Concerts

Concert | Grand Duo Concertant
Pieces by Leclair, Spohr, Prokofiev and Franck
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Sat 23 September

18.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 6

Grand Duo Concertant

Pieces by Leclair, Spohr, Prokofiev and Franck
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JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR (1697 – 1764)
Sonata No. 1 in G major for two violin op. 3

LOUIS SPOHR (1784 – 1859)
Duo concertante in D major for two violin op. 67 Nr. 2

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953)
Sonata in C major for two violin op. 56

intermission

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822 – 1890)
Sonata in A major for violin and piano FWV 8

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Concert | Von Casals bis Chopin – Singendes Cello - "When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.“ Pablo Casals
Werke von Casals, Franchomme, Bach, Popper und Chopin
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sat 23 September

21.15

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 7

Von Casals bis Chopin – Singendes Cello

"When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.“ Pablo Casals

Werke von Casals, Franchomme, Bach, Popper und Chopin
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PABLO CASALS (1876 – 1973)
El cant dels ocells (Gesang der Vögel) - Arr. Sally Beamish for cello solo

AUGUSTE-JOSEPH FRANCHOMME (1808 – 1884)
Duo for two celli op. 15 No. 1
Duo for two celli op. 14 No. 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Air from the orchestra suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 – Arr. Julius Klengel for cello and piano

AUGUSTE-JOSEPH FRANCHOMME (1808 – 1884)
Air russe varié No. 2 for cello and piano op. 32

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810 – 1849)
Prélude No. 4 in e minor op. 28 (Arr. Matthias Spindler for 4 celli – premiere)
Prélude No. 15 D flat major op. 28 „Rain drops“ (Arr. A.-J. Franchomme for 4 celli)
Marche funèbre from Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor for piano solo op. 35 (Arr. A.-J. Franchomme for 4 celli)
Prélude No. 20 in c minor op. 28 (Arr. A.-J. Franchomme for four celli)
Nocturne No. 20 in b minor, op. posth. (Arr. Mischa Maisky for piano and cello)
Largo from Sonata in g minor for piano and cello op. 65

DAVID POPPER (1843 – 1913)
Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and piano op. 68


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Concert | Träumereien
Pieces by Schubert, Casals and Faure
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sun 24 September

11.00

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 8

Träumereien

Pieces by Schubert, Casals and Faure
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FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Trio in B flat major for violin, viola and cello D 581

PABLO CASALS (1876 – 1973)
Rêverie for cello and piano
Romanza for cello and piano

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924)
Trio in d minor for piano, violin and cello op. 120

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Concert | Höhenflüge
Pieces by Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Sun 24 September

18.15

Casals Forum, Großer Saal


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Concert 9

Höhenflüge

Pieces by Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven
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JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)
Sonata No. 1 in e minor for piano and cello op. 38

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano D 821 (version for violoncello and piano)

intermission

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Sonata No. 3 in A major for piano and cello op. 69


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Concert | Hommage à Casals
Pieces by Casals, Ysaÿe, Granados, Moór, Cassadó and Popper
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sun 24 September

21.15

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 10

Hommage à Casals

Pieces by Casals, Ysaÿe, Granados, Moór, Cassadó and Popper
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PABLO CASALS (1876 – 1973)
Full d'àlbum for cello and piano

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 – 1931)
Selection from sonata for cello solo, op. 28:
2. Intermezzo
4. Finale con brio

ENRIQUE GRANADOS (1867 – 1916)
Intermezzo from the opera “Goyescas“ for cello and piano

EMANUEL MOÓR (1863-1931)
Sonata No. 2 in G major for cello and piano op. 55

ENRIQUE GRANADOS (1867 – 1916)
“Andaluza“ from “12 Danzas españolas“ for piano solo op. 37 No. 5 (Arr: Pablo Casals)

ENRIC CASALS (1892 – 1986)
Suite in d minor for cello solo “A Pau Casals”

GASPAR CASSADÓ (1897 – 1966)
Danse du diable vert for cello and piano

DAVID POPPER (1843 – 1913)
Requiem for three cellos and piano op. 66

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Concert | Menschenwerke
Pieces by Haydn and Beethoven
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Mon 25 September

18.30

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 11

Menschenwerke

Pieces by Haydn and Beethoven
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JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)
Concerto No. 1 in C major for violin and orchestra Hob VIIa: 1

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92

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Concert | Lebenswerk
Pieces by Berlioz and Schumann
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Mon 25 September

20.00

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 12

Lebenswerk

Pieces by Berlioz and Schumann
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Granting of the Pablo Casals Award - For A Better World
to the pianist Lars Vogt (1970-2022) for his initiative "Rhapsody in School
Laudatory speech: Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803 – 1869)
“Scène d'amour” from "Roméo et Juliette" – Symphonie dramatique op. 17

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)
Concerto in d minor for violin and orchestra WoO 1


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Concert | Spannungsbögen - Exklusiv für Freunde der Kronberg Academy
Pieces by Beethoven, Mozart and Tschaikovsky
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Tue 26 September

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal


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Concert 13

Spannungsbögen

Exklusiv für Freunde der Kronberg Academy

Pieces by Beethoven, Mozart and Tschaikovsky
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19.00 Introductory talk
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (Henle Verlag): Mozart's string quintet "opera" in G minor K. 516: A look into the heart of his art

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Duet with two obbligato eyeglasses in E flat major for viola and violoncello WoO 32

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
String quintet in g minor KV 516

intermission

PJOTR ILJITSCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893)
Trio No. 1 in a minor for violin, cello and piano op. 50

 

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Concert | Medley grosso
Pieces by Boccherini, Schnittke and Ligeti
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Wed 27 September

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 14

Medley grosso

Pieces by Boccherini, Schnittke and Ligeti
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743 – 1805)
Concerto No. 7 in G major for cello and orchestra G 480

ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934 – 1998)
Concerto grosso No. 1 for two violin, cembalo, preparated piano and chamber orchestra

intermission

GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923 – 2006)
String quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" (Arr. for String orchestra)

Carte Blanche à Gilles Apap
Praeludium und Allegro nach G. Pugnani (Fritz Kreisler)
Berceuse (Gabriel Fauré)
Bulgar Thing
Fiddlin' Around
Irish Polkas Medley
Java Manouche
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Spring Waltz
Old Dangerfield

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Concert | Klingende Bilder
Pieces by Kissine, Haydn, Schubert, Weinberg, Mussorgsky, Schnittke and Rantala
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Thu 28 September

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 15

Klingende Bilder

Pieces by Kissine, Haydn, Schubert, Weinberg, Mussorgsky, Schnittke and Rantala
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VICTOR KISSINE (*1953)
“Für Pablo“ for violin, piano and cello obligato
Commissioned work of the Kronberg Academy - World premiere

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)
Concerto for piano, violin and strings in F major Hob XVIII:6, with cadenzas by Victor Kissine

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Rondo in A major for violin and strings D 438

MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG (1919-1996)
From Three pieces for violin and piano:
I. Nocturne
(Arr. Andrei Pushkarev for violin and string orchestra)

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839 – 1881)
Selection from "Pictures at an Exhibition" (arrangement Jacques Cohen for string orchestra)

intermission

ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934 – 1998)
Monologue for viola and strings

IIRO RANTALA (*1970)
Anyone with a heart
Freedom
Zuerst Mensch – Commissioned work of the Kronberg Academy – World premiere

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Concert | Identigration
Pieces by Einali, Klohmann, Gershwin, Schneider, Skaf, Bach, Zeynalova and Rosales
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Fri 29 September

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 16

Identigration

Pieces by Einali, Klohmann, Gershwin, Schneider, Skaf, Bach, Zeynalova and Rosales
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ATEFEH EINALI (*1986)
From „I am from nowhere“:
II. Joyful

PETER KLOHMANN (*1986):
Identigration?

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898 – 1937)
Summertime (Arr. Peter Klohmann)

­­­­­­­­­­­­ENJOTT SCHNEIDER (*1950)
THE BIRDS – WISDOM & MAGIC for violin and orchestra
1: Birth of the universe from spiral and bird’s egg
2: Raven & Crow – Nigredo the Blackness
3: The Swan – Albedo the White
4: The peacock - colourfulness of the dazzling astral world
5: The owl - silent hunter of the night between magic and wisdom
6: The Crane Dance - Soul Flight and Ritual
Commissioned work of the Kronberg Academy - World premiere

intermission

HASSAN SKAF (1951 – 2015)
Samai Bayat - Arr. Walid Khatba

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Orchesta suite No. 2 in h minor BWV 1067 (Arr. Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff)

KHADICHA ZEYNALOVA (*1975)
Yanar Dağ I – Feuerberg
Commissioned by Bridges-Kammerorchesters 2022

ANDRÉS ROSALES (*1988):
El niño y la mariposa

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Concert | Chaconne
Pieces by Bach, Auerbach and Prokofiev
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Fri 29 September

21.15

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 17

Chaconne

Pieces by Bach, Auerbach and Prokofiev
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor for violin solo BWV 1004

LERA AUERBACH (*1973)
La suite dels ocells– Hommage à Pablo Casals for violin solo
Commissioned work of the Kronberg Academy

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953)
Sonata No. 2 in D major for violin and piano op. 94a


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Concert for children and teens | Träume, Vögel und Forellen - CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Music by Pablo Casals, Franz Schubert (Forellenquintett) and other musician-inventors
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sat 30 September

15.00

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal


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Concert 18

Träume, Vögel und Forellen

CHILDREN'S CONCERT

Music by Pablo Casals, Franz Schubert (Forellenquintett) and other musician-inventors
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Musicians of the HessenClassicPlayers
Christoph Gotthardt, music education and piano


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Concert | Ungarische Rhapsodie
Pieces by Schubert, Hartmann, Tschaikovsky, Kodaly, Popper and Weiner
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Sat 30 September

18.15

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 19

Ungarische Rhapsodie

Pieces by Schubert, Hartmann, Tschaikovsky, Kodaly, Popper and Weiner
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FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)
Quartettsatz in c minor for two violins, viola and violoncello D 703
(Arr. for string orchestra)

KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN (1905 – 1963)
Concerto funèbre for violin and string orchestra

intermission

PJOTR ILJITSCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in b minor for cello and orchestra op. 62

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882 – 1967)
Doppeltanz from “Kálló”

DAVID POPPER (1843 – 1913)
Hungarian Rhapsody for violoncello and piano op. 68 (Arr. István Várdai & Sárközy Ensemble)

LEÓ WEINER (1885 – 1960)
Divertimento No. 1 op. 20


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Concert | Stradihumpa
Pieces by Breinschmid, Duda, Willeitner, Schmid, Dienz and Halvorsen
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sat 30 September

21.15

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 20

Stradihumpa

Pieces by Breinschmid, Duda, Willeitner, Schmid, Dienz and Halvorsen
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GEORG BREINSCHMID (*1973)
Miniature

JÖRG DUDA (*1968)
Duet op. 5 No. 5

FLORIAN WILLEITNER (*1991)
1+1=3: The Abstraction of Beauty for violin and tuba

BENJAMIN SCHMID (*1968)
Prelude
Let’s Gavotte!
after J.S. Bach Prélude and Gavotte from Partita No. 3 in E major for violin solo BWV 1006

CHRISTOF DIENZ (*1968)
Concertino from the countryside for violin and tuba

JOHAN HALVORSEN (1864 – 1935)
Passacaglia for violin and viola (freely after Handel)

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Concert | Mozartiana
Pieces by Mozart
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Sun 1 October

17.15

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 22

Mozartiana

Pieces by Mozart
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)

Sonata No. 20 in C major for piano and Violine KV 303 "Kurfürstin"
Sonata No. 33 in E flat major for piano and Violine KV 481
Sonata No. 35 in A major for piano and Violine KV 526

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Concert | Entdeckungen - Junge Talente der Geigen- und Bratschen Meisterkurse
Finale of the violin & viola masterclasses! Young participants selected by the tutors present themselves at the end of the masterclasses
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Sun 1 October

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 23

Entdeckungen

Junge Talente der Geigen- und Bratschen Meisterkurse

Finale of the violin & viola masterclasses! Young participants selected by the tutors present themselves at the end of the masterclasses
Concert | Preisträgerkonzert
Young talents of the violin & viola masterclasses and the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Mon 2 October

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 24

Preisträgerkonzert

Young talents of the violin & viola masterclasses and the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
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Excerpts from violin concertos by
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)

Concerto No. 1 in B major for violin and orchestra KV 207
Concerto No. 3 in G major for violin and orchestra KV 216
Concerto No. 4 in D major for violin and orchestra KV 218
Concerto No. 5 in A major for violin and orchestra KV 219

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681 – 1767)
Concerto in G major for viola, string orchestra and basso continuo TWV 51:G9

CARL STAMITZ (1745 – 1801)
Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra op. 1

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)
Concerto No. 1 in C major for violin and orchestra Hob VIIa:1

Awards:
Manfred Grommek-Prize
Prince of Hesse Prize
Ana Chumachenco Award
Nobuko Imai Award


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Concert | In memoriam Pablo
Pieces by Bach, Casals and Brahms
Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

Tue 3 October

11.00

Casals Forum, Carl Bechstein Saal

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Concert 25

In memoriam Pablo

Pieces by Bach, Casals and Brahms
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
Sonata No. 1 in G major for cello and piano BWV 1027

PABLO CASALS (1876 – 1973)
Morceau de concours for cello and piano
Pastoral for cello and piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)
Sonata No. 2 in F major for piano and cello op. 99
 

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Concert | Finale Grande
Pieces by Rossini, Bartok and Mendelssohn
Casals Forum, Großer Saal

Tue 3 October

19.45

Casals Forum, Großer Saal

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Concert 26

Finale Grande

Pieces by Rossini, Bartok and Mendelssohn
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868)
Overture from the opera "William Tell"

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881 – 1945)
Concerto for viola and orchestra (Arr. Tabea Zimmermann)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809 – 1847)
Symphony No. 4 in A major op. 90 „Italienische“

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