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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


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

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
Oliver Herbert, cello
Avery Gagliano, piano

 

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Tickets
24 €
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

Intermission

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
 

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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
Figments of imagination - Nicholas Swensen
Han, Herbert, Swensen, Van der Rest, Wells

Participants

  • Nicholas Swensen viola

Programme

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp major, Op. 108

  1. Allegretto
  2. Lento
  3. Allegro – Allegretto – (Adagio)

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Fantasia No. 1 in D minor for three viols or other string instruments, Z. 732

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
From “12 Fantasias for Solo Violin,” No. 12 Fantasia in A minor, TWV 40:25

Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
“Cloud Trio” (2009) for string trio

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Fantasia in F major for solo piano, Wq 59/5

Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Viola Sonata in F major, Op. 11 No. 4

  1. Fantasy
  2. Theme with Variations
  3. Finale (with Variations)

Additional performers:
Claire Wells, violin
Pauline Van der Rest, violin
Oliver Herbert, cello
Anna Han, piano

 

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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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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 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
“You Can't Be Serious"- Brian Isaacs
Chang, Choi, Isaacs, Kruithof

Programme

Garth Knox (*1956)
Quartet for One
I. Nervous – solo viola
II. Expressivo – cello and viola
III. Gently Sentimental Waltz – second violin, viola & cello
IV. Virtuoso – quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Duo with Two Obbligato Eyeglasses, WoO 32
I. Allegro
II. Minuetto. Allegretto

Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
String Trio in C major
I. Allegretto vivo
II. Scherzo, vivo
III. Andante
IV. Rondo, vivo

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
IV. Larghetto espressivo. Allegretto agitato. Allegro

Additional performers:
Hana Chang, violin
Elli Choi, violin
Benjamin Kruithof, violoncello

 

 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
„Im Spiegel der Zeit“ - Sul Yoon
Lee, Moreau, Shaham, Yoon

Participants

  • Sul Yoon cello

Programme

Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Suite in the Old Style for Cello and Piano, Op. 80

Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Adagio for Cello and Piano

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2

 

Additional performers:
Michael Shaham, violin
Haesue Lee, viola
Jérémie Moreau, piano

 

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

Enjoy five Wednesday concerts at a special price of €96. 

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24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Bach im Fluss
Bach and Harpsichord: Andreas Staier
Okamoto, Staier

Participants

  • Seiji Okamoto violin
  • Andreas Staier harpsichord

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV 1003

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV 1003 (arrangement for harpsichord in D minor BWV 964)
Partita No. 4 in D major for solo piano BWV 828

 

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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