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Thomas Hoppe

piano

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele

TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS I

Zimmermann, Kanneh-Mason, Hoppe, Students of Kronberg Academy

Participants

  • Abigél Králik violin
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Wassili Wohlgemuth violin
  • Natalie Loughran viola
  • Nicholas Swensen viola
  • Tabea Zimmermann viola
  • Anouchka Hack cello
  • Oliver Herbert cello
  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
  • Simon Aringer double bass
  • Thomas Hoppe piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048

Thomas Demenga (*1954)
‘Duo? o, Du...’ for viola and violoncello

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet (viola) and violoncello op. 114

intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 ‘Pastorale’
(Arr. G. Fischer for string sextet, ca. 1810)
 

An artist talk with Tabea Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Friedemann Eichhorn will take place at 6.45 pm.

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele

TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS III

Zimmermann, Hoppe

Participants

  • Tabea Zimmermann viola
  • Thomas Hoppe piano

Programme

Documentary film ‘Dmitri Shostakovich. The Viola Sonata’ (1981, OmU)

The film documents the often endangered existence of Dmitri Shostakovich in the Soviet Union. The directors created their work from archive material, which they edited exclusively with music by the composer. Criticism of Soviet cultural policy and solidarity with the composer, who on the one hand was honoured, but on the other hand was repeatedly harassed and humiliated, is created through the art of montage image/music.

intermission

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata in C major for viola and piano op. 147

The film is introduced by Brigitte van Kann.

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival - K7

MIHAELA MARTIN / Ettore Causa / THOMAS HOPPE / KRONBERG YOUNG SOLOISTS

Martin, Yoshida, Causa, Rosenthal, Friedensburg, Hoppe

Participants

  • Mihaela Martin violin
  • Ettore Causa viola
  • Thomas Hoppe piano
  • Minami Yoshida violin
  • Samuel Rosenthal viola
  • Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello

Programme

George Enescu (1881–1955)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 „Dans le caractère populaire romain“

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

Concert without intermission

A journey between melancholy and new beginnings: George Enescu's melodious Third Violin Sonata (“Dans le caractère populaire romain”) transports listeners to Romanian soundscapes with expressive power and folkloric finesse. Johannes Brahms' late String Quintet in G major brings warmth, breadth, and inner peace to life. When young soloists from the Kronberg Academy play alongside masters such as Mihaela Martin and Nobuko Imai, very special musical “vibrations” are created. It is an evening full of depth, passion, and lively chamber music encounters.

Subject to change.