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| Friday 24-May-13 08:00pm |
 Beethoven-Haus, Bonn7. Kammerkonzert |
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| Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Bonn, Germany Friday 24-May-13 08:00pm 7. Kammerkonzert | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn 4. Mendelssohn um 11 |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am 4. Mendelssohn um 11 | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 11:00am |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn 4. Kinderkonzert |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 9-Jun-13 11:00am 4. Kinderkonzert | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Kanzlerbungalow, Bonn 3. Konzert im Kanzlerbungalow |
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| Kanzlerbungalow, Bonn, Adenauerallee 139, 53113 Bonn Bonn, Germany Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:00pm 3. Konzert im Kanzlerbungalow | ||
| Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn 7. Freitagskonzert |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 14-Jun-13 08:00pm 7. Freitagskonzert | ||
| Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Beethoven-Haus, Bonn 8. Kammerkonzert |
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| Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Bonn, Germany Friday 21-Jun-13 08:00pm 8. Kammerkonzert | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 06:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn 6. Sonntagskonzert |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 30-Jun-13 06:00pm 6. Sonntagskonzert | ||
| Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn 8. Freitagskonzert |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 19-Jul-13 08:00pm 8. Freitagskonzert | ||
| Friday 30-Aug-13 07:00pm |
Kunst!Rasen, Bonn Wagner open air Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Kunst!Rasen, Bonn, Charles-de-Gaulle-Straße, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 30-Aug-13 07:00pm Wagner open air "The Richard Wagner Project"
Wagner´s most famous melodies meet the musical traditions of New York, Cuba, Spain and Brazil.
Joint event with Kunst!Rasen. € 35/28/22 For this concert VIP tickets are available. VIP ticket benefits: Reserved parking at Kunst!Rasen Admission via VIP entrance Seat on grandstand with best view of the stage Exclusive access to the VIP lounge for VIP guests Free choice of drinks (sparkling wine, cocktails, long drinks, soft drinks, various wines and beers) Accompanying snacks to beverages (pastries, olives, chips, etc.) Small dinner buffet Image credit: © Sabine Kierdorf Works by Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Open air: Outdoors | ||
| Thursday 5-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Wealth and Beauty Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Thursday 5-Sep-13 08:00pm Wealth and Beauty For Kent Nagano, Johannes Brahms’s Fourth Symphony is one of the great classical Masterpiece, a work about which Joseph Joachim wrote to the composer in the following terms: "The gripping character of the whole, the density of invention, the wonderfully intertwined growth of the motifs, even more than the richness and the beauty of single parts, I like very much." It is a stroke of luck that in Bonn Nagano can be heard for the first time conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, an orchestra known here on the Rhine for its furioso performances of Beethoven and sensitive interpretations of Schumann.
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This concert is part of the Residency of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Sponsored by Ernst & Young. Image credit: © B. Ealovega | ||
| Friday 6-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Athletic Elegance Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 6-Sep-13 08:00pm Athletic Elegance His technique is breathtaking, his pleasure in playing immense, and his presentation athletically elegant. Martin Grubinger is a world star and since his “Percussive Planet” in 2006 he has been firmly associated with the Beethovenfest Bonn. In 2013 too, Martin Grubinger, one of the world’s best marimbaphone players, will be present at the festival with a number of programmes, one of them including Stravinsky’s well-known “Rite of Spring”, which had its premiere 100 years ago. The programme will be presented by a well-rehearsed “family business”: son, father, teacher, wife and sister-in-law.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Image credit: © Felix Broede | ||
| Friday 6-Sep-13 09:00pm |
Hotel Königshof, Bonn Relaxing on the Rhine Terraces Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Hotel Königshof, Bonn, Adenauerallee 9, 53111 Bonn, Germany Friday 6-Sep-13 09:00pm Relaxing on the Rhine Terraces "Chillout SinNfonie"
Classic Chillout Lounge with live music
The world takes time off and time changes its rhythm when the Hamburg-based “sound pilot” Raphaël Marionneau takes his audience off on his journey. He is one of the most influential chillout DJs in Europe and is the inventor of “Le café abstrait”. His sound is a mix of ambient, chillout, downtempo, electro and Ibiza trance. A musical invitation to switch off the everyday world. The Beethovenfest and Raphaël Marionneau have invited selected classical ensembles from the NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra as live guests for these two evenings. Additional Information: An event of the Ameron Hotel Königshof in co-operation with the Beethovenfest Bonn. Image credit: © Jan Haeselich | ||
| Saturday 7-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn English Promenade Concert Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Saturday 7-Sep-13 07:00pm English Promenade Concert With the now famous “Opening Night”, Thomas Hengelbrock entices the music lovers of Hamburg into the concert hall at the beginning of the season. Hengelbrock is bringing this concept – a three-part programme with two intervals and a lot of leisure – with him to Bonn. The mood of expectation that pervades the lively programme will rub off on to the audience in Bonn – in line with the motto of the Beethovenfest Bonn 2013, we shall hear the original form of famous English themes along with variations or metamorphoses. The NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra, newly founded by Thomas Hengelbrock, is celebrating its first away fixture with this concert.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 6.30 PM Orchestra portrait "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the NDR Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Image credit: © Gunter Gluecklich Works by Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Works by Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Works by Bishop, Henry (1786-1855) Works by Sullivan, Arthur (1842-1900) | ||
| Saturday 7-Sep-13 09:00pm |
Hotel Königshof, Bonn Relaxing on the Rhine Terraces Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Hotel Königshof, Bonn, Adenauerallee 9, 53111 Bonn, Germany Saturday 7-Sep-13 09:00pm Relaxing on the Rhine Terraces "Chillout SinNfonie"
Classic Chillout Lounge with live music
The world takes time off and time changes its rhythm when the Hamburg-based “sound pilot” Raphaël Marionneau takes his audience off on his journey. He is one of the most influential chillout DJs in Europe and is the inventor of “Le café abstrait”. His sound is a mix of ambient, chillout, downtempo, electro and Ibiza trance. A musical invitation to switch off the everyday world. The Beethovenfest and Raphaël Marionneau have invited selected classical ensembles from the NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra as live guests for these two evenings. Additional Information: An event of the Ameron Hotel Königshof in co-operation with the Beethovenfest Bonn. Image credit: © Jan Haeselich | ||
| Sunday 8-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg, Bonn Out of a Love for Lieder |
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| Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg, Bonn, Köningswinter/Petersberg, 53639 Bonn, Germany Sunday 8-Sep-13 06:00pm Out of a Love for Lieder Image credit: © Y. Mavropoulos | ||
| Sunday 8-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Romantic Solo Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 8-Sep-13 07:00pm Romantic Solo In 2013 Hélène Grimaud is appearing at two Beethovenfest concerts, the first together with the NDR Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Hengelbrock. With the poetic Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann – one of the best-known works in this genre, for a recording of which Hélène Grimaud received the ECHO Klassik in 2005 – the charismatic artist can put her qualities as a soloist to the test, and pass with flying colours. The music of Schumann the Romantic is juxtaposed with the “Romantic” symphony by Anton Bruckner.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 6.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Concert as part of the residency of the NDR Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by WestLotto. Image credit: © Mat Hennek | ||
| Monday 9-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethoven-Haus, Bonn Luxury, peace and pleasure Beethovenfest Bonn |
Works by Duparc Works by Debussy Works by Poulenc Works by Satie |
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| Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Bonn, Germany Monday 9-Sep-13 08:00pm Luxury, peace and pleasure The existential big-city imagery of Charles Baudelaire, characterized by loneliness, has inspired numerous composers, including Claude Debussy and Erik Satie. This recital is devoted to his poems, transformed into musical pictures, to Roger Hanschel’s limpid saxophone sounds, and Oskar Pastior’s cryptic metamorphosis of "Harmonie du soir". A concert that glows like the picture by Henri Matisse, whose title is taken from Baudelaire’s "Les fleurs du mal": "Luxe, calme et volupté" – "Luxury, peace, and pleasure".
"Luxe, calme et volupté - Baudelaire Metamorphoses" Oskar Pastior: "Oh du roher iasmin". Intonations to "Harmonie du soir" by Charles Baudelaire alternating with the "Karmic Episode" für solo saxophone. Image credit: © Steffen Jänicke Works by Duparc, Henri (1848-1933) Works by Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) Works by Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) Works by Satie, Erik (1866-1925) | ||
| Tuesday 10-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Duo Classics Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tuesday 10-Sep-13 08:00pm Duo Classics "The pair are, in respect of their profound musical exploration of the score, simply the perfect duo." (Bonner General-Anzeiger)
"The pair" are the duo partners Jan Vogler and Hélène Grimaud, who, following their celebrated concert at the Beethovenfest 2010, are playing the classic in this genre by Beethoven: his Cello Sonata in A major op. 69. Across Rachmaninoff’s great late-Romantic Cello Sonata, the two performers will be casting a musical bridge into the twentieth century with Alfred Schnittke’s polystylistic masterpiece.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. Sponsored by DHPG Bonn. Image credit: © Mat Hennek | ||
| Wednesday 11-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn Nobel Prize for Music Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany Wednesday 11-Sep-13 08:00pm Nobel Prize for Music In 1973 the first Ernst von Siemens Music Prize was awarded – to Benjamin Britten. He has been followed since then by numerous other composers, conductors and instrumentalists, all honoured by the bestowal of what is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize for Music”. The recipient in 1998 was György Kurtág, in 2003 it was Wolfgang Rihm and last year Friedrich Cerha. All three are represented at this concert with works associated and combined with pictures – presented in Bonn in an appropriate setting by recognized specialists. The event is part of the official series of concerts, being held in nine European cities, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Foundation.
Additional Information: 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Joint event with the Bundeskunsthalle, in co-operation with Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. Image credit: © Manu Theobald Rihm, Wolfgang (b. 1952), Bild for Nine Players (To accompany the film "Un chien andalou" by Buñuel and Dalí) | ||
| Thursday 12-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Rhythm Pure Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Thursday 12-Sep-13 08:00pm Rhythm Pure The keyword of this appearance of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck is “rhythm”. The first work on the programme is the concerto for percussion, “Conjurer”, by the American composer John Corigliano. The work is a highly transparent sound study, in which the virtuoso percussionist Martin Grubinger can be heard on more than 30 instruments. Fitting accompaniments to this piece are two compositions by Maurice Ravel, of which the second in particular, the worldfamous “Boléro”, owes its great success to its rhythm.
Additional Information: 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by Phoenix Reisen. Image credit: © Felix Broede | ||
| Friday 13-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Collegium Leoninum, Bonn Cello Metamorphoses Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Collegium Leoninum, Bonn, Noeggerathstraße 34, 53111 Bonn, Germany Friday 13-Sep-13 08:00pm Cello Metamorphoses Johann Sebastian Bach’s cello suites are among the foundation documents for solo cello music. Without a doubt they influenced the composition of Britten’s colourful, descriptive solo works, which date from some 240 years later than the Bach suites. In Britten’s centenary year, the celebrated cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras has included in his programme a key work by the English composer, one now seen as one of the most penetrating works for the solo cello, with a view to relating it to Bach’s music for the instrument.Image credit: © Yoshinori Mido | ||
| Friday 13-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Composer, Trombonist and Conductor Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 13-Sep-13 08:00pm Composer, Trombonist and Conductor Composer, trombonist and conductor – the Swedish musician Christian Lindberg has an exceptional talent. Together with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, he will show that the musical understanding and penetration of the works can be enriched by this threefold perspective. Wagner himself, in his capacity as composer, librettist, stage director and conductor, created “total works of art” whose aesthetic is admired to this day. This evening we shall hear the Prelude to the “Meistersinger” and Kundry’s moving aria “Ich sah das Kind”, sung here by Dagmar Pecková, who is famous for her devilishly expressive voice.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Image credit: © Mats Bäcker | ||
| Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Brilliant Debut Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm Brilliant Debut The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its music director Manfred Honeck were hailed as a "fabulous ensemble" (General-Anzeiger) for their performance at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2011. On board in 2013 will be the 25-year-old celebrated pianist Yuja Wang, who has already been nominated for two Grammies for the elegance of her brilliant musical talent and who won her first ECHO Klassik in 2011. She will make her festival debut with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The autobiographical tone poem "Ein Heldenleben" by Richard Strauss, in which the composer portrays himself and his wife Pauline with irony and musical finesse, concludes the concert.
Additional Information: 7.30 PM Concert Introduction "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by Bechtle. Image credit: © Felix Broede | ||
| Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Telekom Forum, Bonn Eccentric "Gesamtkunstwerk" Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Telekom Forum, Bonn, Landgrabenweg 151, 53227 Bonn-Beuel Bonn, Germany Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm Eccentric "Gesamtkunstwerk" "Student managers" Project 2013
Arrangements, own composition, improvisations etc. for digital organ on themes by Ludwig van Beethoven Metamorphoses of an instrument: Cameron Carpenter, the eccentric American organist and composer, brings out the queen of instruments from her usual setting and gives her dusty image a makeover! He casts doubt on traditions, he discusses, experiments and provokes the organ world with his interpretations. Alongside the staging of his instrument, he stages himself. He designs his stage outfits himself, and has them made by selected bespoke tailors. He plays with light and cameras. Cameron Carpenter, his playing technique and his shows constitute a "Gesamtkunstwerk", a total work of art! Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Project for Deutsche Telekom. The project student managers at Junges Beethovenfest Bonn is supported by Deutsche Bank Stiftung and RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur. Image credit: © Heiko Laschitzki | ||
| Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Kursaal Bad Honnef, Bonn Musico-literary Metamorphosis Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Kursaal Bad Honnef, Bonn, Hauptstrasse 28, 53604 Bad Honnef Bonn, Germany Saturday 14-Sep-13 08:00pm Musico-literary Metamorphosis “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect.” With these opening words of his short story “Metamorphosis”, Franz Kafka introduces us to the grotesque situation of his protagonist. “Metamorphosis” is also one of the most important compositional techniques in music. In association with Michael Degen as narrator, the Minguet Quartet demonstrate the metamorphoses, transformations and flights from reality that have taken place in music since Beethoven’s day.Image credit: © Steffen Jänicke Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Works by Suk, Josef (1874-1935) Works by Widmann, Jörg (b. 1973) | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 11:00am |
Schumannhaus, Bonn Beautiful Sounds from the Past Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Schumannhaus, Bonn, Sebastianstraße 182, 53313 Bonn, Germany Sunday 15-Sep-13 11:00am Beautiful Sounds from the Past Winner of 1st prize at the Musica Antiqua competition, Bruges 2013 (Fortepiano)
The fortepiano, which was in widespread use in Beethoven’s time, has now virtually disappeared from the concert-hall. This is a pity, for it can produce sound nuances the modern piano is incapable of. At the 2013 Internationale Wedstrijd Musica Antiqua in Bruges, the fortepiano is at the focus of artistic interest. Young musicians are still specializing in this instrument – the prizewinner in Bruges, who will be chosen on 8 August, will be playing works composed during the heyday of this instrument, and we shall have an opportunity to hear them as the composers intended. Joint event with the Schumannfest Bonn. Image credit: Schumannhaus © Ilja Hoepping, Internet Programme to include: Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 11:00am |
Hotel Königshof, Bonn Astrologer at the Piano Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Hotel Königshof, Bonn, Adenauerallee 9, 53111 Bonn, Germany Sunday 15-Sep-13 11:00am Astrologer at the Piano "Keys and the Zodiac in Beethoven and Wagner" – an illustrated comparison
Every key has its own character. That’s something listeners are aware of. And consciously or unconsciously, most composers pay attention to this characteristic, which follows from our tonal system. Stefan Mickisch has not only taken a long-term interest in the characteristics of keys, but has developed from this his own interpretation in combination with the signs of the zodiac. In his customary chatty style, the pianist, who is known for his introductions to the Bayreuth Festival, explains these hidden relationships in the music of Beethoven and Wagner with numerous examples on the piano. Sponsored by Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft. Image credit: © W. Heider-Sawall | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Adventurous Acoustic Journey Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm Adventurous Acoustic Journey Music for strings from four eras – that’s what the violinist Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the specialist English orchestra for early music, are presenting. The spectrum from Bach to Schoenberg spans almost 200 years, but the relationship is no less plausible than that between Mozart’s B flat major Violin Concerto and the "Metamorphoses" of Richard Strauss: a musical weave that consists of seemingly endless variations and developments – an adventurous acoustic journey.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 5.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Image credit: © Uwe Arens, Decca | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Telekom Forum, Bonn "And Now Mozart" Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Telekom Forum, Bonn, Landgrabenweg 151, 53227 Bonn-Beuel Bonn, Germany Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm "And Now Mozart" This show promises you all that it will contain absolutely NO Mozart, but enhances your love of music and toning your stomach muscles by histerically laughing.
First, there was a big bang, then, a little nightmare music, and now, Mozart. For those who listen to Mozart, live with Mozart, gave birth to Mozart, eat, pray, and love Mozart, don’t care at all for Mozart, never even heard of Mozart, this show promises you all that it will contain absolutely NO Mozart! But that’s giving away way too much … “And now Mozart!” is a show that will change nothing, except enhance your love of music and toning your stomach muscles by hysterically laughing to and with Igudesman & Joo. Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. Project for Deutsche Telekom. | ||
| Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Klosterkirche Hennef, Bonn "Repeat it!" Beethovenfest Bonn |
Works by Bingen Works by Marais Works by Purcell Works by Ligeti |
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| Klosterkirche Hennef, Bonn, Klosterstraße 2, 53773 Hennef (Sieg) Bonn, Germany Sunday 15-Sep-13 06:00pm "Repeat it!" With “Repeat it!” the recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger and the violinist Rüdiger Lotter have worked out a programme that spans the period between Hildegard von Bingen to the Baroque and on to the present day, and focuses on the idea of the ostinato. Above these constantly repeated bass and harmony foundations their two instruments enter into furious rivalry. The abbey church in Hennef provides a fitting context for this timeless musical style, and allows listeners to experience its meditative effect.
Sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln. Image credit: © Johann Ritter Works by Bingen, Hildegard of (1098-1179) Works by Marais, Marin (1656-1728) Works by Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) Works by Ligeti, György (1923-2006) | ||
| Monday 16-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Queen of the Sweet Sound Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Monday 16-Sep-13 08:00pm Queen of the Sweet Sound Heribert Beissel, founder and artistic director of the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, has a particular eye for talent. He discovered and encouraged world stars like Sabine Meyer and Christiane Oelze early on. To mark his 80th birthday, Sabine Meyer is returning to Bonn. The soloist will be playing Carl Maria von Weber’s first Clarinet Concerto with the tried-and-tested sweet sounds that we are used to from her. And, unburdened by the past, the young singer Anna Lucia Richter, born in 1990, will be giving a fresh interpretation of the soprano part in the final movement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Image credit: © Thomas Rabsch, EMI Classics 2013 | ||
| Tuesday 17-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn Heavenly Love at the End of Time Beethovenfest Bonn |
Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major (Finale (Das himmlische Leben) arranged for soprano and chamber ensemble by Eric Schneider) |
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| Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tuesday 17-Sep-13 08:00pm Heavenly Love at the End of Time Additional Information: 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Joint event with the Bundeskunsthalle. Image credit: © Bodo Vitus Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992), Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911), Symphony no. 4 in G major (Finale (Das himmlische Leben) arranged for soprano and chamber ensemble by Eric Schneider) | ||
| Tuesday 17-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Music for a Good Cause Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tuesday 17-Sep-13 08:00pm Music for a Good Cause World Doctors Orchestra – the WDO really does exist, and it is far more than an amateur orchestra. It was formed in 2007 by the Berlin professor of medicine Stefan Willich, who was appointed Rector of the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin in 2012; he has conducted the orchestra since its inception. Twice a year, doctors come from all over the world to rehearse and give concerts together. The outstanding standard of the orchestra is underscored by the fact that in Bonn two internationally celebrated solo singers are joining up with the orchestra: Jochen Kowalski, who ushered in the countertenor revival 30 years ago, and Donna Brown.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Concert for the benefit of Dentists for Africa e. V. and the Förderkreis für krebskranke Kinder und Jugendliche Bonn e. V. Image credit: Stefan Willich © privat Works by Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) Works by Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) Works by Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899) | ||
| Wednesday 18-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Happy Birthday Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Wednesday 18-Sep-13 08:00pm Happy Birthday Krzysztof Penderecki is seen as one of the most important composers and conductors of the twentieth century, and he has enjoyed a long and close association with the Beethovenfest. In the year of his 80th birthday, he is coming to Bonn with one of his major works: the "Resurrection concerto for piano and orchestra". The piece which was inspired by the events of 11 September 2001, is being played by his friend, the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The concert will be rounded off by Dvorřák’s Seventh Symphony, the first of this popular and brilliant three last symphonies.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Sponsored by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme. Image credit: © Bartosz Koziak, Ludwig van Beethoven Association | ||
| Thursday 19-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Microcosm of Genius Beethovenfest Bonn |
Schubert, Four Impromptus in C minor, E flat major, G flat major and A flat major, D.899 (Four Impromptus for piano op. 90 D 899) |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Thursday 19-Sep-13 08:00pm Microcosm of Genius The “Diabelli-Variations” are Beethoven’s last great work for the piano, and at the same time his most extensive cycle of variations, in which he forces together everything that makes life and music what they are. Few pianists dare to present this work, but Rudolf Buchbinder, familiar since his youth with Beethoven’s music, is one of them. He succeeds in presenting this “microcosm of Beethoven’s genius” (Hans von Bülow) with humour – Beethoven as the artist of metamorphoses.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Image credit: © Marco Borggreve Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), Four Impromptus in C minor, E flat major, G flat major and A flat major, D.899 (Four Impromptus for piano op. 90 D 899) | ||
| Friday 20-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn From the Russian Soul Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 20-Sep-13 08:00pm From the Russian Soul The Ural Philharmonic Orchestra from Ekaterinburg bears impressive witness to the high quality of the Russian musical tradition. Since the lifting of the Iron Curtain, the orchestra, which was formed in 1936, has wowed concert audiences all over the world. In 1995 Dmitri Liss, previously the assistant to Dmitri Kitayenko at the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, became its chief conductor. In Bonn the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra will be presenting Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky, the winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990, and Tchaikovsky’s "throroughly subjective" Sixth Symphony.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Image credit: David Crookes, Warner Classics 2013 | ||
| Friday 20-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Stiftskirche, Bonn "Beethoven, in Devotional Mood" Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Stiftskirche, Bonn, Kölnstraße 31, 53111 Bonn, Germany Friday 20-Sep-13 08:00pm "Beethoven, in Devotional Mood" Compared with, for example, Mozart or Haydn, Beethoven did not write much religious music: alongside the oratorio “Christ on the Mount of Olives” and the “Missa solemnis” also the rarely performed Mass in C major, composed in 1807. The absolute rarities include the Elegiac Song op. 118 and the Cantata on the Death of Joseph II WoO 87, whose texts reflect the literary taste of the time. The L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, reinforced by exquisite singers, invite listeners to rediscover the musical beauty of these little-known works, and to experience “Beethoven in devotional mood”.Image credit: © Marco Borggreve Works by Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | ||
| Saturday 21-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Dransdorf Tram Depot, Bonn "It's all just music" Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Dransdorf Tram Depot, Bonn, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße, 53121 Bonn, Germany Saturday 21-Sep-13 08:00pm "It's all just music" "I simply hate this term cross-over. After all, it implies that there is something there that has to be crossed over. That’s a dangerous idea." The Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto knows no borders between musical genres. Jazz, pop, folk and classical: "It’s all just music," he says. In Bonn he combines traditional music from his home country with modern jazz and electronic music – and displays roots which have gone on transforming themselves right up to the present, as if it were self-evident.
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| Saturday 21-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Colour Intensive Orchestral Painting Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Saturday 21-Sep-13 08:00pm Colour Intensive Orchestral Painting In 2013 the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra are coming to Bonn with their chief conductor Jonathan Nott to give three concerts. The residency is devoted to a link-up between Beethoven symphonies and outstanding works of the twentieth century which have in their turn become classics in their own right. In the first concert, the rhythmic drive of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony will be juxtaposed with a modern, colour-intensive orchestral painting: the Third Symphony of Witold Lutosławski, in which the passages dependent on chance with different tempo layers create an unpredictable polyphony of sound.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Orchestra portrait "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Sponsored by the Kunststiftung NRW and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme. Image credit: © Thomas Mueller | ||
| Sunday 22-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Dimensions in Space and Time Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 22-Sep-13 06:00pm Dimensions in Space and Time Since 2004, in various towns and cities, András Schiff has performed the complete cycle of all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in chronological order. The 2006 live CD recordings from the Tonhalle in Zurich received the highest accolades. In 2012 and 2013 he is presenting the entirecycle in Bonn – he will open the second year with works such as the "Waldstein Sonata", which, because of its incredible spatial, temporal dimensions, holds a special place in the history of piano music.
Additional Information: The events of the Piano Sonata Cycle can be booked together at a discount by phone. "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 5.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Supported by General-Anzeiger. Image credit: © Raphael Faux-Rougemont | ||
| Sunday 22-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Kunstmuseum Bonn Changing Timbres Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany Sunday 22-Sep-13 07:00pm Changing Timbres Rebecca Saunders’s work “Chroma” is a “sound project on tour”. For every venue where it’s performed, the composer develops a new version of this spatial collage. Thanks to its unique transparent architecture, the Kunstmuseum Bonn provides ideal conditions for experiencing new lines of sight and sound. Various instrumental groups and sound objects are distributed around the exhibition rooms, interacting with one another. The audience are invited to move around, following the timbres. The work will be played twice in succession, providing an opportunity for hearing it from entirely different perspectives.
Additional Information: 6.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Promende concert in the exhibition rooms of the Kunstmuseum Image credit: © Klaus Rudolph Saunders, Rebecca (b. 1967), Chroma (Spatial collage for several chamber groups (2003-2013), Installation adapted for the Kunstmuseum Bonn) | ||
| Monday 23-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Energetically Virtuoso Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Monday 23-Sep-13 08:00pm Energetically Virtuoso After her "colourful, intense and energetically virtuoso performance" (General-Anzeiger) at the Beethovenfest 2012, Patricia Kopatchinskaja will return to Bonn next year as the "artist in residence" with the core piece of the genre: Beethoven's Violin Concerto. By her side will be the long-established Bamberger Symphoniker with their principal conductor Jonathan Nott, who will go on to perform the last symphony composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. This work, which saw its world premiere in 1972, is considered the quintessence of his extremely productive and eventful life.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Residency sponsored by the Kunststiftung NRW. Concert sponsored by Phoenix Reisen. Image credit: Giorgia Bertazzi | ||
| Tuesday 24-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Magnum Opus Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tuesday 24-Sep-13 08:00pm Magnum Opus In the third concert of the residency of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Piano Concerto by Arnold Schoenberg, completed in Los Angeles in 1942, meets Beethoven’s magnum opus, his Ninth Symphony. The political link between the two works is obvious: the Ninth is a masterpiece with a variable reception history, and, not least during the Second World War, was misused for political purposes. Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto addresses the theme of the composer’s situation as an exile. Musically the colourful and expressive work is an example of how twelve-tone music need not be over-intellectual. It does though need high-calibre and intelligent performers: the young French pianist David Fray is precisely the man for the job.
Additional Information: "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Concert as part of the residency of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Residency sponsored by the Kunststiftung NRW and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme. Image credit: Sumyo Ida - Virgin Classics 2013 | ||
| Tuesday 24-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Haus der Springmaus, Bonn Piano Wars Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Haus der Springmaus, Bonn, Frongasse 8, 53121 Bonn, Germany Tuesday 24-Sep-13 08:00pm Piano Wars Actually they’re friends, but in the battle of the good sound, they know no mercy. Who will win the audience’s favour? “Piano Battle” is the idea of the internationally successful and award-winning pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis. In a number of rounds, they’ll be playing and competing on their pianos and with their words. And it’s the audience who’ll be choosing the musical themes. At the end of each round, the audience will also decide who’s won. Right at the end, the total will be added up – and there’ll only be one winner.
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| Wednesday 25-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Harmonie Endenich, Bonn Musical Stories Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Harmonie Endenich, Bonn, Frongasse 28-30, 53121 Bonn, Germany Wednesday 25-Sep-13 08:00pm Musical Stories "Keep some secrets within"
Songs, that tell stories: as shuffle, ballade, chanson or in lively up-tempo.
For more than 20 years, Cécile Verny’s voice has been one of the most important in European jazz. She combines her love of the songs of her West African homeland, of gospel music, of the chanson and of the American jazz standards with a disarming musicality and pulsating rhythm. The Cécile Verny Quartet’s programme “Keep some secrets within” concentrates on Verny’s greatest strength: telling stories which after just a few notes strike directly into the heart of the listener. Additional Information: Joint event with Harmonei Endenich. Image credit: Oliver Look | ||
| Wednesday 25-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Finding the Language for Every Note Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Wednesday 25-Sep-13 08:00pm Finding the Language for Every Note In the book "Für jeden Ton die Sprache finden…" (Finding the Language for Every Note), András Schiff talked with Martin Meyer from Neue Zürcher Zeitung about his work on the Beethoven piano sonatas. Schiff says about the sonatas of Beethoven’s middle creative period that "with these five sonatas Beethoven differentiates in a veritably adventurous fashion". The conclusion and highlight is the sonata "Les Adieux", with its "wonderful mood of a painting of a soul between farewell, absence and joyous reunion".
Additional Information: The events of the Piano Sonata Cycle can be booked together at a discount by phone. "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Sponsored by General-Anzeiger. Image credit: Raphael Faux-Rougemont | ||
| Thursday 26-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Aula der Universität, Bonn Historical Snapshots Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Aula der Universität, Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany Thursday 26-Sep-13 08:00pm Historical Snapshots Right at the start of Alfred Schnittke’s Third String Quartet, composed in 1983, we hear quotations from works by Orlando di Lasso and Beethoven ("Great Fugue") and the initials DSCH (in English notation, D-E flat-C-B) in memory of Dmitri Shostakovich (spelt Dmitri SCHostakowitsch in German). The Borodin Quartet, who have compiled this programme with great feeling for the historical development of the genre, know why: in this snapshot by Schnittke, the genre is concentrated into the smallest of spaces. Starting out from the polyphony of the Renaissance, when for the first time four voices or instruments sang or played together on equal terms, Beethoven and Shostakovich created something masterly, a suitable opening for this year’s concerts of the cycle.
Additional Information: The concerts in the Beethoven String Quartet Cycle can be booked as a subscription at a reduced price. Subscription price: € 115 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" | ||
| Thursday 26-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Volksbankhaus, Bonn Purity of Sound Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Volksbankhaus, Bonn, Heinemannstraße 15, 53175 Bonn, Germany Thursday 26-Sep-13 08:00pm Purity of Sound "Ecstasy. Geantraí – Irish Songs of Joy"
Irish songs and dances from the 17th/18th centuries and folk sources.
In Ireland the influence of Celtic culture has lived on for a particularly long time. This is evidenced also in traditional music, which is distinguished by its characteristic set of instruments. Caitríona O’Leary and her ensemble Dúlra devote themselves to Irish songs and dances against the background of their experience with medieval music, and in this way the songs are notable for their euphonious authenticity. The concert focuses on dances, children’s songs and love songs, with lyrics full of joy and affinity to nature, and performed with an unforgettable purity of sound and authenticity of feeling. Sponsored by Culture Ireland and Volksbank Bonn Rhein-Sieg. Image credit: Tara Slye | ||
| Friday 27-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Revolutionary Strength Beethovenfest Bonn |
Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Florestan Emily Magee, Soprano: Leonore Detlef Roth, Bass: Don Fernando Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Don Pizarro Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Rocco Mojca Erdmann, Soprano: Marzelline Julian Prégardien, Tenor: Jaquino Ulrich Tukur, Presenter Deutscher Kammerchor Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi, Conductor |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Friday 27-Sep-13 08:00pm Revolutionary Strength At last: in 2013 the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the "orchestra in residence" at the Beethovenfest Bonn, will take on Beethoven’s only opera, "Fidelio". With its characteristic dynamic and inspiring musical performance, the ensemble will give this opera of rescue and liberation speed and strength, a strength that Beethoven took from the models of revolutionary France. Guiding them on this journey will be their artistic director Paavo Järvi. See a fantastic ensemble composed of the currently most sought-after musicians perform on stage.
Additional Information: Additional concert on SUN 29 SEP 8 PM "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Sponsored by Comma Soft. Image credit: Ixi Chen Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), Fidelio, Op.72 (half-scenic performance) Burkhard Fritz, Tenor: Florestan Emily Magee, Soprano: Leonore Detlef Roth, Bass: Don Fernando Yevgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone: Don Pizarro Dimitry Ivashchenko, Bass: Rocco Mojca Erdmann, Soprano: Marzelline Julian Prégardien, Tenor: Jaquino Ulrich Tukur, Presenter Deutscher Kammerchor Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 28-Sep-13 08:00pm |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn Carrier of innermost thoughts Beethovenfest Bonn |
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| Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany Saturday 28-Sep-13 08:00pm Carrier of innermost thoughts "Beethoven is entering the realms of experimental composing, which already heralds a kind of music of the future," András Schiff commented on the three sonatas op. 90, 101 and 106. The astonishing modernity of these works appears only superficially to contrast with the fact that they are at the same time the "carriers of Beethoven’s innermost thoughts". There is no interpreter more suitable to reveal this intimacy and greatness to an audience than András Schiff.
Additional Information: The events of the Piano Sonata Cycle can be booked together at a discount by phone. This concert will take place without an interval. "For 8 at 8" Non-bookable reserved seats for students. 7.30 PM Concert introduction "All Ears for Half" Sponsored by General-Anzeiger. Image credit: Raphae lFaux-Rougemont | ||
