Festivalcampus Concert I

18 Mar 2023
11:00
Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg
Musikfestival

Music for cheerful and convivial occasions sets the tone for this first concert featuring musicians from the Festivalcampus-Ensemble. The brilliant Felix Mendelssohn wrote his famous String Octet in 1825, at the age of 16, for the Sunday concerts held at his parents’ hospitable home in Berlin. With his eloquent Wind Quintet from 1909, the Czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster transports the atmosphere of 18th-century courtly serenades into the early modern era. Artful stylization is also evident in the work of Isang Yun, the Korean composer, who in 1985 had the solo violin imitate the song of a little bird with a distinctly Asian inflection.

The concert is part of the "Ideal Ensembles" program series.

Concert without an intermission
; duration: approx. 70 min

Charlotte Thiele

Violin

Festivalcampus-Ensemble

Isang Yun
“The Little Bird” from “Li-Na in the Garden” for solo violin
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Wind Quintet in D Major, Op. 95
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg
Grabengasse 1
69117 Heidelberg
Directions by Public Transport

Bus routes: 29, 33 (stop: Universitätsplatz), 20, 30, 31, 36 (stop: Peterskirche)
S-Bahn: S1, S2, S5 (stop: S-Bahnhof Altstadt)

Parking facilities for bicycles available Directions by Car

Parking garages: P9 Am Theater, P10 Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, P11 University Library

The Old University is barrier-free accessible via ramp at the main entrance. The elevator can be found next to the staircase leading to the concert hall on the 1st floor.
More information on accessibility

We thank the sponsor of the opening weekend
We thank the supporter of the Festivalcampus-Ensemble