Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9 In the LIght
teo gheorghiu
Quasi una fantasia
F antasizing freely at the piano
is just as much part of the
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meys faBrIK hennef
Romantic image as is virtuosity. teo gheorghiu Piano
The loose form of the toccata Johann Sebastian Bach:
paved the way for this. Beethoven Toccata for piano No. 6
followed the form of the sonata in C minor BWV 911
with his fantasizing questioning, Ludwig van Beethoven:
Liszt and Busoni took the path Sonata for piano No. 13
of free fantasizing further. Teo in E flat major op. 27/1
Gheorghiu is giving his debut (»Quasi una Fantasia«)
performance as pianist at the Ferruccio Busoni:
Beethovenfest Bonn. In the film Sonatina super »Carmen«
»Vitus«, which won several for piano KiV 284
awards, he played a mathemati­ Franz Liszt:
cal and musical prodigy at the Sonata for piano in B minor S 178
side of Bruno Ganz.
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Sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln.
Konrad Jarnot, Stella Doufexis, Marlis Petersen, Werner güra
Love Songs
of the tortured Soul
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un, ihr Musen, genug! Vergebens
strebt ihr zu schildern, wie
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steIgenBerger
sich Jammer and Glück wechseln grandhoteL
in liebender Brust.« (»Now,
PetersBerg
muses, enough! In vain have you »Brahms-Iade«
tried to show how misery and Marlis Petersen Soprano
happiness interchange in loving Stella Doufexis Mezzo­soprano
breast.«) Thus wrote Goethe. Werner güra Tenor
Brahms put it to music. In his Konrad Jarnot Baritone
many arrangements he frequent­ hartmut höll Piano
ly addressed love and the inter­ Camillo Radicke Piano
change between »misery and Johannes Brahms:
happiness«, a sign of the attitude Songs (selection)
towards life of the Romantic 5.30 Pm
artist personality. With Marlis ConCert IntroduCtIon
Petersen, Stella Doufexis, Werner »All ears for half«
Güra and Konrad Jarnot the ? 35
Beethovenfest Bonn has invited
four renowned singers for this
»Brahms­iade«. They will perform
a representative selection
of the Romantic songs of the
melancholy north German composer.
Sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln.
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