Johann Sebastian Bach has often been called the "Alpha and Omega of music". So it is only logical that two of his touching chorales frame this programme, which takes a religious-spiritual look at life and its stages. In Tōru Takemitsu, the Japanese composer, a poem by Emily Dickinson becomes the occasion to reflect on the beauty and cruelty of nature. The Estonian Arvo Pärt expresses a plea for peace of almost archaic beauty. Felix Mendelssohn, on the other hand, laments the early death of his beloved sister Fanny with an almost orchestral string quartet in which rebellion and resignation are in conflict.

The concert is part of the focus point "Ideal Ensembles".

Concert without intermission


Josefa Schmidt

Piano

Hans Greve

Double Bass

Festivalcampus-Ensemble

Jona Schibilsky
Violin

Benjamin Günst
Violin

Aoi Selditz
Viola

Toby Cook
Viola

Milan Drake
Violoncello


Bach-Busoni
Choralvorspiel "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme“ BWV 645

Tōru Takemitsu
“A Bird Came Down the Walk” für Viola und Klavier

Teppo Hauta-aho
Kadenza

Arvo Pärt
"Da Pacem Domine" für Streichquartett

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Streichquartett Nr. 6 f-moll, op. 80

Bach-Busoni
Choralvorspiel „Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ“ BWV 639



We thank the supporter of the Festivalcampus-Ensemble