Author: Andrea Kerner

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra returns to Korea to present Bach’s St Matthew Passion under the direction of Francesco Corti. The work, which is unique in every respect, will be performed by an exquisite ensemble of soloists and one of the best choirs for baroque repertoire, the Zürcher Sing-Akademie. Another programme presents the internationally acclaimed violist Antoine Tamestit.

“This evening’s performance brought out the full diversity and artistic beauty of the St Matthew Passion.” (Bachtrack, 28 March 2023)

03 April 2024, Lotte Hall, Seoul / 05 April 2024, Tonyeong International Music Festival
07 April 2024, LG Arts Center, Seoul
St. MATTHEW PASSION
Maximilian Schmitt, Evangelist / Yannick Debus, Christ / Kateryna Kasper, soprano / Philippe Jaroussky, alto / Zachary Wilder, tenor / Andreas Wolf, bass / Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Francesco Corti, conductor J. S. Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV 244

06 April, Tongyeong International Music Festival
BACH & TELEMANN
Antoine Tamestit, viola / Gottfried von der Goltz, violin & viola / Francesco Corti, harpsichord & conductor
Works by G.- Ph. Telemann, A. Vivaldi & J.-S. Bach

• a Carmen premiere with B’Rock Orchestra
• a Milanese string quartet expedition with Europa Galante
• a courtly firework display of sound with Finnish Baroque Orchestra
• one St Matthew Passion in Korea with Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
• and another one at the Philharmonie Essen with Vox Luminis
• well-tempered consort music with Phantasm Viol Consort
• an all-Beethoven programme with Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
• what we have to do with Classical:NEXT?
  
  … We look forward to the coming weeks!

Original sound from the Renaissance to the present day – we are looking forward to a musical excursion into the world of Romanticism with Compagnia di Punto and Ian Bostridge, to a special Easter setting in the Hungarian Archabbey of Pannonhalma with Belgian choir Vox Luminis, to another get-together of Il Giardino Armonico and Avi Avital, to excursions into emotional depths with Europa Galante and Phantasm Viol Consort, to the Babylon ORCHESTRA and a new version of their programme ECHOES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, and a special concert programme by Ensemble Polyharmonique on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2024!

Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is celebrating one of the most important German artists of the 19th century, poet Heinrich Heine – without any anniversary, without a (half or quarter) round birthday. Ian Bostridge, Compagnia di Punto and the actress Marina Galic juxtapose some of Robert Schumann’s settings of Heine with Büchner’s epochal work Woyzeck, which remains a fragment, and thus open up a broader perspective on the art of the early 19th century.

Founded in 2010, Compagnia di Punto is an ensemble of historical performance practice that plays music from the Baroque to the early Romantic period, in fluid transitions from chamber ensemble to orchestral formation. Accordingly, the ensemble performs this programme on instruments from the early 19th century.

9 February 2024, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
HEINRICH HEINE MEETS GEORG BÜCHNER
R. Schumann: Songs
G. Büchner: Excerpts from Woyzeck
Ian Bostridge, tenor / Marina Galic, actress / Christian Binde, leader / Matthias Schlothfeldt, concept & composition

Sarah Willis has thrilled the international music scene with her favourite project Moart y Mzambo: three highly acclaimed recordings, several invitations to the most renowned concert halls and the founding of her own salsa band, Sarahbanda, are the result of the intensive collaboration between the horn player, the Havana Lyceum Orchestra and its conductor José Antonio Mendez. In February 2024, Sarahbanda will bring Caribbean flair to wintry Europe with European art music, South American compositions and Cuban rhythms! 25 January 2024, Società Filarmonica Trento / 27 January 2024, Schloss Elmau / 29 January 2025, HUK-Coburg / 04 February 2024, Nikolaisaal Potsdam CUBAN DANCES Sarah Willis, horn & musical leader / Yuniet Lombida, saxophone / Jorge Aragón, piano Carlos García, doubble bass / Aylin Pino, violine / Adel González & Alejandro Aguilar, percussion Works based on W. A. Mozart and by Jorge Aragón, Yuniet Lombida, Ernesto Oliva a.o.

For almost ten years, András Schiff has been selecting three talented pianists with special musical personalities each season for his Building Bridges programme to support them on their way to a professional career.

„It is with great pleasure that I can introduce three excellent pianists to you: Julius Asal, Martina Consonni and Tomoki Park.“ (Sir András Schiff) 09 Jan. 2024, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Martina, Consonni / Tomoki Park Works by D. Scaralatti, F. Schubert, R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. S. Bach, H. Holliger, K. Balch, I. Yun 25 Jan. 2024, Ehrbar Saal, Wien Julius Asal Works by L. v. Beethoven, B. Bartók, J. Brahms

Dear colleagues & business partners, We bid farewell to the year with concerts by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Phantasm Viol Consort, Il Giardino Armonico and Avi Avital and another opera series by La Folia Barockorchester in Vienna. Before we continue in the new year with Sarah Willis’ Sarahbanda, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the young talents of the Building Bridges series, we would like to wish you all happy holidays and a happy and hopefully peaceful 2024!

Andreas Richter, Andrea Kerner, Julia Larigo, Michael Sauter, Daniela Gast, Ina Holthaus, Capucine Valois & Benjamin Kaiser

Our office will be closed between 23 December 2023 and 2 January 2024.

After the universally delightful first collaboration on the occasion of a series of performances of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie in 2018, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle are coming together again in November to land another baroque opera coup: Charpentier’s opera Médée is on the programme, presented by a truly all-star cast: alongside Magdalena Kožená in the title role are Carolyn Sampson as Créuse and Reinoud Van Mechelen as Jason in a production by Peter Sellars.

19., 23., 25., 30. November, 02. Dezember 2023, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
21. November 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
27. November 2023, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
MÉDÉE
Magdalena Kožená Médée / Reinoud Van Mechelen Jason / Luca Tittoto Créon Carolyn Sampson Créuse / Jehanne Amzal Cléone / Gyula Orendt Oronte / Markéta Cukrová Nérine, Bellone, Fantome / Gonzalo Quinchahual La Jalousie / Dionysios Avgerinos La Vengance / Staatsopernchor / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Simon Rattle Musical direction / Peter Sellars Staging / Frank Gehry Stage design / Camille Assaf Costume design / James F. Ingalls Lighting / Dani Juris Choir rehearsals / Antonio Cuenca Ruiz, Detlef Giese Dramaturgy

M.-A. Charpentier: Médée. Tragédie mise en musique (1693)

Influenced by its most important mentor in the early years, Claudio Abbado, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) pays the highest value on the careful selection of its artistic partners, with whom it builds long-lasting and sustainable relationships and sometimes realises epoch-making projects. With pianist Jan Lisiecki, an international Beethoven cycle was planned for the Beethoven Year 2020, which had to be cancelled in large parts due to the pandemic. All the greater the anticipation for the upcoming reunion in October! Conductor Andrew Manze is also one of the orchestra’s artistic friends.

22 October 2023, Alte Oper Frankfurt 23 October 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg 24 October 2023, Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie Berlin 29 October 2023, Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt AUTUMN TOUR Jan Lisiecki, piano / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Andrew Manze, conductor Works by L. v. Beethoven, W. A. Mozart & F. Chopin