International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg 2026 Classical Music

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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 chamber orchestra

Fine Arts Quartet string 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

PROGRAM

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

Pau Casals
Cant dels ocells (Lied der Vögel) für Violoncello und Streichorchester

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