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Year
Month
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 €
Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
WEEKEND PACKAGE I „FREUNDSCHAFTSSPIELE“
Mihaela Martina, Frans Helmerson & Friends
Day pass
68 / 76 / 100 €
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

Concerts ends at 8:30 pm

Subject to change.

Tickets
25 / 35 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele
MIHAELA MARTIN, FRANS HELMERSON & FRIENDS II
Stagg, Martin, Imai, Helmerson, Thedéen, Avdeeva, Students of Kronberg Academy, Măcelaru

Participants

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

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 €
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.

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

Tickets
25 / 35 €
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €
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. 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 €