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Month
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
Innere Stimme - Lionel Martin
Chang, Kruithof, Martin, Spruit, Wohlgemuth

Participants

  • Lionel Martin cello

Programme

Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
“Lullaby” for Cello Solo (2018)

 

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C Major op. post. 163 D 956

  1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Scherzo. Presto
  4. Allegretto

 

Further Participants:
Hana Chang, Violin
Charlotte Spruit, Violin
Wassili Wohlgemuth, Viola
Benjamin Kruithof, Cello

 

 

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Klavier Solo
Piano Solo - Sir András Schiff
Schiff

Participants

  • Sir András Schiff piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
The Art of Fuge BWV 1080

This concert is dedicated to Henle Verlag.

 

 

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3-concert package “Piano SOLO” 180 / 132 / 84 €
 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
„Tranquility“ - Michael Shaham
Choi, Isaacs, M. Shaham, N. Shaham, Skanavi

Participants

  • Michael Shaham violin

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406 (516b)

Menachem Zur (*1942)
Prelude for Solo Violin (1991)

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 “The American”

 

Additional performers:
Elli Choi, violin
Noga Shaham, viola
Brian Isaacs, viola
Ivan Skanavi, violoncello

 

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

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Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Bach im Fluss
Bach and Oboe: Marcel Ponseele
Ponseele, Herbert, Wang, Il Gardellino

Participants

  • Marcel Ponseele oboe
  • Oliver Herbert cello
  • Il Gardellino
  • Tiemo Wang baritone

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prélude and Sarabande from: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011
Elegy (Improvisation)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sinfonia from: Cantata „Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis“ BWV 21

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–1763)
Quartet „O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden“

 Intermission

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Cantata „Ich habe genug“ BWV 82
Aria „Es ist vollbracht“ from: Cantata BWV 159


In cooperation with Frankfurter Bachkonzerte e. V.


CONCERT PACKAGE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE
4-pack „Bach im Fluss“ 176 / 144 / 112 €


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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
„Es war einmal…” - Haesue Lee
Gagliano, Lee, Udovychenko, Viola, Yoon

Participants

  • Haesue Lee viola

Programme

György Kurtág (born 1926)
Excerpt from Signs, Games and Messages: Hommage à John Cage (Stockende Worte)

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Märchenbilder, for viola and piano, Op. 113

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet, Op. 47

Further participations:
Dmytro Udovychenko, violin
Haesue Lee, viola
Sul Yoon, cello
Avery Gagliano, piano

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
BEETHOVEN IM DUO „Saitenweise“ ­Cello & Klavier
Hecker, Helmchen

Participants

  • Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
  • Martin Helmchen piano

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata in A major for piano and violoncello, Op. 69
Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”
from Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in E-flat major, WoO 46
12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Oratorio
“Judas Maccabaeus,” WoO 45
Sonata in F major for piano and cello, Op. 5 No. 1
 

Subject to change.

Tickets
30 / 45 / 60 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
Von der Seidenstraße über Venedig nach Konstantinopel
Bridges Kammerorchester, Ziouani, Dahlhoff

Participants

  • Bridges Kammerorchester

Programme

 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
La Follia (Arr. Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff)

Ceren Türkmenoğlu (*1989) 
Gündömünü - Solstice

Gabriel Mientka (*1986)
Constantinople
 

Other participants
Zahia Ziouani – conductor
Johanna-Leonore Dahlhoff – artistic director

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Tickets
30 / 45 / 60 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
MittwochsKonzert - Nicholas Swensen
The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

Participants

  • Nicholas Swensen viola

Programme

The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

 

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24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
Wie bitte? - Oliver Herbert
Chang, Jia, Kim, Skanavi, Swensen, Wells

Participants

  • Oliver Herbert cello

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Canon a 4, BWV 1074

*Helena Winkelman (1974)
Sleipnir the Eight-Legged for string quartet

Andrew Moses (*1999)
Absconditus (after Theile, Bokemeyer, and Maier)
World Premiere

*John Adams (1947)
Shaker Loops for string septet

 

Further participants
Claire Wells, violin
Sarang Kim, violin
Hana Chang, violin
Nicholas Swensen, viola
Ivan Skanavi, cello
Junzhe Jia, double bass

 

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

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Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Osterkonzert – J. S. Bach: Osterkantaten
Amarcord & Lautten Compagney, Katschner

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
„Erfreut Euch, ihr Herzen“, BWV 66
„Christ lag in Todesbanden“, BWV 4
„Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß“, BWV 134
„Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden“, BWV 6

 

Participants
Amarcord & Lautten Compagney
Wolfgang Katschner (conduction)



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Tickets
35 / 55 / 75 €