (*1982)
Concertino for Chamber Orchestra
Andrés Rosales (*1988)
Recuentos
Further works will be announced at a later date. The works have been composed or arranged by members of the orchestra.
Tickets plus fees available from www.frankfurtticket.de
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Organizer: Bridges – Musik verbindet gGmbH
TINY BRIDGES
Participants
- Khadim Seck percussion
- Damian Yordanov Kaval
- Nicola Vock double bass
- Sarah Wurmer Zither
- Lisa Bussa
- Anselm Dalferth direction
Programme
The musicians of the Bridges Chamber Orchestra learned to make music in very different ways. As an ensemble, they are therefore constantly building bridges between styles and discovering together with their audience what it takes to cross them.
Tiny Bridges brings together beautiful melodies from different corners of the world and gives young audiences the opportunity to experience the music actively — and even to change it themselves from time to time.
For children aged 3–9
A production of the Alte Oper in collaboration with the Bridges Chamber Orchestra
Subject to change.
TINY BRIDGES
Participants
- Khadim Seck percussion
- Damian Yordanov Kaval
- Nicola Vock double bass
- Sarah Wurmer Zither
- Anselm Dalferth direction
- Lisa Bussa
Programme
The musicians of the Bridges Chamber Orchestra learned to make music in very different ways. As an ensemble, they are therefore constantly building bridges between styles and discovering together with their audience what it takes to cross them.
Tiny Bridges brings together beautiful melodies from different corners of the world and gives young audiences the opportunity to experience the music actively — and even to change it themselves from time to time.
For children aged 3–9
A production of the Alte Oper in collaboration with the Bridges Chamber Orchestra
Subject to change.
ALL FOR KREMERATA BALTICA
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Passacaglia
Valentin Silvestrov (*1937)
Five Pieces
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Moz-Art à la Haydn
Victor Kissine (*1953)
Swan Time
Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Rag-Gidon-Time
Georgs Pelēcis (*1947)
Blooming Jasmine
Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
For Manfred
Andrius Žlabys (*1977)
From “Kaleidoscope”
Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
Hay que caminar
Dmitry Stepanovich (1751–1825)
String Quartet “Gidon Kremer Portrait”
Alexander Bakshi (*1952)
Shostakovich Concerto for Two Violins
Alexander Wustin (1943–2020)
Pour Gidon
Andrei Pushkarev (*1974) & Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Yellow Button
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