Author: Andrea Kerner

Since 2014, Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini have been diving deep into the extensive oeuvre of Josef Haydn as part of their Haydn2032 project, and with the recordings they have presented to date, the cleverly conceived programmes and their sensational interpretations, they have contributed to changing the general reception of Haydn in a lasting way. In 2019, they set standards with a series of performances and the recording of the “Creation” – now the “Seasons” will follow.

03. September 2023, LUCERNE FESTIVAL
05. September 2023, Beethovenfest Bonn
07. September 2023, Musikfest Bremen
19 September 2023, De Singel Antwerpen
THE SEASONS
Anett Fritsch, soprano / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor / Florian Boesch, bass / National Forum of Music Choir Wroclaw / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
J. Haydn: “The Seasons” Hob. XXI:3

Under the overall artistic direction of Kent Nagano and Jan Vogler, the “Ring” teatralogy will be reworked from 2023 to 2026 in the context of its period of origin and on the basis of current findings in Wagner and performance practice research. With Kent Nagano on the podium, Concerto Köln, the Dresden Festival Orchestra and renowned soloists will present the first part on the fantastically beautiful stage of Villa Rufolo.

20 August 2023, Belvedere di Villa Rufolo DRESDEN “RING” PROJECT IN HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Simon Bailey, Wotan / Mauro Peter, Loge / Dominik Köninger, Donner / Tansel Akzeybek, Froh / Gerhild Romberger, Erda / Annika Schlicht, Fricka / Nadja Mchantaf, Freia / Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich / Jürgen Sacher, Mime / Ania Vegry, Woglinde / Ida Aldrian, Wellgunde / Christian Immler, Fasolt / Eva Vogel, Flosshilde / Tilmann Rönnebeck, Fafner / Dresdner Festspielorchester & Concerto Köln / Kent Nagano, Conductor R. Wagner: Das Rheingold

A Project of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele under the artistic direction of Kent Nagano and Jan Vogler. Wagner Lesarten began 2018 with Concerto Köln and Kent Nagano. The entire Ring will now be developed and performed in Dresden until 2026 in an artistic collaboration between the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln.

The 2023/24 season begins for us with the 34th Musikfest Bremen. From there we continue to the festivals in Ravello and Bonn and then to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Lucerne Festival, the Wigmore Hall and other wonderful concert venues. We are looking forward to special concert programmes such as “The Seasons” with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, the concert performance of “Pelléas et Mélisande” with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer, the Dresden “Ring” project with Kent Nagano, the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln, and the premiere of the “Symphony of Change” with Stegreif – The Improvising Symphony Orchestra. Find out what else is on the programme in our newsletter:

This weekend, the 34th edition of the legendary Musikfest Bremen starts with the traditional “Great Night Music”. Joining us: the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the baton of its founder and chief conductor Iván Fischer, as well as the wonderful choir Vox Luminis. We are also looking forward to the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century presenting music from Poland with pianist Yulianna Avdeeva on 24 August, as well as another Haydn highlight by Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, who. after the legendary “Creation” of 2019, now devote themselves to the “Seasons”.

19 August 2023, Opening “A Great Night Music” 7.00 p.m., 8.30 p.m. & 10.00 p.m., Die Glock EROICA
Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer, Conductor
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 “Eroica”

7.00 p.m. & 10.00 p.m., St. Peter’s Cathedral
COUR DE FRANCE
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier, bass & conductor
Works by J.-P. Rameau, F.-A. D. Philidor & M.-A. Charpentier

24 August 2023, Die Glocke
CHOPIN’S PIANO CONCERTOS
Yulianna Avdeeva, fortepiano (1837) / Jakob Lehmann conductor / Orchestra of the 18th Century
I. F. Dobrzynski: Overture in D major op. 1 / F. Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 in E minor op. 11 & No. 2 in F minor op. 21

06 September 2023, St. Mary’s Church, Friesoythe
MAGNIFICAT
Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier, bass & conductor
G.F. Händel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day HWV 76 / J. S. Bach: Magnificat E flat major BWV 243a

07 September 2023, Vreden Cathedral
THE SEASONS
Anett Fritsch, soprano (Hanne) / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (Lukas) / Florian Boesch, bass (Simon) / National Forum of Music Choir Wroclaw / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
J. Haydn: “The Seasons” Hob. XXI:3

As part of this year’s Berlin Culture Summer Festival, the Babylon ORCHESTRA and the Sarahbanda, founded by Sarah Willis, set sail on two rafts on Monday, 14 June, immersing the audience on the shores between Holzmarkt 25 and Funkhaus Berlin in rousing Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Caribbean worlds of sound. At the landing stages Mercedes Benz Arena/East Side Gallery and Funkhaus Berlin on Nalepastrasse, the musicians enthralled a total of around 3,000 spectators, who danced, sang along and celebrated the Berlin summer despite looming storm clouds. Also on board was a team from the Abendschau from rbb, who were able to participate directly in the action on the Sarahbanda’s raft:

Abendschau from Monday, 14 August 2023, 7.30 p.m.
Abendschau from Monday, 14 August 2023, 9.45 p.m.

Sarah Willis was still a live guest on rbbkultur on Monday morning!

An event by conc.arts berlin, programme partner of the Berlin 2023 Cultural Summer Festival. The concerts took place within the framework of the Berlin 2023 Cultural Summer Festival, conceived and implemented by Kulturprojekte Berlin in cooperation with over 100 programme partner:inners on the initiative of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

As part of this year’s Berlin Summer Festival of Culture, Babylon ORCHESTRA and Sarahbanda, founded by Sarah Willis, will set sail on two rafts and immerse the audience on the shores between Holzmarkt 25 and Funkhaus Berlin in rousing Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Caribbean worlds of sound. They will drop anchor at the landing stages Mercedes Benz Arena/East Side Gallery and Funkhaus Berlin on Nalepastrasse. The ensembles will play half-hour concerts at both stops, two at the East Side Gallery and one at the Funkhaus. Admission is free, registration is not required.

Monday, 14 August 2023
Pier at the Riedel shipping company at the East Side Gallery
18:00 – 18:30: Babylon ORCHESTRA
18:30 – 19 h: Sarahbanda
20:30 – 21 h: Babylon ORCHESTRA
21:00 – 21:30: Sarahbanda
Pier at the Funkhaus Berlin
19:30 – 20 h: Babylon ORCHESTRA
20:00 – 20:30: Sarahbanda
… and Spreeufer between Holzmarkt and Treptower Park.

An event by conc.arts berlin, programme partner of the Berlin 2023 Cultural Summer Festival. The concerts take place within the framework of the Kultursommerfestival Berlin 2023, which is conceived and implemented by Kulturprojekte Berlin in cooperation with over 100 programme partners on the initiative of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra under the direction of José Antonio Mendez have formed a unique bond: “Basically, we’ve created this family that’s very similar to a youth orchestra family. We love and support one another,” the horn player describes this special relationship to Gramophone Magazine. In August, they celebrate music as a whole at various festivals, combining European art music with Cuban rhythms and South American compositions – guaranteed to get every foot tapping along!

02 – 04 August 2023, Rheingau Musikfestival
05 August 2023, Residenzfestspiele Darmstadt
06 August 2023, Concertgebouw Amsterdam
08 August 2023, Lucerne Festival
10 August 2023, Konzerthaus Berlin/Young Euro Classics

Three programmes with works by R. Egües, W. A. Mozart, J. Amado, C. Valdés, J. Fernández and others, as well as Cuban Dances for solo horn, strings and percussion.

Summer is here and the festival season is already in full swing. We are very much looking forward to being guests with our orchestras and ensembles at some particularly beautiful festivals and venues in the coming weeks:

At the Nordic Lights Festival in Berlin
With Kent Nagano at the Ravello Festival
With Freigeist Ensemble at the Rheingau Music Festival
With the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Baden-Baden
With young pianists from Building Bridges in Evian
With Freiburg BarockConsort & Vox Luminis at the Salzburg Festival
With Il Giardino Armonico and Finnish Baroque Orchestra at Herrenchiemsee
With Europa Galante in Linz
With Sarah Willis and Havana Lyceum Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival and other great venues
With Sarahbanda & Babylon Orchestra on a raft along the river Spree

The Nordic Lights Festival brings together the four most important baroque orchestras in Northern Europe – Barokkanerne, Concerto Copenhagen, Drottningholms Barockensemble, Finnish Baroque Orchestra – and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra for an inspiring celebration of music in Berlin.

The festival will begin with a performance of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Philharmonie Berlin conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. Following the performance, the four orchestras of the Nordic Baroque Scene and the FBO will continue their journey north together and present Edvard Grieg’s “From Holberg’s Time” as a string ensemble for one evening.

On the following evening, the five orchestras will present a diverse programme that not only demonstrates the musical richness of Northern and Central Europe, but also the almost unlimited interpretation possibilities for original sound instrumentation.

Friday, 30 June 2023, Philharmonie Berlin – Live broadcasted by Deutschlandfunk Kultur Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61
Max Urlacher, actor / Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor / RIAS Kammerchor / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Edvard Grieg: “From Holberg’s time” Suite for string orchestra op. 40
Gottfried von der Goltz, musical director / Barokkanerne / Concerto Copenhagen / Drottingholms Barocksemble / Finnish Baroque Orchestra / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Saturday, 01 July 2023, Säälchen at the Holzmarkt
NORDIC LIGHTS FESTIVAL
Barokkanerne & Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardanger fiddle / Concerto Copenhagen & Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass-baritone / Drottningholm Baroque Orchestra & Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa / Finnish Baroque Orchestra & Petri Kumela, baroque guitar / Freiburger Barockorchester
Traditional music from Sweden and Norway / Works by A. Vivaldi, F. Couperin, D. Buxtehude, J. H. Roman, J. Agrell, F. Berwald, L. Boccherini, C. Baguer, M. Marais, J. Haydn, A. Auvinen, A. I. Pettersen