International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg 2026
»Pau Casals – A Legacy«
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Start 19:30
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Interval
Description
This concert is both a tribute and a reflection: music as an expression of humanity, musical culture, and tradition. Mozart’s String Quintet, K. 516, opens up a space of intense emotion, while Bach’s Double Concerto places the idea of musical dialogue at its heart. In the second part, a multifaceted panorama unfolds: the Larghetto from Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, works by Volkmann and Piatti, and Baermann’s Adagio combine lyrical lines with sonic depth. Vivaldi’s Double Concerto leads this development back to Baroque virtuosity, before Pau Casals’ »Cant dels Ocells« concludes the evening as a quiet, haunting legacy.
Performers
Moses Mendelssohn Kammerorchester
Fine Arts Quartet
Ralph Evans violin
Efim Boico violin
Gil Sharon viola
Niklas Schmidt violoncello
Mark Gothóni violin
Josefine Natalia Kardinar violin
Peijun Xu viola
Niklas Schmidt violoncello
Arto Noras violoncello
Clemens Malich violoncello
Michel Lethiec clarinet
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G minor, KV 516
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Basso Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043
– Interval –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Larghetto / aus: Klarinettenquintett A-Dur KV 581 »Stadler-Quintett«
Robert Volkmann
Andante mit Variationen für drei Violoncelli
Alfredo Piatti
Serenade für zwei Violoncelli und Klavier
Heinrich Joseph Baermann
Adagio für Klarinette und Streicher Des-Dur
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto für zwei Violoncelli, Streicher und Basso continuo g-Moll RV 531 / aus: L’estro armonico
Pau Casals
Cant dels ocells (Lied der Vögel) für Violoncello und Streichorchester
Promoter: International Mendelssohn Festival c/o Niklas Schmidt