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nto the open. Utopia and Freedom in Music.« 

is this year’s motto. »Into the open« is a phrase taken 

from a poem by Hölderlin, »Der Gang aufs Land«, in 

which the reader is urged to set off for a place some- 

where in the future, where conventions have been over- 

come and new boundaries can be plumbed. The starting- 

point of our programme is the turn of the 19th century, 

a time of social upheaval which left its mark in particular 

on those works by Beethoven in which he creates a uni- 

versal language for the ideals of the age but also of the 

individual, a language which is understood to this day. 

»... InTo THe open ...« is also the title of peter Ruzicka’s 

musical confrontation with Hölderlin. It is to Ruzicka as 

our »composer in residence« that we dedicate a portrait 

in which the premiere of his work »… ÜBeR DIe GRenze …« 

(»... AcRoss THe BoRDeR ...«) represents a high culmi- 

nation. Utopia in music is where what already exists is 

put into a new context by the artist. The works commis- 

sioned from Jörg Widmann and Jan Müller-Wieland 

should be seen in the same light. 

It is only through organically developed relationships 

with famous artists that we can succeed in re-shaping 

concert formats and working out innovative program- 

mes. Look forward once again to Hélène Grimaud, 

sol Gabetta, paavo Järvi, Kent nagano, András schiff, 

sir neville Marriner, Daniel Hope and Martin Grubinger 

and to numerous first appearances. Take the opportunity 

of experiencing, for the first time in europe, the Teresa 

carreño Youth orchestra of Venezuela and the sinfônica 

Heliópolis, the national youth orchestra of Brazil. 

The high quality of the musicians and ensembles would 

come across even better in a hall with outstanding 

acoustics and architecture. The new Beethoven Fest- 

spielhaus Bonn offers a unique chance of presenting 

events of the highest quality in Bonn over the long term, 

and to be optimally prepared for the 250th anniversary of 

Beethoven’s birth in 2020. 

I should like to offer my heartfelt thanks to all our bene- 

factors and sponsors, and our patron, Dr. José Antonio 

Abreu, for the confidence they have shown in us and for 

their generous support as we approach that milestone! 

Ilona Schmiel 

Director of the Beethovenfest Bonn

Beethovenfest Bonn 10 s e P – 9 o C t 2010 Into the oPen. Utopia and Freedom in Music. 

Ludwig van Beethoven, portrait by Joseph K. Stieler (1820), Beethoven-haus Bonn 

Beethoven + Schumann: 

piano trio Cycle 

i n 1795 Beethoven published 

his opus 1, three piano trios he 

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s un 12 s e P 6 P m 

PetersB erg 

dedicated to his benefactor Karl Ludwig van Beethoven: 

Fürst von Lichnowsky. Beet ho- piano Trio no. 1 

ven’s choice of opus number is Robert Schumann: 

an expression of his esteem for piano Trio no. 1 

this genre, to which he added 

further works, including famous 

compositions like the piano trio 

no. 5 »Ghost« and piano trio 

no. 7 »Archduke«. schumann, 

tue 14 s e P 8 P m 

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Beethoven-h aus 

Ludwig van Beethoven: 

piano Trio no. 4 

who wrote three trios as well as 

three fantasy pieces for this 

instrumentation, does not just 

intensify the number of works, 

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piano Trios nos. 2 and 3 

but also their emotional content; 

his piano trios are amongst the 

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sChumannhaus 

highlights of Romantic chamber Robert Schumann: 

music. 


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piano Trios nos. 5 and 6 

Robert Schumann: 


Robert Schumann, Lithography by Joseph Kriehuber (1839), 

Robert-Schumann-haus, Robert Schumann Zwickau 

Beethoven + Schumann: 

Violin Sonata Cycle 

D iscover the wealth of the violin 

sonata genre in Beethoven 

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and schumann’s œuvre: that’s Renaud Capuçon Violin 

what a cycle of all of the violin Ludwig van Beethoven: 

sonatas composed by the two Violin sonatas nos. 1-4 

men invites us to do. Beethoven’s 

sonatas stand in the shadow of 

the »Kreutzer sonata« and the 

»spring sonata«, which are firmly 

anchored in the repertoire. 

Renaud capuçon and Frank 

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Renaud Capuçon Violin 


Violin sonatas nos. 5-7 

Braley also reveal Beethoven’s 

mastery in his remaining sonatas. 

They combine Beethoven’s 

sonatas with a new work for 

this instrumentation by Jörg 

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Violin sonatas nos. 8-10 

Widmann, which the composer 

has consciously placed in the 

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tradition of this genre, and which Carolin Widmann Violin 

will be played on each of the Robert Schumann: 

three evenings. carolin Widmann Violin sonatas nos. 1-3 

and Dénes Várjon complete the 

picture with schumann’s three 

The events of the violin sonata cycle 

can be booked together at a discount. 

violin sonatas, thus allowing an 

excit ing comparison. 

subscription price: € 109.50 

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Beethovenfest Bonn 10 seP – 9 oCt 2010 Into the oPen. Utopia and Freedom in Music. 

peter Ruzicka peter Ruzicka 

portrait: peter Ruzicka 

T he winner of many awards 

as a composer, a very popular 

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w e d 1 5 s e P 8 P m 

Beethovenhalle 

guest conductor with numerous peter Ruzicka conductor 

German and international 

peter Ruzicka: 

orchestras and known across »… ÜBeR DIe GRenze …«. 

borders as a cultural manager, (»… AcRoss THe BoRDeR …«). 

after a spell as artistic director concerto for cello and chamber 

of the salzburg Festival between orchestra (world premiere, 

2001–2006, peter Ruzicka can work commissioned by the 

doubtless be called one of the 

most versatile artists in Ger- 

Beethovenfest Bonn) 

many. He will be a guest with 

two functions in Bonn in 2010: 

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f o r u m o f t h e 

as »composer« and as »artist in 

Bundeskunsthalle 

residence«. In addition to a new peter Ruzicka: 

cello concerto, chamber music eight songs based on fragments 

works will be performed, and written by Friedrich nietzsche 

on 30 september Ruzicka will for baritone and piano 

conduct Beethoven’s ninth, peter Ruzicka: 

his maybe most utopian work. »... UnD MÖcHTeT IHR An 

His particular concern is to give MIcH DIe HÄnDe LeGen ...« 

a hearing of Gustav Mahler’s (»... AnD Do YoU WAnT To LAY 

visionary interpretation of Beet- YoUR HAnDs on Me …«). 

hoven. 

Five fragments by Hölderlin for 

baritone and piano 

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»... FRAGMenT ...«. 

Five epigrams for two violins, 

viola and cello 

(string quartet no. 2) 


»… eRInneRUnG 

UnD VeRGessen …« 

(»… MeMoRY AnD 

FoRGeTTInG …«). 

Quartet for two violins, viola 

and cello with soprano 

(string quartet no. 6) 

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peter Ruzicka conductor 


»... Ins oFFene ...« 

(»... InTo THe open ...«). 

Music for 22 strings 


symphony no. 9 in D minor 

op. 125 (arranged by Gustav 

Mahler) 

The four concerts are sponsored 

by the Kunststiftung nRW. 

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Robert Schumann, Daguerreotype by Johann A. Völlner, 

Clara Schumann, Daguerreotype by Carl von Jagemann, 

Robert Robert-Schuman-haus, Schumann Zwickau 

Robert-Schuman-haus, Clara Schumann Zwickau 

In Focus: 

Robert Schumann 

T o mark Robert schumann’s 

bicentenary, the Beethovenfest 

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Beethoven-haus 

Bonn 2010 will focus on the »Tragödie« (»Tragedy«). 

music of this composer, who Ballad based on a text by 

died in Bonn. In addition to the Heinrich Heine op. 64/3 

piano trios and violin sonatas the »Myrthen«. song cycle for voice 

following works can be heard: and piano op. 25 (selection) 

Twelve poems from Friedrich 

Rückert’s »Liebesfrühling« 

(»spring of Love«) op. 37 

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overture to the dramatic poem 

»Manfred« by Lord Byron op. 115 

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14 

tue 14 seP 6 + 9 Pm 

PalaIs sChaumBurg 

»Kreisleriana«. eight 

symphony no. 3 in e flat major 

op. 97 

pieces for piano op. 16 

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tue 14 seP 6 + 9 Pm 

3 

s at 1 1 s e P 8 P m 

Beethovenhalle 15 

kanzlerBungalow 

sonata for piano no. 1 

concerto for cello and orchestra 

in A minor op. 129 

in F sharp minor op. 11 

symphony no. 2 in c major 

op. 61 

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Fantasy pieces for cello and 

piano in A minor op. 73 

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»Liederkreis«. song cycle based 

on words by Joseph Freiherr von 

eichendorff op. 39 

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Quartet for two violins, viola 

and cello in A major op. 41/3 

six songs for one voice and 

piano op. 107 (in the arrangement 

for soprano and string 

quartet by Aribert Reimann) 

m o n 2 0 s e P 8 P m 

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leCture ConCert 

t u e 2 1 s e P 8 P m 

203 

ConCert 


»scenes from Goethe’s Faust« 

for solos, choir and orchestra 

Woo 3 

m o n 2 7 s e P 8 P m 

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CollegIum leonInum 

Humoresque for piano in B flat 

major op. 20 

f r I 8 o C t 6 P m 

65 

PetersBerg 

»Schumann-iade« 

song cycle »spanisches 

Liederspiel« op. 74 

song cycle »Minnespiel« op. 101 

song cycle »spanische 

Liebeslieder« op. 138 

Lied »zigeunerleben« op. 29/3 

concerts 203, 43 and 65 can be 

booked on a subscription basis at 

a reduced price. subscription prices: 

? 95 I 83 I 73 I 64 I 55 

every subscriber will be given a 

voucher for the discussion concert 

on 20 september (no. 28). 

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Beethovenfest Bonn 10 seP – 9 oCt 2010 

events for children 

and young people 

T 

he Beethovenfest has been 

concerned since its inception to 

bring young people into contact 

with classical music by giving 

them a chance to take part in the 

backstage work and to meet the 

performers and composers taking 

part in the festival. In total, last 

year alone more than 2,800 children 

and teenagers took part in 

one of the Beethovenfest’s youth 

projects or family concerts. 

www.jungesbeethovenfest.de 

seidenbusch@beethovenfest.de 

or by phone: +49-(0)228-20 10 3-23. 

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sat 11 seP 

f r o m 1 2 n o o n 

oPenIng festIval 

sun 12 seP 

11 am and 2 Pm 

famIly ConCert 

• »Student managers« – 

school students organize 

a festival concert 

• computer music workshop 

• »Backstage« – 

a day at the festival 

• »Questions« – 

interviews with students 

• »how does it work?« – 

school visits by musicians 

• International Get-together – 

Bonn school orchestras make 

music with the Teresa carreño 

Youth orchestra of Venezuela 

• Concert offers for businesses 

in Bonn and their trainees 

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s at 1 8 s e P 8 P m 

Daniel hope & Friends 

» s t u d e n t m a n a g e r « 

ConCert 

sun 3 oCt 

11 am and 2 Pm 

famIly ConCert 

Into the oPen. Utopia and Freedom in Music. 

enrique Sánchez Lansch 

S ince 2006, the Beethovenfest 

Bonn has organized the short-film 

competition »Look at Beethoven«. 

This year too, the Beethovenfest 

is calling on film-makers, film 

students and artists to create 

shorts relating to classical music. 

This year’s »utopia« theme 

may serve as an inspiration, not 

least against the background that 

film too creates an alternative 

reality from the free composition 

of elements of existing reality. 

A jury will decide which films will 

be selected for awarding and 

showing at the festival, including 

at the opening of »Look at Beethoven« 

on 9 september in the 

auditorium of the Kunstmuseum 

Bonn. 

Look at Beethoven 

t h u 9 s e P 7 P m 

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kunstmuseum Bonn 

presentation of the film 

contributions 

to »Look at Beethoven« 2010 

enrique Sánchez Lansch 

presenter 

Admission free. 

Further information on 

www.beethovenfest.de/festivalprogramm/look-at-beethoven 

sponsored by the Filmstiftung nRW 

and the WDR. 

In co-operation with the 

Kunstmuseum Bonn. 

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hélène Grimaud paavo Järvi 

Brilliant Start 

A fter its celebrated Beethoven 

symphony cycle at last year’s 

Beethovenfest the Deutsche 

Kammerphilharmonie Bremen 

will once again be the »orchestra 

in residence« with three concerts 

in Bonn in 2010. on the first 

two evenings the orchestra will 

compare and contrast Robert 

schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven, 

combining solo works 

and symphonies. Beethoven’s 

piano concerto no. 5, his »opus 

magnum« of this genre, composed 

in 1809/10, will be performed 

by Hélène Grimaud, one 

of the »artists in residence«: 

on 17 and 22 september she can 

be heard in two chamber music 

concerts. 

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oPenI ng ConC ert 

hélène Grimaud piano 

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie 

Bremen 

paavo Järvi conductor 


overture to the dramatic poem 

»Manfred« by Lord Byron 

op. 115 (»Manfred overture«) 


concerto for piano and 

orchestra no. 5 in e flat major 

op. 73 (»The emperor«) 



op. 97 (»Rhenish symphony«) 

? 95 I 80 I 66 I 49 I 39 

non-bookable reserved seats 

for students. 

sponsored by ernst & Young. 

Quite a Jolly piece 

i t has turned out to be »quite a 

jolly piece«, schumann wrote to 

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the publishers Breitkopf & Härtel Sol Gabetta cello 

with regard to his cello concerto, Die Deutsche Kammer- 

adding: »I believe that especially philharmonie Bremen 

because so few compositions for paavo Järvi conductor 

this instrument have been written Ludwig van Beethoven: 

the sales will be entirely satisfac- overture no. 3 to the opera 

tory.« This sentence remained »Leonore« in c major op. 72a 

wishful thinking. even the cellist Robert Schumann: 

selected for the first performance concerto for cello and orchestra 

turned it down. Today the concer- in A minor op. 129 

to is amongst the most popular Ludwig van Beethoven: 

and most frequently performed of overture to salvatore Viganò’s 

this genre. It will be played here ballet »The creatures of prome- 

by one of the word’s best contheus« op. 43 (»prometheus 

temporary cellists, sol Gabetta. overture«) 

After the interval the Deutsche Robert Schumann: 

Kammerphilharmonie Bremen symphony no. 2 in c major op. 61 

will be honoured with the »preis ? 75 I 62 I 49 I 36 I 22 

der Deutschen schallplattenkritik 

2010«. 


for students. 

PortraI t of the »preis der 

Deutschen Schallplattenkritik« 

Deutsche Welle Festival concert. 

sponsored by Bechtle. 

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Christiane Karg 

Longing and 

Fulfilment 

T his concert tells the love story 

of clara and Robert schumann 

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sun 12 seP 1 1 a m 


through three works that were Christiane Karg soprano 

composed in 1840, the year in Lothar odinius Tenor 

which they married under very Burkhard Kehring piano 

difficult circumstances. While Robert Schumann: 

the song cycle »Myrthen« is still »Tragödie« (»Tragedy«). 

dedicated to the clara Wieck of Ballad based on a text by 

his affections and the words are Heinrich Heine op. 64/3 

full of longing and melancholy, Robert Schumann: 

»Liebesfrühling«, as the title »Myrthen«. song cycle for voice 

[»spring of Love«] fittingly and piano op. 25 (selection) 

reveals, is full of fulfilment. Clara and Robert Schumann: 

This song cycle is the first joint Twelve poems from Friedrich 

composition by the young couple. Rückert’s »Liebesfrühling« 

Three songs were composed (»spring of Love«) op. 37 

by clara, the rest by Robert 

schumann. 

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Wiener Masken- und Musiktheater 

how Musicians tick 

A fter the success of the »Disaster 

concert« at the Beethovenfest 

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sun 12 seP 

11 am and 2 P m 

2009 the Wiener Maskentheater 6 Pantheon 

will battle the pitfalls of concert f amI ly ConC ert 

life once more with a one-hour Wiener Maskenevent 

in 2010. Together with the und Musiktheater 

comically gifted musicians of the Angelika Kippenberg August 

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie thomas Kippenberg Arthur 

Bremen the clownish duo will Members of the Deutsche 

introduce the »job descriptions« Kammerphilharmonie Bremen 

of the orchestra manager and »too slow, too loud, too 

the soloist and/or conductor. smooth: the soloists and the 

Mutated into orchestra manager master of the tempo« 

August and conductor Arthur For children aged 6 to 10 

with the help of masks and pil- e 9 

lows stuffed under their shirts, 

they will bring the adventure of 

classical music to life for children 

by showing what makes musicians 

tick, and of course the 

whole thing will be a lot of fun! 

sponsored by Knauber. 

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Kent nagano 

Insight into the 

inner Workings 

A fter the successful final concert 

of the Beethovenfest 2009 

Kent nagano will come to Bonn 

this year with »his« orchestra, 

the Bayerisches staatsorchester, 

which he has been running as 

musical director since 2006. Both 

partners have already worked 

on several Bruckner symphonies. 

nagano’s clear, analytical approach 

will provide an insight into 

the inner workings of Bruckner’s 

seventh symphony in Bonn in 

2010. Bruckner was sixty when 

this work became his first major 

success, while the young Beethoven 

was already successful with 

his first symphony in Vienna. 

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Bayerisches Staatsorchester 

Kent nagano conductor 


symphony no. 1 in c major 

op. 21 

Anton Bruckner: 

symphony no. 7 in e major 

WAB 107 

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for students. 

5.30 Pm 

ConCert IntroduCtIon 

»All ears for half« 


sponsored by zurich Gruppe. 

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Sol Gabetta herbert Lippert und seine philharmonischen Freunde 

exceptional talents »All My heart 

is Yours« 

i f the classical music scene 

had superstar talent searches 

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s teI genB erger 

T he ensemble »Herbert Lippert 

und seine philharmonischen 

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k ursaal Bad h onnef 

like the ones in the world of pop 

g randhotel 

Freunde«, which is composed of herbert Lippert und seine 

music, they would certainly have 

PetersB erg 

members of the Vienna philhar- philharmonischen Freunde 

been discovered as hot shots. patricia Kopatchinskaja Violin 

monic, was founded in 2002 with herbert Lippert Tenor 

In the realm of Mozart, Brahms Sol Gabetta cello 

the goal of performing operetta Members of the 

and schönberg such labels are henri Sigfridsson piano 

music at the highest level in Vienna philharmonic 

inappropriate, but the three Ludwig van Beethoven: 

small and individual instrumental operetta melodies 

young musicians giving their Trio for violin, cello and piano 

arrangements. The names of the excerpts from works by 

debut performance as a piano no. 1 in e flat major op. 1/1 

operetta composers listed and oscar Straus, Robert Stolz, 

trio still stand out. The »Basler peteris Vasks: 

their works are hardly known any Franz Lehár, emmerich Kálmán 

zeitung« newspaper called »episodi e canto perpetuo« 

more, but we are still capable and others 

them »exceptional talents«. The for violin, cello and piano 

of whistling along to the tunes of ? 29 I 22 

Argentinean cellist sol Gabetta, 

the Moldovan violinist patricia 


Trio for violin, cello and piano 

the big »hits«. Herbert Lippert, 

a Viennese opera and operetta 

sponsored by the stadtsparkasse 

Bad Honnef. 

Kopachinskaya and the Finnish no. 1 in D minor op. 63 

star with both his heart and his 

pianist Henri sigfridsson are all e 38 

mind, and his »philharmonic 

amongst the elite of the young 

generation of musicians. They 

After the concert, why not enjoy a 3-course 

Beethoven meal at € 39 excl. drinks. 

Reservation under +49-(0)2223-74780 or 

friends« are making a significant 

contrib ution to ensuring that the 

are by no means strangers to restaurant@petersberg.steigenberger.de »immortal operetta« keeps its 

Bonn anymore. In 2010 they can 

attractiveness, even in the 21st 

be heard together for the first 

time. 

century. 

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András Schiff 

Bridge Building 

A fter two successful concerts 

at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2008, 

201 

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András schiff will be back in Cappella Andrea Barca 

Bonn with »his« orchestra, the András Schiff piano, conductor 

cappella Andrea Barca. In the Johannes Brahms: 

first half of the concert the musi- Variations on a Theme by 

cians will be building a bridge Joseph Haydn for orchestra 

from Haydn to Brahms. This will in B flat major op. 56a 

be followed after the interval (»Haydn Variations«) 

by Beethoven’s third piano Joseph haydn: 

concerto, the first with conspic- symphony no. 102 in B flat 

uously symphonic elements, major Hob I:102 

which helped the genre to move Ludwig van Beethoven: 

out of the salon and into the concerto for piano and 

concert hall. András schiff will, orchestra no. 3 in c minor 

in the tried-and-tested manner, op. 37 

conduct from the piano. 

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for students. 

sponsored by phoenix Reisen.

Beethovenfest Bonn 10 s e P – 9 o C t 2010 

Kreisler old and new 

F or his bicentenary, pianist 

susanne Kessel from Bonn is 

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tue 14 seP 

6 P m and 9 P m 

dedicating a piano evening to 14 PalaI s sChaumB urg 

Robert schumann, focusing on Susanne Kessel piano, presenter 

one of his most famous works, Schumann – 

the »Kreisleriana«. While the »Kreisleriana« project 

title is a reference to e.T.A. Robert Schumann: 

Hoffmann’s autobiographical »Kreisleriana«. 

figure Johannes Kreisler, we eight pieces for piano op. 16 

are presented with a new psycho- Michael Denhoff/Sascha Dragilogical 

portrait of the composer cevic/Alvin Lucier/Alex Shapi- 

from a compositional standpoint, ro/Leon Milo/Moritz eggert/ 

which can hardly be ex ceeded in Ivan Sokolov/Manfred niehaus: 

subjectivity and depth. susanne »Kreisleriana 2010« 

Kessel will compare and contrast ? 25 

the eight pieces by schumann € 40 (package price for one event 

with eight new compositions, 

which reflect the balladic 

romance-like character from the 

perspective of the 21st century. 

in the palais schaumburg and one 

in the Kanzlerbungalow. 

Booking exclusively at BonnTIcKeT.) 


Susanne Kessel Stefan Litwin 

A Cry from the heart 

R obert schumann, a great fan 

of Jean paul, was stimulated by 

his works not just as a musician 

but also as a writer. of particular 

note are »Flegeljahre«, which 

made a significant contribution 

to the Romantic musical aesthetic. 

stefan Litwin combines 

this biography with a musical 

work that could not be any more 

Romantic: schumann’s sonata 

in F sharp minor builds up to 

a climax creating a musical density 

previously unthinkable. 

schumann himself described 

the sonata in a letter to clara 

as «a single cry from the heart 

for you«. 

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15 

tue 14 seP 

6 P m and 9 P m 

k anzlerB ungalow 

Stefan Litwin piano, presenter 

»Bleich getragen denk ich 

dein« – hidden messages 

in schumann’s piano sonata 

in F sharp minor op. 11. 

A Reading with Music. 



in F sharp minor op. 11 

Jean paul: »Flegeljahre« 

(excerpts) 

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€ 40 (package price for one event 

in the palais schaumburg and one 

in the Kanzlerbungalow. 

Booking exclusively at BonnTIcKeT.) 

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BU Kirill Gerstein, Clemens hagen, Kolja Blacher 

Ghost Music 

G host Trio« sounds a lot more 

exciting and imaginative than 

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the more objective title piano Kolja Blacher Violin 

trio no. 1 in D major, op. 70. It Clemens hagen cello 

is not known who gave this work Kirill Gerstein piano 

the name it is now known by. Ludwig van Beethoven: 

It was not Beethoven himself, Variations for violin, cello and 

especially because the title is piano on Wenzel Müller’s song 

misleading: the palette of tim- »Ich bin der schneider Kakadu« 

bres and moods goes far beyond in G major op. 121a (»cockatoo 

the nebulous and ghostly. Dmitri Variations«) 

shostakovich’s piano trio no. 2, Ludwig van Beethoven: 

a work written in memory of the Trio for violin, cello and piano 

victims of the Holocaust and of no. 4 in D major op. 70/1 

a friend who died in 1944, has («Ghost Trio«) 

a much more ghostly nature. He Dmitri Shostakovich: 

for the first time included themes Trio for violin, cello and piano 

from Jewish folk music here in no. 2 op. 67 

order to express the loss and 

sadness for those who died. 

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M usic that points beyond itself: 

what could a symphony three 

years after Beethoven’s »eroica« 

sound like? Anton eberl provid 

ed an answer in e flat major, 

which bears not just Mozart and 

Beet hoven’s signature but also 

his own. peter Ruzicka demonstrates 

what a solo concerto 

sounds like in the 21st century: 

finely differentiated sound waves 

between motion and immobility. 

Gustav Mahler gently adapted 

Beethoven’s »Quartetto serioso« 

to the large concert hall, thereby 

creating a dramatic chamber 

symphony. 

7.30 Pm 



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peter Ruzicka 

Across the Border 

w e d 1 5 s e P 8 P m 


PortraIt Peter ruzICka 1 

Daniel Müller-Schott cello 

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie 

Bremen 

peter Ruzicka conductor 

Anton eberl: 

symphony in e flat major op. 33 


»… ÜBeR DIe GRenze …« 

(»… AcRoss THe BoRDeR …«). 

concerto for cello and chamber 

orchestra (world premiere, work 

commissioned by the Beethovenfest 

Bonn) 


Quartet for two violins, viola and 

cello no. 11 in F minor op. 95 

(arrangement for string 

orchestra by Gustav Mahler) 

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for students. 


sponsored by the Kunststiftung nRW. 

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Charly Antolini 

Mr. Jazz power 

K nock out« – the title of his 

greatest hit has continued to say 

17 

thu 16 seP 8 P m 

h armonI e e ndenICh 

it all to this day. For more than Charly Antolini Drums 

50 years charly Antolini has been Lindy huppertsberg Double Bass 

amazing audiences not just with nina Michelle Vocals 

his impeccable timing, but also Cora Brunner saxophone, Trumpet 

with his passionate outbreaks Gee hye Lee piano 

on the drums. now a legend in Charly Antolini meets 

his lifetime, to call him simply the Jazz Ladies 

a »swing and bebop drummer« ? 23 

is almost insulting. »Mr. Jazz 

power« has played with all the 

real greats of the jazz scene. 

Joint event with the Harmonie endenich. 

Jan Vogler 

Way into the heart 

H élène Grimaud is an intelligent, 

highly expressive inter- 

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preter on a tireless search for Jan Vogler cello 

the ultimate meaning in music. hélène Grimaud piano 

»The way into the heart of a Robert Schumann: 

piece demands one hundred Fantasy pieces for cello and 

percent commitment, intellec- piano in A minor op. 73 

tually, emotionally and psycho- Johannes Brahms: 

logically,« says Hélène Grimaud sonata for cello and piano 

and here she agrees with her in e minor op. 38 

chamber music partner, the Dmitri Shostakovich: 

cellist Jan Vogler. ever since he sonata for cello and piano 

committed himself to his instru- in D minor op. 40 

ment, the artist has been work- ? 53 I 44 I 35 I 27 I 19 

ing constantly on expanding the 

colour spectrum of his cello 

sound and on refining his musical 

language. As a chamber 

music duo Hélène Grimaud and 

Jan Vogler are taking on schumann, 

Brahms and shostakovich. 


for students. 

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Jörg Widmann 

Utopian Form 

T he composer Jörg Widmann, 

born in Munich in 1973, deliberately 

chose the standard sonata 

form for his first piece for violin 

and piano, but at the same time 

he questions the extent to which 

the sonata can survive as a musical 

form in this age of atonality. 

While Beethoven already proved 

in his four very early violin sonatas 

that he was a true master 

of the sonata form and was able 

to ingeniously enrich it with new 

aspects such as the equality of 

the two musicians, Widmann reconfronts 

this form from scratch 

and dares to undertake the utopian 

idea of composing a sonata 

in the 21st century. 

7.30 Pm 



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f r I 1 7 s e P 8 P m 


Beethoven: vIolIn sonatas 1 


Frank Braley piano 


sonata for violin and piano no. 1 

in D major op. 12/1 



in A major op. 12/2 



in e flat major op. 12/3 




Jörg Widmann: 

sonata for violin and piano 

(world premiere, work commissioned 

by the Beethovenfest 

Bonn) 

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€ 109.50 (subscription price for 

four sonata evenings. see p. 3) 


R enaud capuçon is part of that 

generation of young musicians 

who have not made their name 

as soloists alone. He committed 

himself early on to chamber 

music and has worked with some 

of the most significant instrumentalists 

of his day. Frequent 

chamber music partners are 

his brother, the cellist Gautier 

capuçon, with whom he was 

awarded an ecHo Klassik in 

2007 for the best chamber music 

recording of 20th/21st century 

music, and the pianist Frank 

Braley. With the latter capuçon 

will play three violin sonatas by 

Beethoven as well as once again 

the sonata by Jörg Widmann, 

which can be heard in all three 

concerts of this cycle. 

Committed to 

Chamber Music 

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Renaud Capuçon 

s at 1 8 s e P 8 P m 


Beethoven: vIolIn sonatas 2 





in F major op. 24 

(»spring sonata«) 



in A major op. 30/1 



in c minor op. 30/2 



(work commissioned by the 


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Dietrich henschel 

»Do I hear a song 

resounding« 

B e it in instrumental music or 

s at 1 8 s e P 8 P m 

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vocal music, peter Ruzicka uses 


a few select poets as sources 


of inspiration: in addition to paul 

celan and Friedrich Hölderlin, to 

both of whom he has dedicated 

an opera, a recent addition to the 

list is Friedrich nietzsche. The 

resulting nocturnal aphorisms 

amaze us with the expressive 

power of the emphatic, sweeping 

vocal melodies. This is contrasted 

with Robert schumann’s 

»song cycle« based on words 

by eichendorff, a brilliant connection 

between the purest of 

the Romantics in music and in 

poetry. 

7.30 Pm 



PortraIt Peter ruzICka 2 

Dietrich henschel Baritone 

Michael Schäfer piano 

hermann Reutter: Three monologues 

of empedocles based on 

words by Friedrich Hölderlin 

peter Ruzicka: eight songs 

based on fragments written by 

Friedrich nietzsche for baritone 

and piano 

peter Ruzicka: »... UnD MÖcH- 

TeT IHR An MIcH DIe HÄnDe 

LeGen ...« (»… AnD Do YoU 

WAnT To LAY YoUR HAnDs on 

Me …«) Five fragments by 

Hölderlin for baritone and piano 

Robert Schumann: »Liederkreis«. 

song cycle based on 

words by Joseph von eichendorff 

op. 39 

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A fter the resounding success 

of the »student manager« pilot 

project with two Hip Hop / classical 

concerts, the Beethovenfest 

Bonn is continuing the project 

with a new student group. This 

time a real star of the classical 

scene could be got on board: the 

British violinist Daniel Hope is 

famous for the artistic versatility 

that makes him capable of handling 

very different styles such 

as rock and pop. Together with 

the students Daniel Hope will develop 

a concept using the motto 

»BA RocK«. The aim is not to 

just incorporate friends but also 

the unusual venue. More information 

will be provided at the 

press conference on 11 May 2010. 

»BA RoCK« 

22 

s at 18 seP 8 P m 

d ransdorf 

t ram d e P ot 

Daniel hope Violin & Friends 

organized by school students 

in the context of the »student 

Manager« project of the Young 

Beethovenfest. 

Advance ticket sales begin 

on 11 May 2010. 

Daniel hope 

Up-to-date information 

from May on onwards under 

www.schuelermanager-beethovenfest.de 


sponsored by the stadtwerke Bonn. 

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Martina Gedeck 

three Sponsors 

and a Genius 

A programme of speech and 

music about the eventful year 

23 

sun 19 seP 1 1 a m 

h otel k önI gshof 

of 1809, during which Vienna Martina Gedeck Recitation 

was once again occupied by Sebastian Knauer piano 

napoleon’s troops, Joseph Haydn »three princes for the 

died and Ludwig van Beethoven Freedom Fighter« 

contemplated emigration. In Reading with music by 

order to keep him in Vienna, the Ludwig van Beethoven, includ- 

Austrian nobles invented sponing the »sonata pathétique«, the 

soring. The programme com- »Moonlight sonata« and the 

bines chamber music by Haydn »Waldstein sonata« 

and Beethoven with quotes ? 29 (concert only) 

from letters, historical texts and ? 59 (concert incl. brunch) 

literary evidence, which paint 

a picture of political and social 

The Hotel Königshof will provide 

its popular prosecco lunch following 

the concert. Further information at 

reality in the Vienna of 1809 as www.hotel-koenigshof.de 

well as of Beethoven’s artistic 

and private situation. 

sponsored by the 

Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft. 

N o sooner had Beethoven’s 

violin concerto been heard for the 

first time in December 1806 than 

the composer set about completing 

his fifth symphony, which 

was premiered two years later. 

The two works stand for a period 

of creativity in which Beethoven 

developed a symphonic tonal 

language all of his own. They will 

be played by one of German’s 

longest-established orchestras, 

the sächsische staatskapelle 

Dresden, which can look back on 

a history lasting 460 years. Together 

with their chief conductor 

they last year won the ecHo 

Klassik award as orchestra of 

the year, while the staatskapelle 

also won the ecHo Klassik for 

the opera performance of the 

year and the Historische edition 

special prize. 

the classics 

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Sergei Khachatryan 



Sergei Khachatryan Violin 

Sächsische Staatskapelle 

Dresden 

Sir Colin Davis conductor 


concerto for violin and 

orchestra in D major op. 61 


symphony no. 5 in c minor 

op. 67 

? 95 I 80 I 66 I 49 I 39 


for students. 

5.30 P m 

o r C hestra PortraI t 


sponsored by WestLotto. 

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Frank Braley 

outlook and promise 

B eethoven’s final violin sonata 

wrongly stands in the shadow of 

its immediate predecessor, the 

popular »Kreutzer sonata«. one 

reason could be that the minstrel 

effect and concert vir tuosity which 

characterize op. 47 are given 

a back seat in favour of internalized 

poetry. Together with its 

counterpart, the »Archduke Trio« 

op. 97, it is the consummation of 

Beethoven’s middle period, and 

both an outlook and promise of 

the late style in piano sonata and 

string quartet that was already 

on the horizon. Jörg Widmann’s 

work stands as the claim and 

promise of composing a sonata 

in the 21st century. 

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Beethoven: vIolI n s onatas 3 





no. 8 in G major op. 30/3 



no. 9 in A major op. 47 

(»Kreutzer sonata«) 



no. 10 in G major op. 96 



(work commissioned by the 


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hidden Commonalities 

O n the occasion of peter 

Ruzicka’s 60th birthday in 2008 

the Deutschlandfunk produced a 

recording of all of his works for 

string quartet with the Minguet 

Quartett, to whom the composer 

dedicated the sixth string quartet. 

The second and sixth string 

quartets can be heard in Bonn 

as well as two works by Robert 

schumann. The Minguet Quartett 

is supported by the young and 

successful soprano Mojca 

erdmann, who is able to move 

between the different epochs with 

unwavering certainty. Together 

the performers will uncover 

the hidden commonalities in the 

works. 

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f orum of the 

Mojca erdmann 


PortraI t Peter r uzICka 3 

Mojca erdmann soprano 

Minguet Quartett 

peter Ruzicka: »… FRAGMenT …«. 

Five epigrams for string Quartet 



cello in A major op. 41/3 


six songs for one voice and piano 

op. 107 (in the arrangement 

for soprano and string quartet 

by Aribert Reimann) 

peter Ruzicka: »… eRInneRUnG 

UnD VeR Gessen …« (»… MeMo- 

RY AnD FoRGeTTInG …«). Quartet 

for two violins, viola and cello 

with soprano 

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7.30 P m 

ConC ert IntroduC t I on 

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the King’s Singers 

Brave old World 

U topian society has long been 

a dream of humanity. Long before 

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mon 20 seP 8 P m 

s t I ftskI r C he 

Marx and engels, Thomas More the King’s Singers 

described the society of the fu- »UtopIA« – 

ture in his novel »Utopia«, written a utopian cross-section from 

in 1516: peaceful, democratic, thomas More to Modernity with 

hierarchical, education-oriented, works by William Cornyshe, 

communist, imperialistic. The John Shepherd, Josquin des 

King’s singers demonstrate what pres, orlando di Lasso, John 

the madrigal composers of the Donne, paul patterson 

subsequent centuries made of and others. 

this explosive mix. The world’s 

probably most famous a cappella 

group compiled this programme 

exclusively for the Beethovenfest 

Bonn. 

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helmuth Rilling 

not just knowing, 

but understanding too 

T 

he conductor, cantor and 

music teacher Helmuth Rilling 

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introduced and masterfully nur- l e C ture C onC ert 

tured the format of the lecture Letizia Scherrer soprano (Gretchen) 

concert in europe. This is con- Christian elsner Tenor (Ariel) 

firmed by the many television Markus eiche Baritone (Faust) 

broadcasts of lecture concerts of Gerd Grochowski Bass (Mephisto) 

Bach cantatas. on the evening Knabenchor collegium 

before the performance he will iuvenum Stuttgart 

familiarize the audience in Bonn Gächinger Kantorei 

with schumann’s »Faust scenes« Radio-Sinfonieorchester 

with his own special enthusiasm. Stuttgart of the SWR 

True to the theory that musical helmuth Rilling conductor 

works should not just be known Robert Schumann: 

but also understood, Rilling goes »scenes from Goethe’s Faust« 

through the individual compo- for solos, choir and orchestra 

sitions with his audience and, Woo 3 

using individual motifs, he and ? 25 

all the performers illustrate 

how schumann worked, took the 


for students. 


words and gave them the music 

they required. 

Musikfest stuttgart. 

Letizia Scherrer 

A pleasure like almost 

none other in my life 

i have experienced a pleasure 

like almost none other in my life. 

203 

tue 21 seP 8 P m 


This work will in my opinion take Letizia Scherrer soprano (Gretchen) 

its place beside the really great Christian elsner Tenor (Ariel) 

works in music.« Thus clara Markus eiche Baritone (Faust) 

schumann in a letter to Johan- Gerd Grochowski Bass (Mephisto) 

nes Brahms concerning »scenes Knabenchor collegium 

from Goethe’s Faust« by her hus- iuvenum Stuttgart 

band Robert schumann, which Gächinger Kantorei 

was first performed in cologne’s Radio-Sinfonieorchester 

Gürzenich hall in 1862 under Stuttgart of the SWR 

Ferdinand Hiller. That this com- helmuth Rilling conductor 

position, lasting more than two Robert Schumann: »scenes 

hours, is hardly ever played today from Goethe’s Faust« for solos, 

– an injustice, as Helmuth Rilling choir and orchestra Woo 3 

shows when he takes on the ? 65 I 50 I 38 I 26 I 15 

work, a hybrid between opera, 

cantata and oratorio, to mark the 

purchase of a ticket for this concert 

entitles the holder to a 50 % reduction 

in the cost of a ticket for the discussion 

bicentenary of the composer’s concert on 20 september. 

birth. 

The concert can also be booked as part 

of a subscription package (see p. 6/7). 


for students. 



Musikfest stuttgart. 

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hélène Grimaud 

Surprise 

Lisa Batiashvili 

oboe Quartet 

i n her third concert, Hélène 

Grimaud, »Artist in Residence« 

30 

wed 22 seP 8 P m 


T he concert programme revolves 

around the character of 

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CasI no of the 

at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2010, Renaud Capuçon Violin 

violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who 

k f w BankengruPPe 

will, together with chamber mu- Gautier Capuçon cello 

came up with this chamber mu- François Leleux oboe 

sicians of her own choice, pre- hélène Grimaud piano 

sic evening together with friends. Lisa Batiashvili Violin 

sent a very special programme. programme under construction Lisa Batiashvili will be in Bonn Lawrence power Viola 

What may look like a piano trio ? 53 I 44 I 35 I 27 I 19 

for the second time, having been Sebastian Klinger cello 

evening at first sight will, as the 

»philosopher among the pianists 

of her generation« has already 

revealed, turn into an evening 

with different compositions for 


for students. 

7.30 P m 



sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. 

awarded the Beethoven Ring by 

the Bürger für Beethoven for 

her performance of Beethoven’s 

violin concerto in 2006. This year 

she is presenting a classical pro- 

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for 

two oboes and english horn 

in c major op. 87 (arrangement 

for oboe, violin and cello) 

ernst von Dohnanyi: serenade 

different combinations of instrugramme 

whose instrumentation for violin, viola and cello 

ments. Whether other artists will 

is as rare as it is harmonious. in c major op. 10 

join the two capuçon brothers in 

strings and oboe are brought Benjamin Britten: phantasy. 

this select round (they for their 

together into a quartet. 

Quartet in one movement for 

part can be heard in other con- 

oboe, violin, viola and cello op. 2 

certs in Bonn) is something that 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 

Hélène Grimaud is keeping to 

Arias from »The Magic Flute« 

herself. so we may be in for a 

(arr. for oboe and violin) 

surprise. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 

Quartet for oboe, violin, viola 

and cello in F major KV 370 

? 38 

sponsored by the KfW Bankengruppe. 

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w e w o u l d l I k e t o t h a n k t h e s P o n s o r s o f t h e B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 2 0 1 0 + + + 

Main sponsors: 

event sponsors: 

public sponsors: 

Foundations: 

event sponsor of the Rhein-sieg-Kreis: 

Media partners: 

Bonn partners of the Beethovenfest: 

cultural partner: 

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Melvin edmondson 

etched into Memory 

F ew performers are lucky 

enough to be this popular: »Mona 

Lisa«, »Let There Be Love« and 

»Unforgettable« are just three 

of hundreds of songs with which 

nat »King« cole has etched himself 

into the memory of popular 

music. even though he has been 

dead for 40 years his recordings 

are still often played and listened 

to. The special thing was and is 

the voice with which he present ed 

his songs: the warm, unmistakable 

timbre of his baritone. The 

Björn Vüllgraf orchestra and the 

American Melvin edmondson 

as well as special guest Dolores 

Revels will bring the international 

successes of the singer 

nat »King« cole back on to the 

stage for this concert. 

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r heI n-sIeg-h a l l e 

sIegB urg 

Björn Vüllgraf orchestra 

Big Band & strings 

Björn Vüllgraf piano/Musical Director 

Melvin edmondson Vocal 

Dolores Revels Vocal (special Guest) 

Melvin edmondson’s tribute 

to the unforgettable 

nat »King« Cole 

? 35 I 27 I 19 


for students. 

sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln. 

trio parnassus 

Mature Music 

L ike good wine, good music 

also has to mature. Whether con- 

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sciously or unconsciously, it has trio parnassus 

been this maxim that the Trio Ludwig van Beethoven: 

parnassus, founded in 1982, have Trio for violin, cello and piano 

followed throughout their more no. 2 in G minor op. 1/2 

than 25-year existence. The trio Ludwig van Beethoven: 

is characterized by perfection, Trio for violin, cello and piano 

attention to detail, a good sense no. 3 in c minor op. 1/3 

for moods and the enthusiasm for and others 

discovery. It always approaches 

the historical special features of 

every composition with great sensitivity, 

without denying its own, 

lively ensemble sound. This allows 

them to give Beethoven’s trios the 

necessary stringency and to perform 

particularly the early works 

with a concentrated sound free 

from Romantic elements. 

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Spark – die klassische Band 

City life in music 

S park is bringing the most 

exciting sounds from new York, 

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v olksB ankhaus 

London, Amsterdam and Berlin Spark – die klassische Band 

to the stage in Bonn. The five Daniel Koschitzki Recorder 

musicians merge dreams and Andrea Ritter Recorder 

trends, classical beats, fusion Stefan Glaus Violin/Viola 

sounds, neon trance and minimal Victor plumettaz cello 

grooves in a radical and uncom- René Randrianarisoa piano 

promising manner to create »Downtown Illusions – 

the pulse of the big city. The set, City life in music« 

made of 40 large cardboard city life as a sound event with 

boxes, each one being a window, video and stage installations 

picks up on the city concept. ? 29 

skylines coming alive in the 

morning mist, the hectic to and 

fro of rush hour, dark characters 

from the underworld, multicultural 

session in the melting 

pot and the whirring nightlife are 

evoked by spark using nothing 

but two recorders, strings and 

piano. 

sponsored by the 

Volksbank Bonn Rhein-sieg. 

Matthias Goerne 

homage to Mahler 

i n 2010 the world of music 

will be celebrating the 150th an- 

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niversary of the birth of Gustav Matthias Goerne Baritone 

Mahler. Reason enough for the orchestre national de France 

orchestre national de France Daniele Gatti conductor 

and Daniele Gatti to confront two Gustav Mahler: 

of his probably most moving »Kindertotenlieder« 

works. The »Kindertotenlieder« (»songs on the Deaths of 

(»songs on the Death of chil- children«). song cycle for one 

dren«) with baritone Matthias voice and orchestra 

Goerne will be followed by the Gustav Mahler: 

Fifth symphony with its opening symphony no. 5 

funeral march, an almost seam- ? 85 I 72 I 59 I 48 I 32 

less transition, it would seem 

at first, though it goes on to tell 

of drama and emotion, and, especially 

in the well-known fourth 

movement, the Adagietto, of 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 




celebration and triumph. A whole 

world in one symphony. 

sponsored by comma soft. 

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Minguet Quartett 

»With heartfelt 

emotion« 

W ith this quote from Beethoven’s 

string quartet op. 132 

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Luigi nono dedicated his strong Minguet Quartett 

quartet »Fragmente – stille. Johannes ockeghem: 

An Diotima« to the Lasalle Four songs 

Quartett. The first part of the Giuseppe Verdi: 

title describes the work’s audible »Ave Maria« (scala enigmatica 

structure, the second reveals a armonizzata a 4 voci miste e sole) 

further layer that is not audible: from »Quattro pezzi sacri« 

the score has been enriched with Ludwig van Beethoven: 

54 short quotes from Hölderlin 3rd movement from the Quartet 

poems, which however, according for two violins, viola and cello 

to nono, »should in no way be no. 15 in A minor op. 132 

read out during the perform- (»Galitzin Quartet«) 

ance«. suggestions and inklings Luigi nono: 

determine both the textual and »Fragmente – stille. 

the melodic layer of the compo- An Diotima« (»Fragments – 

sition. For the performers this silence. To Diotima«) for two 

means creating a utopian space violins, viola and cello 

and for the listeners it means ? 32 

filling it. 

7.30 Pm 


»All ears for half«


Martin Grubinger 

With a Bang 

A fter the successes at the 

Beethovenfest 2006 (»percussive 

planet«), 2008 and 2009 Martin 

Grubinger has developed a new 

(spatial) concept for one of his 

concert marathons in collaboration 

with Beethovenfest: Martin 

Grubinger and his »striking« 

ensemble, which is once again 

composed of highly talented soloists 

(percussionists and other 

musicians), will spread out 

throughout the room to enthuse 

the audience from percussion 

bastions with crescendos and 

diminuendos, overlying rhythms 

and whirls of sounds. An impressive 

artwork of hard physical 

labour, aesthetic beauty and brilliant 

virtuosity. 

s at 2 5 s e P 8 P m 

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Martin Grubinger & Friends 

Martin Grubinger Multipercussionist 

and 5 further percussionists 

Iannis Xenakis: 

okho for 3 percussionists 


persephassa for 6 percussionists 


pléïades for 6 percussionists 

after the ConCert 

»lounge« In the foyer 

with Martin Grubinger & Friends 

Works by Michel Camilo, 

Astor piazzolla, Josef Burchartz 

and Daniel Schröckenfuchs 

? 32 (only concert) 

? 39 (incl. lounge) 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 




D 

ai Miyata, a graduate from 

Toho Gakuen school of Music, 

has already been awarded many 

prizes in Japan. In 2008 he was 

chosen to participate in a project 

unique in europe, »chamber Music 

connects the World« by the 

Kronberg Academy. Dai Miyata 

has since been receiving instruction 

in Kronberg from Frans 

Helmerson. In november 2009 

he won the Grand prix at the 9th 

Rostropovich cello competition 

in paris, which is considered the 

most renowned cello competition 

in the world. 

Dai Miyata 

Cellistic Renown 

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s u n 2 6 s e P 1 1 a m 

sChumannhaus 

PrIzewInners’ ConCert 1 

Dai Miyata cello 

(1st prize Rostropovich cello competition 

paris 2009) 

takuhiro Murayama piano 


sonata for cello and piano no. 1 

in F major op. 5/1 

toshiro Mayuzumi: 

»Bunraku« for cello solo 

and further works 

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Joint event with the endenicher Herbst. 

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Gabriela Montero Shchedryk Children’s Choir Kiev 

Improvization Genius 

B ach, Beethoven, Mozart … for 

the great composers improviza- 

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s teI genB erger 

tion was once a very natural part g randhotel 

of their musical work. Today their PetersB erg 

compositions are given world- Gabriela Montero piano 

class performances by world- Improvizations on her own 

class pianists. perfect. note for themes and themes from the 

note. Deviating, testing and play- audience 

ing around are hardly done any- ? 35 

more. Gabriela Montero, a young, 

classically trained pianist from 

After the concert, why not enjoy a 3-course 

Beethoven meal at € 39 excl. drinks. 

Reservation under +49-(0)2223-74780 or 

Venezuela, has found her talent restaurant@petersberg.steigenberger.de 

for improvization. she possesses 

the rare ability to improvize on 

any themes given to her by the 

audience. she thereby builds a 

bridge to jazz and world music. 


Crystal-clear 

Bridges of Sound 

T he shchedryk children’s 

choir, which is world-famous 

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s t. e vergI slus 

for its crystal-clear sound, has 

BrenI g 

performed hundreds of vocal Shchedryk Children’s Choir 

pieces of different eras and Kiev 

styles dur ing its 38-year history. Marianna Sablina conductor 

Thanks to their professional programme under construction 

vocal training the 40 girls of the Gia Kancheli: 

choir do not just have »their« »Lulling the sun« 

Ukrainian songs in their reper- and works by handel, 

toire, but also classical choral Schubert, Reger and others 

music from all around in the ? 25 

world in its original language. 

They are thereby build ing bridges 

between nations. For the Beethovenfest, 

they have brought along 

a work by the Georgian composer 

Gia Kancheli: »Lulling the sun«. 

The sight of the setting sun, and 

the »childish« wish to sing him to 

sleep, inspired Kancheli to compose 

a cosmopolitan utopia: the 

word for »sun« in 27 languages, 

arranged for a six-part choir and 

percussion. 


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Menahem pressler 

Grand Seigneur 

T 

he two sonatas for cello and 

piano op. 102 display all of the 

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s u n 2 6 s e P 8 P m 


main characteristics of Beetho- Antonio Meneses cello 

ven’s late style as a clearly linear Menahem pressler piano 

melody development, a loosening Ludwig van Beethoven: 

of the formal principles and a Variations for cello and piano in 

stronger incorporation of the vir- F major on »ein Mädchen oder 

tuoso components. In both works Weibchen« from W. A. Mozart’s 

an impression of fantasy-like opera »The Magic Flute« op. 66 

experimentation is thus cre ated, Frédéric Chopin: 

which gives them a dimen sion sonata for cello and piano 

many of Beethoven’s contempora- in G minor op. 65 

ries were not able to reproduce. Ludwig van Beethoven: 

Menahem pressler, the Grand sonata for cello and piano 

seigneur of chamber music, pos- in c major op. 102/1 

sesses the maturity necessary to Ludwig van Beethoven: 

perform these works and fill them sonata for cello and piano 

with life, together with his partner in D major op. 102/2 

of many years in the Beaux Arts 

Trio, Antonio Meneses. 

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H armony on the first note: 

when Gabriela Montero and 

Gautier capuçon met at Martha 

Argerich’s Lugano Festival 2006, 

there was no need for many 

words. In order for them to know 

that they wanted to work with 

each other in the future it was 

enough for them to play music 

together. This harmony in their 

musical understanding and 

temperament has made them 

an exceptionally successful duo. 

In Bonn they are presenting 

Beethoven’s concertante sonata 

op. 69, a masterpiece of impecca 

ble harmony of all the 

elements, paired with two late- 

Romantic works that impress 

through their richness of colour. 

Gautier Capuçon 

Consonance 

m o n 2 7 s e P 8 P m 

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Gautier Capuçon cello 

Gabriela Montero piano 


sonata for cello and piano no. 3 

in A major op. 69 

Sergei prokofjev: 

sonata for cello and piano 

in c major op. 119 

Sergei Rachmaninoff: 

Two pieces for cello and piano 

in G minor op. 19 

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57


hinrich Alpers 

Milestone 

H inrich Alpers, only 29 years of 

age, studied in Hanover and new 

York before he drew attention 

to himself through his concerts 

and first awards. His versatility 

and multi-facetted style are 

exceptional, not just regarding 

the way in which he plays, but 

also in respect of his repertoire. 

Hinrich Alpers is well on his 

way to an international career 

and he achieved a milestone 

last year: on 12 December 2009 

he won first prize at the International 

Telekom Beethoven 

competition Bonn, the special 

prizes for chamber music and 

the interpretation of a contemporary 

composition as well 

as the Favoritenpreis of the 

Beethoven-Haus Bonn. 


43 

CollegI um l eonI num 

PrI zewI nners’ ConC ert 2 

hinrich Alpers piano 

(1st prize International Telekom 

Beethoven competition Bonn 2009) 



in A flat major op. 110 


Humoresque for piano 

in B flat major op. 20 

and further works 

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A fter the incredible success 

of the simón Bolívar Youth 

orches tra in 2005 and 2007, the 

Beethovenfest 2010 is pleased 

to welcome the Teresa carreño 

Youth orchestra from Venezuela. 

This second, large orchestra to 

emerge from »sistema« founded 

by Dr José Antonio Abreu is 

named after the Venezuelan pianist 

Teresa carreño (1853–1917), 

who was an honorary member 

of the Beethoven-Haus society. 

The 180 young musicians are 

opening their first european 

tour in Bonn, with further stops 

in Berlin, Amsterdam and 

Vienna. They will be conducted 

by christian Vásquez, who is 

thereby stepping into Gustavo 

Dudamel’s footsteps. 

Christian Vásquez 

honourable 

Connection 

tue 28 seP 8 P m 

44 


teresa Carreño Youth orchestra 

of Venezuela 

Christian Vásquez conductor 

Richard Wagner: 

overture to the opera »Rienzi, 

the last of the Tribunes« 

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symphony no. 5 

in c minor op. 67 

Dmitri Shostakovich: 

symphony no. 12 

in D minor op. 112 

? 29 I 22 I 15 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 




sponsored by the state premier of 

north Rhine-Westphalia. 

59


Roger Willemsen 

»Der Knacks« 

W illemsen’s book of the same 

name is many things: it is per- 

45 


k ammersPIe l e 

sonal, journalistic, essayistic, 

Bad g odesB erg 

liter ary, cultural scientific and ensemble Resonanz 

political. This reading material Roger Willemsen speaker 

fascinated me.« Jan Müller- Jan Müller-Wieland conductor 

Wieland briefly and succinctly Jan Müller-Wieland: 

summarized the first impressions »Der Knacks«. 

that caused him to put excerpts Melodrama based on a libretto 

from Roger Willemsen’s auto- by Roger Willemsen 

biography »Der Knacks« to (world premiere, joint commis- 

music. The two protagonists will sion by ensemble Resonanz and 

perform the melodrama per- Beethovenfest Bonn) 

sonally in Bonn. A performance, ? 25 

particularly one of such a sub- 7.30 Pm 

jective work, could hardly be any ConC ert IntroduC t I on 

more authentic. 


In co-operation with the Theater Bonn. 


nadine Lehner 

Utopian Beethoven 

e ven though there are more 

than 200 musicians in the 

46 



orchestra and choir, Gustav P ORTRAi T PeT e R RU zicKA 4 

Mahler’s version of the ninth nadine Lehner soprane 

is not a monumental hyper- Anne-Carolyn Schlüter Alto 

Beethoven, but only a recreation Christian elsner Tenor 

of the balance between string Ralf Lukas Bass 

and wind instruments. What the Städtischer Musikverein 

original sound aesthetic achieves zu Düsseldorf 

by reduction, Mahler manages Staatskapelle Weimar 

by amplification and accentua- peter Ruzicka conductor 

tion. peter Ruzicka presents peter Ruzicka: 

a utopian Beethoven, the way »… Ins oFFene …« 

he was heard in around 1900. (»… InTo THe open …«) 

The concert will be opened with Music for 22 strings 

the composition »… InTo THe Ludwig van Beethoven: 

open …« by the »composer in symphony no. 9 in D minor 

residence« peter Ruzicka. op. 125 (arrangement 

The title is programmatic – the by Gustav Mahler) 

work provided the motto for this ? 85 I 72 I 59 I 48 I 32 

year’s festival. 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 




61


enoch zu Guttenberg 

Beethoven’s very own 

»Christ« 

i n this concert two works are 

being compared and contrasted 

47 

frI 1 o C t 8 P m 


which were created in temporal Chen Reiss soprano 

and spatial proximity. on the one Franziska Gottwald Alto 

hand there is the mature late Daniel Johannsen Tenor 

work of the conservative Haydn, Yorck Felix Speer Bass 

performed in 1798, on the other Chorgemeinschaft neubeuern 

hand there is the first and only orchester der KlangVerwaltung 

oratorio composed by the young enoch zu Guttenberg conductor 

Beethoven, »christ on the Mount Ludwig van Beethoven: 

of olives«. The publisher of the »christus am Ölberge« (»christ 

first edition, who disliked the on the Mount of olives«). 

»operatic« libretto, acted on his oratorio for solos, choir and 

own authority when he altered the orchestra op. 85 (version of the 

words after the world premiere historical-critical edition, 2008) 

in 1803. even though Beethoven Joseph haydn: 

fought back, the new version was Missa in Angustiis (»Mass for 

the one that caught on. enoch zu troubled times«) for solos, 

Guttenberg and his outstanding choir and orchestra in D minor 

ensembles are for the first time Hob. XXII:11 (»nelson Mass«) 

performing this work again with ? 53 I 44 I 35 I 27 I 19 

Beethoven’s original libretto. 


for students. 

7.30 P m 



sponsored by the Deutsche Telekom. 

T hey call themselves »Knights« 

but if need be they also fight with 

modern weapons: the new York 

chamber orchestra The Knights 

have set out to conquer the world 

of classical music. For them an 

orchestra is the lowest common 

multiple, the point at which musicians 

from the melting pot that 

is new York meet. »The Knights 

combine everything that is important 

today: they are stylistically 

incredibly versatile and 

at the same time they are excellently 

trained« raved cellist 

Jan Vogler. That makes them the 

right candidates for his new project 

in which he contrasts music 

by shostakovich with a cello 

arrangement of Jimi Hendrix’s 

electric-guitar piece »Machine 

Gun«. 

the Knights 

the Lowest 

Common Multiple 

s at 2 o C t 8 P m 

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t- m o BIle f orum 

the Knights 

Jan Vogler cello 

eric Jacobsen conductor 


overture to Johann Wolfgang 

von Goethe’s tragedy »egmont« 

op. 84 

Dmitri Shostakovich: 

concerto for cello and orchestra 

no. 1 in e flat major 

(1st movement) 


symphony no. 5 in c minor 

op. 67 (1st movement) 

as well as »tango, Klezmer, 

Waltz and Rock« with works 

by Shostakovich, piazzolla, 

Golilov, hendrix and others 

? 39 I 32 I 25 


for students. 


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Schubert, danced 

W ith the schubert evening 

»Impromptus« the Berlin choreo - 

205 

s at 2 o C t 

s u n 3 o C t 

8 P m 

8 P m 

grapher sasha Waltz creates 206 f o r u m o f t h e k u n s t- 

tenderly dreamy as well as dark- und ausstellungsly 

melancholy scene, telling of 

halle der Bundes- 

the unfulfilled yearning for haprePuBlIk 

deutsChland 

piness and harmony. Three duets Sasha Waltz & Guests 

form the focus, and are contrast- Sasha Waltz 

ed with dynamically space-filling Director, choreographer, set Designer 

group scenes. Waltz, who in her thomas Schenk set Designer 

choreographies usually employs Christine Birkle costumes 

contemporary compositions, 

does not illustrate, but follows 

the breath of the live music, and 

thus creates a dance evening 

that concentrates entirely on the 

dialogue between movement and 

music. 

Jochen Sandig, Yoreme Waltz 

Dramaturgy 

Martin hauk Lighting 

»Impromptus« (2004) 

Franz Schubert: 

Impromptus (excerpts from 

D 899 and D 935) 

and other works 

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The concert on 3 october is sponsored 

by the Deutsche Telekom. 

tecchler trio 

Full of passion 

through and through 

T 

he Tecchler Trio has, in just 

a few years, acquired the reputation 

of a top-class piano trio. 

Founded in 2003, it was soon 

clear that these three chamber 

musicians matched each other 

perfectly. The climax of their 

career to date was the First prize 

at the 2007 ARD Music competition, 

one of the few competitions 

for piano trios. In Bonn they will 

complete the schumann piano 

trio cycle by performing his third 

piano sonata, which they have 

rehearsed especially for the festival. 

It is a late work that is both 

full of character and self-contained, 

felt by clara schumann 

to be »full of passion through 

and through«. 

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s u n 3 o C t 1 1 a m 

sChumannhaus 

PrIzewInners’ ConCert 3 

tecchler trio 

(1st prize ARD music competition 2007) 

Franz Liszt: 

»orpheus«. 

symphonic poem s 98 

(arrangement for violin, cello 

and piano by camille saintsaëns) 



no. 3 in G minor op. 110 

Camille Saint-Saëns: 


no. 9 in e minor op. 92 

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Joint event with the endenicher Herbst. 

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taschen-oper-Companie toC 

Beethoven 

and the Stars 

Katia und Marielle Labèque 

Utopian Music 

Made Audible 

A fter the success of »Fidelio für 

Kinder« (»Fidelio for children«) 

51 

sun 3 o C t 

11 am and 2 P m 

M usic that was never composed 

has been brought out of its uto- 

53 

sun 3 o C t 6 P m 


in 2008 and the programme 52 d eutsC he t e l e k o m 

pian existence and made audible Katia and Marielle Labèque piano 

»Das Geisterzimmer« (»The Ghost headquarters 

by Luciano Berio. The starting Bamberger Symphoniker – 

Room«) at the Beethovenfest 2009 f amI ly ConC ert 

points of his composition 

Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie 

christoph Ullrich, the pianist and An »ohrwurm project« of the »Rendering« were the surviving Jonathan nott conductor 

artistic director of the Taschen- taschen-oper-Companie toC sketches for schubert’s sym- Luciano Berio: 

oper-companie Toc, has created Ib hausmann clarinet 

phony in D major, which Berio concerto for two pianos 

a new project for this year’s festi- nn cello 

has incorporated into his com- and orchestra 

val. The young listeners will find Christoph Ullrich piano, Beethoven position. In addition to orches- Luciano Berio: 

out about Beethoven’s live and »Die Reise ins All« (»the Jourtrating schubert’s sketches Rendering, for orchestra, 

work and his rediscovered love of ney into Space«) – observations he has filled in the blank areas based on schubert’s sketches 

astronomy during their »journey in Beethoven’s Solar System 

between the surviving fragments for a 10th symphony 

into space«. They are allowed A participation programme 

with his own music. It is very Ludwig van Beethoven: 

to participate and at the same focusing on Beethoven for 

clear which sections are original symphony no. 3 in e flat major 

time are given the opportunity of children aged 6 to 10 

and which ones have been added. op. 55 (»eroica«) 

listening to some great music. ? 9 

? 65 I 50 I 38 I 26 I 15 



for students. 

5.30 Pm 



67


Mozart piano Quartet Roberto tibiriçá 

Beethoven Arranged Brazilian Campus 

i n this concert visitors will 

be able to hear two significant 

54 

s u n 3 o C t 6 P m 

Burg namedy 

T 

his is the first time an orchestra 

from south America 

56 

m o n 4 o C t 8 P m 


(contemporary) arrangements of Mozart piano Quartet 

has visited the campus of the Deutsche Welle presents: 

Beethoven’s works: the first was Ludwig van Beethoven: 

Deutsche Welle and the Beet- CamPus ConCert 

penned by him and in its first Quartet for violin, viola, cello 

hovenfest Bonn. It is an even Sinfônica heliópolis 

version it was also a chambermusic 

work, namely as a quintet 

for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon 

and piano. The fact that Beethoven, 

as a piano virtuoso, composed 

both versions for his own 

use as »chamber music« can be 

seen on every page of the sheet 

music. The second piece, Beethoven’s 

Third, underwent com- 

and piano in e major op. 16 



op. 55 (»eroica«) 

(in the arrangement for piano 

quartet by Ferdinand Ries) 

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Joint event with 

Konzerten Burg namedy. 

greater pleasure in light of this 

year’s patronage by Dr Antonio 

Abreu. The 80 young Brazilians 

were trained in an educational 

system that resembles the 

»sistema« in Venezuela and has 

already provided prospects for 

7,000 young people prospects. 

In Bonn they will perform their 

idea of Beethoven and his eighth 

(orchestra of the Instituto Baccarelli, 

são paulo, Brazil) 

Roberto tibiriçá conductor 

André Mehmari: 

»cidade do sol« for orchestra 

(world premiere, commissioned 

by the Deutsche Welle) 

Works by Ludwig van Beethoven 

and Brasilian composers 

? 29 I 22 I 15 


pression and concentration, 

symphony. In addition they have 

for students. 

namely by Beethoven’s friend and 

come with Brazilian composi- 7.30 Pm 

student from Bonn, Ferdinand 

tions and, naturally, with their ConCert IntroduCtIon 

Ries, who, like Beethoven, lived 

south American temperament. »All ears for half« 

in Vienna between 1801 and 

1805. 

sponsored by the German Foreign 

Ministry and Deutsche Welle. 

69


Carolin Widmann 

Schumann Integrated 

i n this concert schumann’s 

three violin sonatas will be performed. 

They were composed 

between 1851 and 1853. The violin 

sonata no. 3, into which two 

movements from a joint project 

with two composer friends were 

integrated, narrates a special 

episode in schumann’s life. To 

this day it is testament to a very 

special proof of friendship: The 

sonata known as »F-A-e« is 

dedicated to the violinist Joseph 

Joachim, whose life motto „frei 

aber einsam« (»free but lonely«) 

is what »F-A-e« stands for. In 

the same year schumann supplemented 

the two movements 

he composed himself with two 

further ones to create a violin 

sonata. 

tue 5 o C t 8 P m 

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Carolin Widmann Violin 

Dénes Várjon piano 






in A minor Woo 2 (»F-A-e«) 



in D minor op. 121 

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P eter Gülke has been a hard 

and fast institution at the Beethovenfest 

Bonn ever since the 

campus was set up for young 

people with the help of Deutsche 

Welle,« stated the »Bonner Rundschau« 

in 2008. What appears 

to be an unassuming task is an 

incredibly worthwhile experience 

for the audience as well as for 

the young musicians. During 

several rehearsals the conductor 

and teacher will work on several 

pieces with the young Brazilian 

musicians, and these will be 

presented at the end of the campus 

workshop to an interested 

audience, all conducted and 

explained by peter Gülke. 

hard and Fast 

Institution 

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peter Gülke 

wed 6 o C t 7 . 3 0 P m 


CamP us w orkshoP 

In co-operation with 

Deutsche Welle 

Sinfônica heliópolis 

(orchestra of the Instituto Baccarelli, 

são paulo, Brazil) 

peter Gülke conductor 


symphony no. 7 in H minor 

D 759 (»The Unfinished«) 

and further work 

? 15 


for students. 

sponsored by the German Foreign 

Ministry and Deutsche Welle. 

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piotr Anderszewski 

the Measure 

of All things 

F or Robert schumann, Bach 

was the measure of all things: 

»Johann sebastian Bach did 

nothing by halves – he was a man 

through and through.« schumann 

doubtless knew the »english 

suites« too, after all even in his 

day they were included among 

Bach’s virtuoso masterpieces for 

the piano, an instrument whose 

technical development schumann 

followed closely. His opus 

56 was originally composed for 

the pedal piano, an instrument 

which, like the organ, was equipped 

with a low register played by 

the feet, in order to expand the 

tonal range. piotr Anderszewski 

plays his own arrangement of 

the work, as well as »Gesänge 

der Frühe«, schumann’s last 

work for this instrument. 

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wed 6 o C t 8 P m 

l a redoute 

piotr Anderszewski piano 

Johann Sebastian Bach: 

english suite for piano no. 5 

in e minor BWV 810 


six studies for the 

pedal piano op. 56 

(arr. by piotr Anderszewski) 


»Gesänge der Frühe« 

(»Morning songs«). 

Five pieces for pianoforte 

op. 133 

Johann Sebastian Bach: 

english suite for piano no. 6 

in D minor BWV 811 

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portugal’s Soundtrack 

H e is »number one« in portugal, 

a multi-instrumentalist and 

sound tinkerer, always searching 

for the sound of the future: 

Rodrigo Leão, composer and 

keyboarder, attracted attention 

as long ago as the 1980s with 

Madredeus. shortly after his 

global breakthrough with the 

soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ film 

»Lisbon story« he left the band 

to devote himself to a solo career. 

With the cinema ensemble 

he creates sound kaleidoscopes 

in which elements of fado, pop, 

classical music, jazz, tango 

and bossa nova are lavishly expounded 

by strings, accordion 

and electric guitars. 

Rodrigo Leão 

wed 6 o C t 8 P m 

60 

h armonI e e ndenICh 

Rodrigo Leão & 

Cinema ensemble 

Rodrigo Leão Keyboards, composition 

Ana Vieira Vocals 

Celina da piedade Vocals, Akkordion 

Viviena tupikova Violin 

Bruno Silva Viola 

Marco pereira cello 

Luis Aires Bass 

Luis San payo percussion 

Sound kaleidoscope 

with elements of fado, 

pop, classical, jazz, tango 

and bossa nova 

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Joint event with the Harmonie endenich. 

73


Angelika Kirchschlager 

exclusive 

Summer nights 

O ften it is the appeal of the 

new that makes unexpected moments 

possible. When Angelika 

Kirchschlager gives her debut at 

the Beethovenfest together with 

the Academy of st Martin in the 

Fields, the audience will be presented 

with »nuits d’eté« full of 

poetry and warmth. Berlioz’s 

biggest gift to the song repertoire 

was originally composed for 

voice and piano. The orchestral 

version was largely created quite 

a long time later. The poems 

come from the collection »La 

comédie de la mort« published 

in 1838 and written by his friend 

Théophile Gautier, who lived 

close by in paris. 

thu 7 o C t 8 P m 

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Angelika Kirchschlager 

Mezzo-soprano 

Academy of St Martin 

in the Fields 

Sir neville Marriner conductor 

hector Berlioz: 

song cycle »Les nuits d’etés« 

(»summer nights«) based on 

words by Théophile Gautier for 

mezzo-soprano and orchestra 

op. 7 

Georges Bizet: 

symphony in c major WD 33 

Felix Mendelssohn: 

symphony no. 3 in A minor 

op. 56 (»scottish symphony«) 

? 85 I 72 I 59 I 48 I 32 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 

o r C hestra PortraI t 



Kit Armstrong 

exceptionally talented 

T he Beethovenfest is able to 

present, in Kit Armstrong, born in 

62 

thu 7 o C t 8 P m 

Burg wIssem 

1992, an »exceptionally talented Kit Armstrong piano 

pianist and musician. His insight Johann Sebastian Bach: 

into the musical associations, his preludes and Fugues from 

concentration, his ear for sound »The Well-Tempered clavier« 

and balance as well as his incre- Kit Armstrong: 

dible technical control can already Variations for piano 

stand up to strict standards.« This Johann Sebastian Bach: 

praise was given by none other chromatic Fantasia and Fugue 

than Alfred Brendel, Kit Arm- for piano in D minor BWV 903 

strong’s teacher and mentor. In Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 

addition to one of his own works Fantasia for piano 

the young pianist selections for in c minor KV 475 

Bonn include two fantasias; having Franz Schubert: 

emerged from the free fantasizing sonata for piano no. 19 

and improvizing, this genre like no in c minor D 958 

other represents the utopian and ? 25 

freedom-loving notion of music. sponsored by the Kreissparkasse Köln. 

75


Antti Siirala 

orchestration Skills 

T he contribution Hector 

Berlioz made to the development 

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of the symphony is almost im- Antti Siirala piano 

measurable. The combination of philharmonischer Chor 

very different artistic genres in der Stadt Bonn 

one style and the invention of Musikkorps der 

hitherto unheard timbres did not Bundeswehr Siegburg 

just characterize his famous Beethoven orchester Bonn 

»symphonie fantastique« but Stefan Blunier conductor 

also his »Grande symphonie« for hector Berlioz: 

military orchestra. The »Grande overture »Les Francs Juges« 

symphonie funèbre et triom- op. 3 

phale«, originally written for a Frédéric Chopin: 

marching band, was meant to concerto for piano and orches- 

accompany the procession in tra no. 1 in e minor op. 11 

memory of the revolution of 1830. hector Berlioz: 

This work is being combined with Grande symphonie funèbre 

chopin’s first piano concerto, et triomphale op. 15 H 80 

performed by the young Finnish ? 53 I 44 I 35 I 27 I 19 

pianist Antti siirala. 


for students. 

7.30 Pm 




i sabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen 

Queyras and Alexander Melnikov 

are continuing the comparison 

of the two composers from Bonn 

with three piano trios. The bracket 

with works by Beethoven creates 

an arc between the inventive 

first work to the »Archduke Trio« 

in which Beethoven takes stock 

of all of the chamber music 

achievements of this style. Between 

these two is schumann’s 

F major trio, a light-imbued 

image full of warmth and confident 

intimacy, about which clara 

schumann gushed: »It is one of 

Robert’s pieces that warm and 

delight my soul from beginning 

to end. I love it with passion and 

I want to play it over and over 

again!« 

play it over 

and over again 

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Isabelle Faust 



Isabelle Faust Violin 

Jean-Guihen Queyras cello 

Alexander Melnikov piano 



no. 5 in e flat major op. 70/2 



no. 2 in F major op. 80 



no. 6 in B flat major op. 97 

(»Archduke Trio«) 

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77


Marlis petersen 

opera without Action 

T he Liederspiel, the compilation 

of songs for one voice or 

65 


steIgenBerger 

many voices tied together by ad- 

g r a n d h o t e l 

dressing the same poetic subject PetersBerg 

to create a mini-opera with out »sChumann-Iade« 

action, was Robert schumann’s Marlis petersen soprano 

very own invention. In 1849 schu- Anke Vondung Alto 

mann composed three works Werner Güra Tenor 

of this nature. The »spanisches Konrad Jarnot Baritone 

Liederspiel« deals with a love Christoph Berner piano 

story from the first shy meeting Camillo Radicke piano 

to the joyous certainty of happi- Robert Schumann: 

ness together. While op. 101 »spanisches Liederspiel« op. 74 

strikes a cautious note, op. 138 Robert Schumann: 

and op. 74 fascinate us with the »Minnespiel« op. 101 

local colour which schumann Robert Schumann: 

ignited with the strength of his »spanische Liebeslieder« op. 138 

Romantic imagination, without Robert Schumann: 

attention to folkloristic pedantry. Lied »zigeunerleben« op. 29/3 

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To put you in the mood for the evening, 

the steigenberger Grandhotel will be 7.30 Pm 

serving a »Beethoven appetizer« incl. ConCert IntroduCtIon 

one drink for € 23. 

Reservation under +49-(0)2223-74 780 or 


restaurant@petersberg.steigenberger.de 


F ounded in January 2007 the 

delian quartett has played its way 

into the international concert 

world in a very short time during 

its sensational career. The secret 

of the quartet’s success is largely 

that all four musicians already 

had individual careers before 

they were united into an ensemble 

through their common passion 

for the great string-quartet 

compositions. In addition to the 

classical repertoire they perform 

works for quartet and one or 

more further instruments: in 

Bonn in the unusual combination 

with the bandoneon player per 

Arne Glorvigen. 

delian quartett 

Quartet plus 

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s ta d t m u s e u m 

sIegBurg 

delian quartett 

per Arne Glorvigen Accordion 



cello no. 14 in D minor D 810 

(»Death and the Maiden«) 

Giacomo puccini: 

»crisantemi« for two violins, 

viola and cello 

Astor piazzolla: 

»Tango sensations« 

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Sir neville Marriner 

the Violin is everything 

G irl, anything but not the violin, 

that’s too difficult,« her grandfather 

always told her, says 

violinist Veronika eberle, born in 

1988. »And then he brought me 

his old violin case after all and I 

was overjoyed.« The fact that the 

violin was truly her instrument 

became clear very quickly. 

Accompanied by the Academy of 

st Martin in the Fields under 

sir neville Marriner, Veronika 

eberle will now also prove in 

Bonn that the violin is everything 

to her, just not too difficult! 

The Beethovenfest Bonn 2010 

will close with the lively interpreta 

tion of Beethoven’s seventh 

by the 85-year-old sir neville 

Marriner. 

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Veronika eberle Violin 

Academy of St Martin 

in the Fields 

Sir neville Marriner conductor 

Zoltan Kodály: 

»Galántai Táncok« 

(»Dances from Galánta«) 

for orchestra 

Antonín Dvorˇák: 

concerto for violin and 

orchestra in A minor op. 53 


symphony no. 7 in A major op. 92 

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Bonn 


Wachsbleiche 17, 53111 Bonn 

Box office: +49-0228 – 7 22 23 33 

Bus 551, 600, 601 


U/s 62, 65, 66, 67 

Bertha-von-suttner-platz 

in the Beethovengarage, Theaterstraße 


Bonngasse 24-26, 53111 Bonn 

U/s 63, 65, 66, 67 


in the Marktgarage or stiftsgarage 

Collegium Leoninum 

noeggerathstraße 34, 53111 Bonn 

U/s/Bus 

Hauptbahnhof (main station) 

or stadthaus 

at the building and at the main station 

Deutsche telekom headquarters 

Friedrich-ebert-Allee 140, 53113 Bonn 

U/s 16, 63, 66 

Deutsche Telekom 

harmonie endenich 

Frongasse 28-30, 53121 Bonn 

Box office: +49-228 – 61 40 42 

Bus 606, 607, 631 

Frongasse or Brahmsstraße 

hotel Königshof 

Adenauerallee 9, 53111 Bonn 

U/s 16, 63, 66 

Universität/Markt 

in the hotel’s underground garage 

Forum der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle 

der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 

Friedrich-ebert-Allee 4, 53113 Bonn 

U/s 16, 63, 66 and Bus 610, 611 

Heussallee/Museumsmeile 

multi-storey car-park, 

car and bus parking 

for the »Museum Mile« 

(access via W.-Flex-strasse) 

Kanzlerbungalow 

Adenauerallee 139/141, 53113 Bonn 

U/s 16, 63, 66 

Museum Koenig 

Bus 610, 611 

Bundeskanzlerplatz 

on the »Museum Mile« 

or the «Bundesviertel« 

palais Schaumburg 

Adenauerallee 139/141, 53113 Bonn 

U/s 16, 63, 66 

Museum Koenig 

Bus 610, 611 


on the »Museum Mile« 

or the «Bundesviertel« 

(approx. 10-minute walk) 

pantheon 

Reuterstraße 241, 53113 Bonn 

Bus 610, 611 


Bus 630 

Heussallee 

U/s 16, 63, 66 

Museum Koenig 

in front of the Bonn center 

multi-storey building 

Schumannhaus 

sebastianstraße 182, 53115 Bonn 

Box office: +49-228 – 77 36 56 

Bus 604, 605, 606, 607, 631 

Alfred-Bucherer-straße 

Stiftskirche 

Kölnstraße 37, 53111 Bonn 

U/s 63, 65, 66, 67 


in the Marktgarage or stiftsgarage 

Dransdorf tram Depot 

Gerhart-Hauptmann-straße, 53121 Bonn 

U/s 18 

Robert-Kirchhoff-straße 

t-Mobile Forum 

Landgrabenweg 151, 53227 Bonn-Beuel 

Bus 606, 607 

T-Mobile 

U/s 62, 65 

schießbergweg 

Volksbank-haus 

Heinemannstraße 15, 53175 Bonn 

Bus 541, 610 

Volksbank-Haus 

at the building 

Bad godesBerg 

Kammerspiele Bad Godesberg 

Am Michaelshof 9, 53177 Bonn 

Box office: +49-228 -778022/33 

U/s 16, 63, 67 

Bad Godesberg Bahnhof (station) 

at the stadthalle 

and at the Kurfürstenbad 

KfW Bankengruppe 

Ludwig-erhard-platz 1-3, 

53179 Bonn (Mehlem) 

Bus 613, 615 

Tannenallee 

underground garage in the building 

La Redoute 

Kurfürstenallee 1, 53177 Bonn 

Box office: +49-228 – 36 77 20 

U/s 16, 63 

Bad Godesberg Bahnhof 

at the stadthalle 

and at the Kurfürstenbad 

rheIn-sIeg-kreIs 

Burg Wissem, troisdorf 

Burgallee 1, 53840 Troisdorf 

Bahnhof, Troisdorf 

then bus 501, 506, 507, 508 bis 

Ursulaplatz 

in front of the castle 

Kursaal Bad honnef 

Hauptstraße 28, 53604 Bad Honnef 

Box office: +49-2224 – 189501 

U/s 66 

Bad Honnef 

at Avendi-Hotel garage 

Rhein-Sieg-halle 

Bachstraße 1, 53721 siegburg 

Train, U/s, Bus 

siegburg Bahnhof (station) 

(approx. 5-minute walk) 

at Rhein-sieg-Halle garage 

Stadtmuseum Siegburg 

Markt 46, 53721 siegburg 

Box office: +49-2241 – 5 57 33 

DB, U/s, Bus 

siegburg Bahnhof (station) 

in the Mühlenstraße (p11), 

Rhenag (p22), 

and Bahnhof (station) car parks (p10) 

St. evergislus 

Haasbachstraße 2, 

53332 Bornheim-Brenig 

Steigenberger Grandhotel petersberg 

53639 Königswinter/petersberg 

Box office: +49-2223 – 740 

in front of the building 

andernaCh 

Burg namedy 

56626 Andernach 

Box office: +49-2632 – 4 86 25 

Train to 

namedy Bahnhof (station) 

in front oft he castle 

indicates the name of the nearest bus, 

tram or underground stop. 

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C o n C e r t t I C k e t s a n d g e n e r a l I n f o r m a t I o n 

is the main box office 

for the Beethovenfest Bonn. 

Here you will f ind tickets available 

for advance sale 

• by phone at 

+49 (0) 180 – 500 18 12 

(€ 0.14 / Min by landline inside 

Germany, mobile rates may 

vary; Mon-Fri, 9am to 7pm, 

sat, 10am to 3pm) 

• by fax at 

+49 (0) 228 – 910 41 11 

• by e-mail at 

beethovenfest@bonnticket.de 

• in the internet at 

www.bonnticket.de or 

www.beethovenfest.de 

• in writing by sending the 

enclosed order form 

(see foldout back cover) to the 

Beethovenfest Bonn or to: 

BonntICKet, Adenauer- 

allee 131, D-53113 Bonn, 

Germany 

and at some 270 further advance 

booking offices and travel agencies 

nationwide! 

please enter the identifying number 

of the concert when placing 

your orders. Written ticket reservations 

for all concerts at the 

Beethovenfest Bonn 2010 can be 

submitted from 10 March 2010. 

Advance ticket sales, including 

internet sales, will begin on 

17 April 2010. Before advance 

tickets go officially on sale, 

will process written 

orders in the order in which 

they are received. please note 

that written orders cannot be 

confirmed before 6 April 2010. 

If you prefer to pay by wire transfer, 

we will send you a confirmation 

of your booking with invoice 

upon receipt of your order. payment 

of the invoice must be re- 

ceived on the specified bank 

account within two weeks. The 

tickets will be mailed to you once 

your payment has been received. 

If you pay by direct debit or credit 

card, tickets will be sent out after 

6 April. 

Waiting List: 

When all seats for a concert are 

sold out, the Beethovenfest provides 

a special service: in the internet 

at www.beethovenfest.de 

you can enter your name (without 

obligation) on a waiting list for 

the event in question. You will 

then be informed by e-mail if 

tickets for this concert become 

available. 

evening box office: 

Any remaining tickets can be 

purchased from the box office at 

the performance venue one hour 

before the concert begins. 

Getting to the concert 

(local public transport): 

Admission tickets to concerts are 

also valid at no additional charge 

for journeys on the regional 

public transport network Verkehrsverbund 

Rhein-sieg (VRs). 

You can use all VRs routes at 

any time within four hours of the 

start of the event; the return 

journey must be completed no 

more than four hours after the 

end of the event. 

Concession rates: 

children from the age of 3, students 

and trainees below the age 

of 30, those undergoing compulsory 

military service or civilian 

alternative, job-seekers, disabled 

people and those in possession 

of the »Bonn Ausweis« are entitled 

to a reduction of 50 % on 

the ticket price. You are asked to 

produce evidence of such entitlement 

(without having to be specifically 

asked) at the door. 

Fees: 

The prices printed in this booklet 

are inclusive of 

handling fees and the flat charge 

made by the VRs for use of its 

routes, which together account 

for € 1.43 per ticket. Advance 

booking offices also charge 10 % 

of the ticket price as a booking 

fee. For written and phone reservations 

will charge 

an additional processing and 

mailing fee of € 2.50 per order, 

or € 4.90 in the case of internet 

bookings. If you wish your tickets 

to be sent by registered mail (optional), 

will charge 

a flat fee of € 6.90. 

General Information: 

concert tickets cannot be returned 

or exchanged when orders are 

only partially taken up. no responsibility 

is assumed for changes 

in programmes, perform ers, 

dates or venues. no claim for 

return of tickets may be based on 

such changes. only when an 

event is cancelled altogether will 

the purchase price be refunded 

upon presentation of the ticket 

within a two-month period. Latecomers 

are only admitted during 

breaks in the concert. 

Audio-video recordings: 

no form of recording, whether 

audio, film, video or photograph, 

is permitted, not even for private 

use. In case of violation, the 

audio and video material may be 

confiscated. some of the concerts 

will be recorded for radio 

and / or television broadcast. 

concertgoers implicitly declare 

their consent to these recordings 

and to any pictures that might be 

made of them. 

»All ears for half« – concert 

introductions and orchestra 

portraits: 

some of the concerts playing at 

the Beethovenfest offer the 

chance to be »all ears for half«, 

i.e. there is a chance to experience 

an introduction to that 

night’s programme half an hour 

before the beginning of the concert. 

Renowned musicologists 

will introduce and explain particularly 

the lesser known works. 

In addition, on some evenings 

this year orchestra portraits will 

be available, illustrating new 

models of orchestral organization 

and funding. 

+ + + advance orders will be accepted 

in writing from 10 March 2010! + + + 

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Bonn 

Brückenforum Beuel 

Friedrich-Breuer-str. 17 

53225 Bonn 

0228 – 4 00 09 11 

General-Anzeiger 

Bottlerplatz 7 


0228 – 6 04 23 12 

Konzertkasse Kaufhof 

Remigiusstraße 20 


0228 – 69 79 80 

Kunst- und 

Ausstellungshalle 

der Bundesrepublik 

Deutschland 

Friedrich-ebert-Allee 4 


0228 – 9 17 12 16 

opern- und Konzertkasse 

Windeckstraße 1 


0228 – 77 80 08 

Bad godesBerg 


Koblenzer str. 61 


0228 – 3 50 50 

Schauspiel Bonn 

Theaterplatz / Am 

Michaelshof 9 


0228 – 77 80 – 22/-33 

aaChen 

AZ An ticketshop & 

Service 

(Mayersche Buchhandlung) 

Buchkremerstr. 1-7 

52064 Aachen 

0241 – 5 10 11 75 

Bad honnef 


Hauptstraße 38 

53604 Bad Honnef 

02224 – 90 20 80 

S-shop im hit-Markt 

Berck-sur-Mer-straße 1 

53604 Bad Honnef 

02224 – 181-0 

Bad neuenahr- 

ahrweIler 


Bossardstraße 1-3 

53474 Bad neuenahr- 

Ahrweiler 

02641- 9 12 61 

BergIsCh gladBaCh 

Bürgerhaus Bergischer Löwe 

Konrad-Adenauer-platz 

51465 Bergisch Gladbach 

02202 – 3 89 99 

Brühl 

brühl-info 

Uhlstr. 1 

50321 Brühl 

02232 – 7 95 69 

düsseldorf 

Düsseldorf Marketing 

& tourismus Gmbh 

Immermannstr. 65 B 

(Hauptbahnhof) & 

Marktplatz 6 (Altstadt) 

40210 Düsseldorf 

0180 – 5 64 43 32 

heinersdorff Gmbh 

Heinrich-Heine-Allee 22 

40213 Düsseldorf 

0211 – 32 91 91 

euskIrChen 

Stadtverkehr euskirchen 

oststraße 1-5 

53879 euskirchen 

02251 – 14 14 160 

koBlenz 

tourist-Information 

Bahnhofplatz 17 

56068 Koblenz 

0261 – 3 03 88 49 

köln 

Zeitungsgruppe Köln 

service center 

(DuMont-carré) 

Breite straße 72 

50667 Köln 

0221 – 2 24 22 92 

Köln Musik ticket 

Roncalliplatz 

50667 Köln 

0221 – 28 01 

theaterkasse Kaufhof 

Hohe straße 1 

50667 Köln 

0221 – 2 57 88 11 

Karten und Veranstaltungs- 

service KVS 

Wiener platz 2a 

51065 Köln 

0221 – 9 62 42 41

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