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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Anna Im – Irresistible
Im, Herbert, Moreau

Participants

  • Anna Im violin

Programme

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A major ‘Grande Duo’, D. 574
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo. Presto – Trio
3. Andantino
4. Allegro vivace

Witold Lutosławski
Subito for Violin and Piano 

Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 32
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo. Allegro molto
3. Elegia. Adagio
4. Finale. Allegro non troppo

Further participants
Oliver Herbert - cello
Jérémie Moreau - 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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Itai Navon – Distorted Dances
Itai Navon, Elad Navon, Aavik, Friedensburg, Shaham, Zemach

Participants

  • Itai Navon piano

Programme

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Suite from L’Histoire du Soldat 

Irena Svetlova
12 Chromatic Bagatelles for piano solo 

Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Sextet in C major, Op. 37

Further participants
Bar Zemach - Horn
Elad Navon - Clarinet
Hans Christian Aavik - Violin
Noga Shaham - Viola
Clara Yuna Friedensburg - 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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Hayang Park – Romeo and Juliet - Shall we dance?
Park, Consonni, Kim, Chang, Kruithof

Participants

  • Hayang Park viola

Programme

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 (arr. for Viola and Piano by V. Borisovsky)
I. Introduction
II. The Street Awakens
III. Juliet the Young Girl

B. Britten (1913-1976)
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
I. March
II. Waltz
III. Burlesque

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
V. Dance of the Knights

R. Gliere (1875-1956)
Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op.39 (Arr. for Violin and Viola)
Prelude
Gavotte
Berceuse
Canzonetta
Intermezzo
Scherzo

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
VII. Balcony Scene

K. Gourzi (*1962)
The evening at the window, Op.75

S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
XIII. Juliet’s Death

Further participants
Martina Consonni - piano
Stephen Kim - violin
Hana Chang - violin
Benjamin Kruithof - 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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Bryan Cheng – Slavic Salon
Aavik, Thiele, Shaham, Silvie Cheng, Bryan Cheng

Participants

  • Bryan Cheng cello

Programme

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Waldesruhe, Op. 68 Nr. 5

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Klaviertrio in g-moll, Op. 15
III. Presto

Auszüge aus Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)
8 Stücke, Op. 39 für Violine und Violoncello

Sándor Veress (1907-1992)
Streichtrio
II. Allegro molto

Szymon Laks (1901-1983)
Streichquartett Nr. 3 „Über polnische Volksthemen“
II. Poco lento, sostenuto
III. Vivace non troppo

Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916)
Klavierquartett in a-moll, Op. 42
II. Scherzo. Presto – Poco meno mosso

Further participants
Hans Christian Aavik - violin
Charlotte Thiele - violin
Noga Shaham - viola
Silvie Cheng - 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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Dominik Wagner – 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

  • Dominik Wagner double bass

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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Avery Gagliano – Dusk till Dawn
Gagliano, Neubauer, Lee, Kruithof

Participants

  • Avery Gagliano piano

Programme

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Mazurkas, Op. 30

No. 1, C minor

No. 2, B minor

No. 3, D-flat major

No. 4, C-sharp minor

 

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Nocturne, Op. 33

 

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Miroirs: IV. ‘Alborada del Gracioso’

 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

I. Allegro motto moderator

II. Scherzo: Allegro Vivo

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro molto

 

Other participants

Oliver Neubauer - violin

Haesue Lee - viola

Benjamin Kruithof - 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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
LiLa – Kreutzer's Shadow
LiLa, K. Aavik, H. C. Aavik, Sant'Anna, N. Shaham

Participants

  • LiLa cello

Programme

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”

I. Adagio - Con moto

II. Con moto

III. Con moto - Vivace - Andante - Adagio

IV. Con moto - Adagio - Maestoso

  

 

Caroline Shaw (1982)

“Blueprint” (2016) for String Quartet 

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto 

III. Allegro - Allegro fugato 

 

Other participants

Piano: Karolina Aavik

Violins: Hans Christian Aavik, Guido Sant’anna

Viola: Noga Shaham

Cello: Lila 

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 €