Programme & Tickets

Lawrence Power. Simon Crawford-Phillips
Power Play

Tickets

1 Apr 2026
17:00

Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg

Musikfestival

His name says it all: as one of the leading violists of our time, Lawrence Power sets strong accents for the expansion of the viola repertoire both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Together with his long-time duo partner, the versatile pianist and conductor Simon Crawford-Phillips, Power has created a programme that presents an exciting cross-section of original and arranged works for viola and piano, with a special focus on music by English composers. Thomas Adès and Mark-Anthony Turnage are two innovative contemporaries whose works Power and Crawford-Phillips have also premiered several times in other constellations.

The concert will be recorded by SWR Kultur and broadcast in the Lunchtime Concerts on April 14, 2026 from 13:05.

Lawrence Power

Viola

Simon Crawford-Phillips

Piano

York Bowen
Fantasy for viola and piano in F major op. 54

Henry Purcell
Four Songs No. 3 "Full fathom five" (arr. Thomas Adès)

Thomas Adès
Berceuse No. 2 from "The Exterminating Angel"

Benjamin Britten
Waltz from Suite op. 6

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Power Play (2014)

Hector Berlioz
"La Mort d'Orphélie" from "Hamlet" op. 17 (arr. Lawrence Power)

Sergei Prokofiev
Eight movements from "Romeo and Juliet" op. 64 (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)

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.
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