International Mendelssohn Festival

Debussy / Dukas / Fauré

This event has already taken place! 11 | 17 | 23 | 29
This event has already taken place! 11 | 17 | 23 | 29

The International Mendelssohn Festival has become a permanent fixture in Hamburg’s music scene, despite only celebrating its third anniversary this year. From 13–24 September, ten chamber music concerts in various formations are presented alternately in the Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall, the Laeiszhalle Recital Hall and St. Johannis Church in Harvestehude. Artists include Tanja Becker-Bender, Patrick Gallois, Hagai Shaham und das Fine Arts Quartet. The complete concert calender can be viewed here: www.mendelssohn-festival.com.

Performers

Patrick Gallois flute

Paulus van der Merwe oboe

Michel Lethiec clarinet

Asya Fateyeva saxophone

Ab Koster french horn

Hagai Shaham violin

Sebastian Schmidt violin

Boris Faust viola

Arto Noras violoncello

Niklas Schmidt violoncello

Jens Bomhardt double bass

Juhani Lagerspetz piano

Valeriya Myrosh piano

Programme

Claude Debussy
Sonate für Violine und Klavier g-Moll

Paul Dukas
Villanelle für Horn und Klavier

Gabriel Fauré
Klaviertrio d-Moll op. 120

Camille Saint-Saëns
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette und Klavier op. 79

– Interval –

Paul Creston
Sonate für Saxofon und Klavier

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
Hummelflug / aus der Oper »Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan«

Fritz Kreisler
Fünf virtuose Stücke für Violine und Klavier

Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story