Events for 7. January 2023 - 11. November 2022

To mark its tenth anniversary, the Central Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra (ZJSO) is paying Hamburg’s Felix Mendelssohn Youth Orchestra a visit. The anniversary and the unique encounter are being celebrated with a double concert with nearly 200 young musicians in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall.   PROGRAMME Piotr I. Tschaikowsky Fantasie-Ouvertüre h-Moll »Romeo und Julia« Dmitri Schostakowitsch Suite aus »Hamlet« op. 32a / Ausschnitte Fanny Hensel Hero und Leander – Interval – Omar Barone Jubiläumsouvertüre / Uraufführung Sergej Rachmaninow Sinfonie Nr. 2 e-Moll op. 27

30 young excellent musicians from 10 nations form UKOREVV – Universal Korean Organic Ensemble – Viktoria & Virtuosi. On modern and traditional instruments the highest artistic pleasure is offered: Sensual tango joins complex rhythmic structures. Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio in E major KV 261 Elena Kats-Chernin World premiere (commissioned work) Claudia Montero Concierto para violín y orquesta de cuerdas (Tango) Violeta Dinescu “Roman Fleuve” pour violon et orchestre à cordes (for Viktoria) Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner “Saiga Antelope” for violin, delicate orchestra & documentary film (premiere) “Silk Road” for violin & Eurasian ensemble

POETRY OF THE MODERN Stefan Barcsay plays modern guitar music   Program      Stephan Marc Schneider (b. 1970) : Night without dreams (for guitar and tape) Johannes X. Schachtner (b. 1985): Lullaby, Siren Song, Pietoso, from Four Ways (...without words) Daniel Toledo Guillén (b. 1994): Rain Florentine Mulsant (b. 1962): Poème pour guitare op 113 (premiere) Larisa Vrhunc (born 1967): Pietà Barbara Mayer: "Himmelskronen" & "Die bange Vorahnung der Drossel" (for guitar solo) from: "Wirf Deine Angst in die Luft" - cycle of 7 fantasy impulses (for guitar and piano) (2021/22) Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839): Marche funèbre from Fantaisie Elégiaque op 59

30 young excellent musicians from 10 nations form UKOREVV – Universal Korean Organic Ensemble – Viktoria & Virtuosi. On modern and traditional instruments the highest artistic pleasure is offered: Sensual tango joins complex rhythmic structures. Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio in E major KV 261 Elena Kats-Chernin World premiere (commissioned work) Claudia Montero Concierto para violín y orquesta de cuerdas (Tango) Violeta Dinescu “Roman Fleuve” pour violon et orchestre à cordes (for Viktoria) Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner “Saiga Antelope” for violin, delicate orchestra & documentary film (premiere) “Silk Road” for violin & Eurasian ensemble

HERBSTTÖNE Vivienne Olive: Annie Laurie In addition, works by Fanny Hensel, Bohdana Frolyak, Ljuba Marić, Micheline Coulombe Saint Marcoux, Mel Bonis, Gloria Coates, Dorothee Eberhardt, Narine Khachatryan. Monika Olszak, flute, Mirjam von Kirschten, piano, Marie Tremblay-Schmalhofer, soprano, Barbara Hesse-Bachmaier, mezzo-soprano, Monika Olszak, flute, Andrea Millett, violoncello, Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher, piano, Mirjam von Kirschten, piano, Narine Khachatryan, piano

Works by Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Bob Chilcott The programme includes the "Oratorio based on images from the Bible" by Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the "Canticles of Light" by Bob Chilcott. Time to be announced!

Final project of the church music studies in Munich Conductor: Benedikt Meurers

Music of the Mendelssohn siblings and their masters Schütz and Bach (among other) Schütz: „Ich hebe meine Augen auf“ „Lobgesang“ von Fanny Hensel, geb. Mendelssohn „Wer nur den lieben Gott“ von Felix Mendelssohn Performing: Der Taborchor Solistenensemble Vox Angeli La Risonanza Potsdam conductor: Ulrike Brand

Conductor: Thomas Hennig Soprano: Katharina Borsch, alto: Rita Kapfhammer, tenor: Andre Khamasmie, Bass: Haakon Schaub

Conductor: Adam K. Boyles

Northampton Bach Choir + Orchestra „Musical and Amicable Society