Rheingau Musik Festival

Rheingau Musik Festival

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony, led by Alain Altinoglu, opens the Rheingau Music Festival at Eberbach Monastery with Poulenc's "Stabat Mater," a rare sacred work described as a "requiem without despair." Brazilian violinist Guido Sant'Anna joins them for Lalo's "Symphonie espagnole."

Rheingau Musik Festival

In jedem Jahr eröffnet das hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt mit seinem Chefdirigenten in guter Tradition das Rheingau Musik Festival. Im beeindruckenden Klang-Raum der Basilika von Kloster Eberbach entsteht dabei immer eine besondere musikalische Atmosphäre. Auf dem Programm stehen diesmal zwei Meisterwerke der tschechischen Musik: der Orchesterzyklus »Má vlast« von Bedřich Smetana sowie Antonín Dvořáks Violinkonzert mit Christian Tetzlaff als Solisten.

Rheingau Musik Festival

Anstelle des zweiten Eröffnungsabends im Kloster Eberbach gastiert das hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt in diesem Jahr im Rahmen des Rheingau Musik Festivals am Sonntag im Kurhaus Wiesbaden. Präsentiert wird dabei im Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal ein leicht variiertes Programm mit Ludwig van Beethovens 5. Klavierkonzert im ersten und Bedřich Smetanas Orchesterzyklus »Má vlast« im zweiten Teil. Solist ist an diesem Abend der kanadische Pianist Bruce Liu.

Rheingau Musik Festival

The hr-Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt and its principal conductor traditionally open the Rheingau Music Festival every year in the impressive acoustics of Eberbach Monastery's basilica. The 2025 opening concert program will be announced later, but an inspiring concert can be expected.

Rheingau Musik Festival

The hr-Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt and its principal conductor traditionally open the Rheingau Music Festival every year in the impressive acoustics of Eberbach Monastery's basilica. The 2025 opening concert program will be announced later, but an inspiring concert can be expected.

Festival of Timbre

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

In their first joint programme, Akamus and the up-and-coming star of the countertenor scene Carlo Vistoli dedicate themselves to key works of church music: Vivaldi set religious texts such as the psalm ‘Nisi Dominus’ to music with bittersweet sadness and operatic verve. The Venetian composer's ‘Stabat mater’, on the other hand, is one of the darkest baroque settings of the pain of Mary, the ‘Mater dolorosa’ and mother of Jesus. ‘I have had enough’ is also one of Bach's most moving cantatas.

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

In their first joint programme, Akamus and the award-winning Basel vocal ensemble Voces Suaves present musical highlights from the generation of German composers before Johann Sebastian Bach and thus the impressive musical world into which he was born. The programme includes works by the extended Bach family as well as by composers who are largely unknown today and who preceded the later Thomaskantor in his important positions in Mühlhausen, Weimar and Leipzig. From the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach, the double-choir motet ‘Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf’ will be performed..

Festival International de Colmar

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Alain Altinoglu, will conclude their season with three concerts at the Festival International de Colmar. Altinoglu, who assumed artistic direction of the festival this year, will present works by Beethoven, Mahler, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Khachaturian, Mozart, and Strauss, featuring soloists Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Sergey Khachatryan (violin), and François Leleux (oboe).

On Tour: Edinburgh International Festival

Summer, sun, festivals – we love this buzzing time and the magical bonding moments when hearts beat to the rhythm of music. Our first trip of the new season takes us to the heartland of bagpipes: there’s a lot happening in the Scottish capital Edinburgh in August, with its winding alleys virtually bursting at the seams as there's culture on almost every corner. Right in the centre of it all for classical music fans: the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival, founded in 1947 – and where we have a short residency this year.The current motto there is »Rituals That Unite Us«, so it’s all about the rituals intended to bring people closer together again – which fits in perfectly with our love theme. We are performing in Edinburgh with a programme of our choice: from Bamberg we bring our favourite pieces with us as musical calling cards. These include our widely acclaimed spotlight on Hans Rott’s First Symphony – and the exciting love triangle between this artist, who died young, and the two masters Bruckner and Mahler. We have also recently explored the close friendship between Brahms and Dvořák – and are playing two important works by these brilliant composers. As a monumental finale, our last concert in Edinburgh will feature a larger portion of Czech music together with the local Festival Chorus – with poignant compositions by Dvořák and his son-in-law Josef Suk.