chamber music

Seasons 2023-25

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

fauré quartet

femmes formidables
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel I Piano Quartet A flat major
Dora Pejačević I Piano Quartet D minor op. 25
Mel Bonis I Piano Quartet No. 1 B flat major op. 69

The obstacles with which these female composers had to struggle throughout their lives can be seen in sayings and quotations that need no further comment. For example, Camille Saint-Saëns wrote after hearing Mel Bonis’ music: “I would never have believed that a woman was capable of writing something like this. She knows all the tricks of our trade”. Abraham Mendelssohn, father of Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn, wrote to his daughter: “Music may become a profession for him, while for you it can and should only ever become an ornament, never the fundamental bass of your being and doing.” It is fortunate that Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Dora Pejačević and Mel Bonis were not dissuaded from composing by these statements: Their piano quartets prove that their music is far more than “ornament” or a copy of the work of their male contemporaries.

claire de lune
Fauré I Claire de Lune, op. 46 No. 2 *
Fauré I Les Berceaux, op. 23 No. 1 *
Fauré I Notre Amour, op. 23 No. 2 *
Fauré I Mandoline, op. 58 No. 1 *
Chausson I Piano Quartet A major op. 30
Fauré I Piano Quartet C minor op. 15 or Piano Quartet G minor op. 45
*arrangement Dietrich Zöllner

melodie und gesang [melody and song]
Fauré I Claire de Lune, op. 46 No. 2 *
Fauré I Les Berceaux, op. 23 No. 1 *
Fauré I Notre Amour, op. 23 No. 2 *
Fauré I Mandoline, op. 58 No. 1 *
Dvořák I Piano Quartet D major op. 23
Brahms I Piano Quartet A major op. 26
*arrangement Dietrich Zöllner

lied und leid [song and suffering]
Schubert I Adagio and Rondo Concertante F major D 487
Reger I Piano Quartet no. 1 D minor op. 113 or no. 2 A minor op. 133
Brahms I Piano Quartet C minor op. 60

Erika Geldsetzer violin
Sascha Frömbling viola
Konstantin Heidrich violoncello
Dirk Mommertz piano

Dates upon request

photo: tim klöcker

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

fauré quartett I annette dasch

Brahms I Piano Quartet C minor op. 60: 1st movement
Mahler I Ich ging mit Lust
Mahler I Wenn die schönen Trompeten blasen
Brahms I Piano Quartet C minor op. 60 2nd movement
Brahms I Piano Quartet C minor op. 60 3rd movement
Mahler I Erinnerung
Mahler I Rheinlegendchen
Wagner I Wesendonck Lieder
Brahms I Piano Quartet C minor op. 60 4th movement
Mahler I Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Mahler I Scheiden und Meiden

Annette Dasch soprano
Erika Geldsetzer violin
Sascha Frömbling viola
Konstantin Heidrich violoncello
Dirk Mommertz piano

Dates upon request

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

carolin widmann I nils mönkemeyer I julian steckel I william youn

Bridge I „Phantasy Quartet“ F sharp minor
Lekeu I Piano quartet B flat minor (unfinished)
Brahms I Piano quartet G minor op.25

Carolin Widmann violin
Nils Mönkemeyer viola
Julian Steckel violoncello
William Youn piano

Dates upon request

photo: lennard ruehle

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

jonian ilias kadesha I herbert schuch

Mozart I Sonata E minor KV304
Franck I Sonate in A major for violin and piano
Beethoven I Sonata op.47 A major „Kreutzer Sonata“

Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
Herbert Schuch piano

Dates upon request

photo: kaupo kikkas

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

herbert schuch I armida quartett

Mozart I String Quartet D major KV 575
Nikodijevic I String Quartet no. 2
Brahms I Piano Quintet F minor op. 34

Armida Quartett string quartet
Herbert Schuch piano

Dates: October 1-5, 2024 / March 25-29, 2025 / April 22-26, 2025 and upon request

photo: felix broede

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

daniel müller-schott I herbert schuch

program 1
Debussy I Sonata
Saint-Säens I Cello Sonata no. 1 C minor op. 32
Schumann I Adagio and Allegro op. 70
Grieg I Sonata A minor op. 36

program 2
Grieg I 3 songs (arranged for violoncello and piano)
Grieg I Intermezzo
Brahms I Cello Sonata no. 1 E minor op. 38
Brahms I Ballade op. 10,4 (arranged for violoncello and piano)
Grieg I Cello Sonata A minor op. 36

Daniel Müller-Schott violoncello
Herbert Schuch piano

Dates upon request

photo: uwe arens

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

sebastian manz I maximilian hornung I herbert schuch

clarinet trio
Nino Rota I Clarinet Trio (1973)
Brahms I Clarinet Sonata F minor op. 120 no. 1
Martinů I Cello Sonata no. 2
Brahms I Clarinet Trio A minor op. 114

Sebastian Manz clarinet
Maximilian Hornung violoncello
Herbert Schuch piano

Dates upon request

photo: marco borggreve

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

(Deutsch) tobias feldmann I herbert schuch

verflechtungen [collaboration]
Mozart I Sonata for Piano and Violin KV 377 combined with
Lutosławski I Partita for Violin and Piano
Clara Schumann I Three Romances for Violin and Piano op.22
Dietrich/ R. Schumann/ Brahms I F.A.E. Sonata

How do artistic projects come about? What happens when there is not only the lonely genius writing for himself, but something is created as a collective? This is what happened in the F.A.E. Sonata, for example, in which a group of young creative people at the time dealt with a theme: the concept of freedom, a new attitude to life that was reflected not only in personal development but also in artistic expression. These concepts are still relevant today: Herbert Schuch and Tobias Feldmann attempt to make the artistic concept of freedom tangible in the first part of the concert as well, in which two completely different works are intertwined and interwoven: Mozart’s remarkable Violin Sonata KV 377 with Lutosławski’s Partita, in which free moments were also repeatedly incorporated by the composer, in which both musicians can improvise “freely but not lonely” next to and with each other.

Tobias Feldmann violin
Herbert Schuch piano

Dates upon request

photo: kaupo kikkas

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

alexej gorlatch I vogler quartett

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01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

simon höfele & elisabeth brauß

new standards
Savard I Morceau de concours
Arutjunian I Aria et Scherzo
Liszt I „Trois études de concert“: La Leggereza
Enescu I Legende
Pilss I Sonate
Enescu I Legende
Takemitsu I Paths
Ravel I Sonatine pour Piano
Gershwin (arr. Dokshidser) I Rhapsody in Blue

Simon Höfele trumpet
Elisabeth Brauß piano

Dates upon request

photo: felix broede

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

simon höfele I frank dupree trio

salted caramel
Cage I Living Room Music
Antheil I Sonata
Strawinsky | Rite-Of-Spring-Impro
Kapustin I Variations
Schnyder | Sonata for Trumpet
HK Gruber I Exposed Throat
Zappa I Black Page
Costello | Almost Blue
Dean I … the scene of the crime …
Bernstein I “Cool” & “Mambo”
Hargrove I Strasbourg / St. Denis

Simon Höfele trumpet
Frank Dupree piano
Jakob Krupp bass
Meinhard „Obi“ Jenne drums

Dates upon request

photo: ralph steckelbach

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

simon höfele I kaan bulak

no clouds in haraz

Trumpet meets electronics: Composer, pianist and electronic artist Kaan Bulak and trumpeter Simon Höfele bring their sonically powerful new album “No Clouds in Haraz” (to be released in spring 2024 on Berlin Classics / Neue Meister) on stage, with a program including their own works framed by excursions to composers such as GiacintoScelsior Toru Takemitsu. The concert program is an expressive experience between geographical and instrumental boundaries, merging influences from the Middle East and contemporary music with the electronic sound language of Berlin. On stage, trumpet and grand piano are electronically enhanced and presented in a unique dimension of sound with an electronic foundation.

Simon Höfele trumpet
Kaan Bulak piano and electronics

Dates upon request

photo: michele di dio

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

simon höfele I frank dupree

almost blue
Gershwin I An American in Paris
Ravel I “Une barque sur l’océan” from “Miroirs”
Enescu I Legende
Antheil I Trumpet Sonata
Bernstein I Rondo for Lifey
Takemitsu I Paths
Kapustin I Variations, op. 41
Costello I Almost Blue
Gershwin I Rhapsody in Blue

Simon Höfele trumpet
Frank Dupree piano

Dates upon request

photo: marco borggreve

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

anneleen lenaerts

OPUS Klassik 2019 I principal harpist with the Vienna Philharmonic

vienna stories
Zabel I Fantasy on Gounod‘s “Faust” op. 12
Wagner I “Walther‘s Prize Song” from “Die Meistersinger” WWV 96 (arr. Trnecek)
Lenaerts I Fantasy on Bizet’s “Carmen”
Lenaerts I Fantasy on Puccini’s „Bohème“
Tchaikovsky I Fantasy on Onegin (arr. E. Walter-Kühne)
Liszt I Les Préludes, S97 (arr. Lenaerts)
Dvořák I „Song to the Moon“ from „Rusalka“ op. 114, Act 1 (arr. Lenaerts)
Korngold I „Pierrot’s Dance Song“ from “Die tote Stadt” (arr. Lenaerts)
Smetana I „Vltava” (The Moldau) from “Má Vlást” (arr. Trnecek)

Anneleen Lenaerts’ solo programme symbolises her personal and professional history as principal harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, moving daily between opera and symphonic music.

Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates upon request

photo: andrej grilc

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

emmanuel pahud | anneleen lenaerts

Bach I Sonata G minor
Bach I Partita A minor BWV 1013
Rota I Sonata D major
Schumann I Fantasy Pieces op. 73
Smetana I Moldau (harp solo)
Doppler/Zamara I Casilda Fantasie

Emmanuel Pahud flute

Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates upon request

foto: josef fischnaller

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

avi avital | anneleen lenaerts

Bach I Sonata in G minor BWV 1020
Beethoven I Sonatine in C minor
Beethoven I Adagio in E flat major
CPE Bach I Sonata in E flat major H545
Smetana I Moldau (harp solo)
Schubert I Ständchen
Sollima I Prelude (mandoline solo)
Marc Lavri I Three Jewish Dances

Avi Avital mandoline

Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates upon request

photo: christoph köstlin

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

julia hagen I anneleen lenaerts

viennese program
Beethoven I Drei Stücke für Flötenuhr WoO 33a
Schubert:I„Arpeggione“-Sonata A minor D 821
Dvořák I Song to the moon from „Rusalka“
Dvořák I „Silent Woods”, op. 68,5
Dvořák I Rondo G minor, op. 94
Strauss I Lieder
Korngold I “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” [Pierrot’s Song] from „Die Tote Stadt“
Korngold I Serenade from „Der Schneemann“
Korngold I „Glück, das mir verblieb“ [Marietta‘s Song] from „Die Tote Stadt“
Fritz Kreisler: 3 Old Viennese Dances

Julia Hagen violoncello
Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates upon request

photo: julia wesely

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

christiane karg I anneleen lenaerts

„wir sind durch not und freude gegangen hand in hand“

Christiane Karg soprano
Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates: April 25-29, 2024 and upon request

photo: gisela schenker

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

adam walker I timothy ridout I anneleen lenaerts

Ravel I Le Tombeau de Couperin (Arr. Silverthorne)
Jolivet I Petite Suite
Debussy I Clair de Lune
Debussy I Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Ibert I Deux Interludes
Debussy I Syrinx for Flute solo
Vierne I Deux pièces
Bax I Elegiac Trio
Ravel I Sonatine (Arr. Salzedo)

Adam Walker flute
Timothy Ridout viola
Anneleen Lenaerts harp

Dates upon request

photo: christa holka

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

tianwa yang I nicholas rimmer

fantasy

Debussy I Violin Sonata G minor
Szymanowsky I Nocturne and Tarantella, op. 28
Bloch I Fantasy for Violin and Piano (dedicated to Ysaye)
Ysaye I Rêve d’Enfant
Rihm I „Phantom und Eskapade“ for Violin and Piano
Schubert I Fantasy C Major for Violin and Piano

nostalgia and reminiscence

Janáček I Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sicong Ma I „Nostalgia“
Brahms I Sonata no. 2 in A major
Ysaye I “Lointain Passé” for Violin and Piano, op. 11
Ysaye I 2 Mazurkas de Salon, op. 10
Ravel I Sonata for Violin and Piano

beethoven – brahms – bartók

Brahms I Sonata no. 2 A major op. 100
Bartók I Sonata no. 2
Beethoven I Sonata no. 9 A major op. 47 „Kreutzer Sonata“

verrückt

Schumann I Sonata no. 1 A minor op. 105 OR Sonata no. 3 A minor WoO 2
Widmann I Etude for violin no. 6 „Wiegenlied für Salome“
Antheil I Violin Sonata no. 2
Pärt I Fratres
Ravel I Violin Sonata

Tianwa Yang violin
Nicholas Rimmer piano

Dates upon request

photo: andrej grilc

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

sebastian manz I tianwa yang I nicholas rimmer

programm 1
Khachaturian I Trio
Brahms I Sonata for clarinet and piano
Brahms I Sonata for violine and piano no. 3
Bartók I Contrasts

programm 2
Berg I Adagio from Kammerkonzert (1935)

Rihm I „Phantom und Eskapade“

Rihm I Vier Male for clarinet solo

Bartók I Contrasts

Sebastian Manz clarinet
Tianwa Yang violin
Nicholas Rimmer piano

Dates upon request

photo: marco borggreve

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

tianwa yang I trio gaspard

tanz [dance]
Litta I Death as Fiddler for violin, piano and dancer
Zimmermann I Présence – Ballet blanc in five scenes for Piano Trio and dancer
Korngold I Suite for two violins, violoncello and piano for the left hand op. 23

Luka Fritsch dancer
Tianwa Yang violin
Jonian IIias Kadesha violin
Vashti Hunter violoncello
Nicholas Rimmer piano

Dates upon request

photo: andrej grilc

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

tianwa yang I trio catch

Messiaen I Quatuor pour la fin du temps
and works by Adès, Bartók, Mundry, Khatchaturian, Mamlog or Stalag
as agreed

Martin Adámek clarinet
Tianwa Yang violin

Eva Boesch violoncello
Sun-Young Nam piano

Dates upon request

photo: jean-baptiste millot

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

nils mönkemeyer & william youn

program 1
Schumann I Adagio and Allegro op.70
Brahms I Intermezzo op.117 no.1
Dietrich I FAE Sonata C minor, 1. movement
Brahms I Intermezzo op.117 no. 2
Schumann/Brahms I FAE Sonata, 2. and 3. movement
Brahms I Intermezzo op.117 no. 3
Feldman I Viola in My Life III
Brahms I Sonata for viola and piano E flat major op. 120/2

program 2
Mozart I Violin Sonata G major KV 379 (Version for piano and viola)
Mozart/Mundry I Fragments with »Zwischenmomenten« by Isabel Mundry
Schubert I Piano sonata F sharp minor D 571
Schubert I Viola sonata A minor op. posth. D 821 »Arpeggione«

Nils Mönkemeyer viola
William Youn piano

Dates upon request

photo: irène zandel

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

sabine meyer I nils mönkemeyer I william youn

Schumann I Fairy Tales op. 132
Bartók I Romanian Folk Dances
Milhaud I Scaramouche No. 2 and 3
Schostakowitsch I from 5 pieces: Gavotte, Walzer, Polka
Bruch I Eight Pieces

Sabine Meyer clarinet
Nils Mönkemeyer viola
William Youn piano

Dates upon request

foto: irène zandel

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

dorothee oberlinger & nils mönkemeyer

dance for two
von Bingen I O ecclesia; Symphonia armonie celestium relevationum
Bach I Partita A minor for flute soloBWV 1013
Cage I Dream, version for viola solo
Bach I Sonate G major BWV 1039, 3rd movement Adagio e piano
Bach I Invention No. 6 E major BWV 777
Bach I Canon 1, a 2 cancrizans from: Musical Offering BWV 1079
Gourzi I dance for two (2022)
Bach I Suite No. 1 G major for violoncello solo BWV 1007 (version for Viola solo)
Oswald I The reel of Tulloch for recorder and viola
Bartók I Máramarosi Tánc and Ruthenian Kolomejka from 44 Duos for 2 violins
and other

Dorothee Oberlinger recorder
Nils Mönkemeyer viola

Dates upon request

photo: johannes ritter

01.09.2023 – 31.08.2025

viola latina! living baroque

“Viola as you have never heard it before”: With their programme “Viola Latina! Living Baroque”, Nils Mönkemeyer, Rubén Dubrovsky and members of the Bach Consort Wien explore the music of Latin America and present a unique blend of folk rhythms and baroque harmonies that can only be found in this part of the world.

With viola, Latin American and baroque instruments, Nils Mönkemeyer, Rubén Dubrovsky, Mónica Pustilnik, Sebastián Sciaraffia and Martín Bruhn take the audience on their exploration of a musically highly exciting continent – from Argentina to Cuba.

Nils Mönkemeyer viola
Rubén Dubrovsky charango, jarana jaracho, colascione
Bach Consort Wien:
Mónica Pustilnik lute
Sebastián Sciaraffia Baroque guitar
Martín Bruhn percussion

Dates upon request

photo: irène zandel