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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

STRAHLKRAFT

Moser, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lyniv

Participants

  • Johannes Moser cello
  • Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Oksana Lyniv director

Programme

Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
Concerto in D minor

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

WUNDER & WEGE

Hampson, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lyniv

Participants

  • Thomas Hampson Baritone
  • Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Oksana Lyniv director

Programme

Yuri Laniuk (*1957)
Elegy for Large Orchestra (Message to A. G.) (world premiere)

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Peer Gynt Suites No. 1, Op. 46 and No. 2, Op. 55

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

VERSPIELT

Lim, Várdai, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Kim

Participants

  • Ji Young Lim violin
  • István Várdai cello
  • Korean Chamber Orchestra
  • Min Kim director

Programme

Jisoo Lee (*1969)
Jindo Arirang (Theme on Traditional Korean Folk Music)

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G 482

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62

Christoph W. Gluck (1714–1787) & Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Melody from “Orfeo ed Euridice”

Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
Carmen Fantasy

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Serenade in E major, Op. 22

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

FÜR CASALS

Im, Shaham, Shaham, Swensen, Hoffman, Mun

Participants

  • Anna Im violin
  • Michael Shaham violin
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Nicholas Swensen viola
  • Gary Hoffman cello
  • Chloe Jiyeong Mun Piano

Programme

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
From Jewish Life, B 54

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Pablo Casals (1876–1973)
Rêverie

Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Requiebros

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111

 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

HERZBLUT

Kanneh-Mason, Fernandes

Participants

  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
  • Plínio Fernandes Guitar

Programme

Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
Sonata

Leo Brouwer (*1939)
Sonata “The Magic Space”

Rafael M. Arcaro
Élegie à une mémoire oubliée

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

ZEITSPRUNG

Schmidt, Avital, Kremerata Baltica, Jost

Participants

  • Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
  • Avi Avital mandolin
  • Kremerata Baltica
  • Christian Jost director

Programme

Heinrich Biber (1644–1704)
Battalia

Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (version for mandolin and strings)

Christian Jost (*1963)
“Seasons” for violoncello and string orchestra (world premiere)

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

SERENADE & SARKASMUS

Nakariakov, Van der Rest, Helmchen, Kremerata Baltica, Kremer

Participants

  • Sergei Nakariakov trumpet
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Martin Helmchen Piano
  • Gidon Kremer conducting & violin

Programme

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239 “Serenata notturna”

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Alisson Krussmaa

 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

GLOBAL GROOVES

CelloFellos: Cheng, Disselhorst

Participants

  • Bryan Cheng cello
  • Leonard Disselhorst cello

Programme

Leonard Disselhorst (*1976)
Kingfisher, The Drift, Jasmine Ode

Tigran Hamasyan (*1987) & Howard Shore (*1946)
Toichis Mountains

Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Such Sweet Thunder

Herbie Hancock (*1940) & Bobby McFerrin (*1950)
Turtle Shoes

Mariano Mores (1918–2016)
Taquito Militar

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Nightclub

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239 “Serenata notturna”

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Leonid Desyatnikov (*1955)
Work on the theme of “Courage” based on motifs by Mozart (world premiere)

Traditional medley of Romanian themes

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 BB 68

Milena Dolinová & Kryštof Mařatka (*1972)
Čsardáš III

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

GRENZGÄNGER

Philippe, hr-Bigband, Partyka

Participants

  • Bruno Philippe cello
  • hr-Bigband
  • Ed Partyka director

Programme

Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Selected Works

Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
Concerto for Violoncello and Wind Orchestra

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

NEW WORLD

Martin, Fenyő, Berlin Academy of American Music, Keast

Participants

  • Mihaela Martin violin
  • László Fenyö cello
  • Berlin Academy of American Music
  • Garrett Keast director

Programme

Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
An Outdoor Overture

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”

Anna Clyne (*1980)
Shorthand

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
An American in Paris

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Overture to the operetta “Candide”

 

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