festival program
- SAT / 06 / MAY
Prelude
06 pm / MHL / Chamber Music Hall
Talk on the festival motto with Prof. Johannes Fischer MHL Professor for percussion and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger Project Manager of the Brahms Festival, Christiane Irrgang NDR, moderator.
>> Free admission - SAT / 06 / MAY
"To the right understanding"
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Opening concert with music from the Schönberg Society for Private Musical Performances. Works by Reger (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart op. 132a), Schönberg (Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major op. 9) and Strauss (Wein, Weib und Gesang op. 333, Schatzwalzer op. 418, Kaiser-Walzer op. 437) with Angela Firkins flute, Jens Thoben clarinet, Daniel Sepec violin, Heime Müller viola, Ulf Tischbirek violoncello, Jörg Linowitzki double bass, Konstanze Eickhorst and Konrad Elser piano and students of the MHL. Afterwards: "Dialogue in the Foyer".
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro) - SUN / 07 / MAY
"Dialogues"
10 am / St. Jakobi
Radio service of the NDR and WDR as part of the Brahms Festival of the MHL with Kathrin Jedeck pastor, Lutz Jedeck pastor, Bernd Ruf saxophone, clarinet, Franz Danksagmüller and Arvid Gast organ, with the Capella and Kantorei St. Jakobi, Ulrike Gast conductor and the MHL-PopsChoir, Bernd Ruf conductor.
>> Free admission - SUN / 07 / MAY
Symphony concert "In my sounds I speak"
07.30 pm / MuK
Works by Lili Boulanger (D'un matin de printemps and D'un soir triste), Penderecki (Concerto per corno ed orchestra "Winterreise") and Brahms (Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 68) with Adrián Díaz Martínez horn and the MHL Symphony Orchestra, Elias Grandy conductor.
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
- MON / 08 / MAY
Max Reger on his 150th birthday I
08.30 am / St. Jacob's
Works by Reger (organ works from the collections opp. 56, 59 and 129, Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor o.op. as well as 12 Spiritual Songs op. 137) as well as improvisations and readings with students of the MHL organ classes.
>> Free admission
- MON / 08 / MAY
In Duet: Brahms and Schubert
05 pm / Villa Brahms
Works by Brahms (Three Duets op. 20, Five Duets op. 66) and Schubert (Divertissement à la hongroise in G minor D 818) with students of the MHL, Teresa C. Ramming moderator.
>> Admission 8 / 11 Euro (no reduction)
- MON / 08 / MAY
Dialogues
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Trio in C minor "Conversation between a Sanguineus and Melancholicus" Wq 161 No. 1), Aperghis (Le corps à corps), Reich (Electric Counterpoint) and Mozart (String Quintet no. 3 C major KV 515) with Angela Firkins flute, Daniel Sepec and Elisabeth Weber violin, Pauline Sachse viola, Imke Frank violoncello, Otto Tolonen guitar, Johannes Fischer persian zarb, vibraphone, Sergej Tcherepanov fortepiano and Franz Danksagmüller organ.
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
- TUE / 09 / MAY
Max Reger on the occasion of his 150th birthday II
08.30 am / St. Jacob's
Works by Reger (organ works from the collections opp. 56, 59 and 129, Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor o.op. as well as 12 Spiritual Songs op. 137) as well as improvisations and readings with students of the MHL organ classes.
>> Free admission
- TUE / 09 / MAY
Lunchtime Concert I
12.30 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in G major op. 76 No. 1 Hob. III:75 meets music by Janisch, with the Saki Quartet, Prof. Heime Müller moderator.
>> Free admission
- TUE / 09 / MAY
Interférences
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Works by Boutry (Interférences I), Yun (Duo for Violoncello and Harp), Vaughan Williams (Songs of Travel) and Beethoven (Septet in E flat major op. 20) with Szymon Chojnacki baritone, Jens Thoben clarinet, Pierre Martens bassoon, Adrián Díaz Martínez horn, Daniel Sepec violin, Pauline Sachse viola, Imke Frank and Ulf Tischbirek violoncello, Jörg Linowitzki double bass, Gesine Dreyer harp, Robert Roche and Yoko Yamada piano.
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
- TUE / 09 / MAY
Brahms Night Session I
10.30 pm / YMCA
MHL lecturers improvise at the YMCA.
>> Free admission
- WED / 10 / MAY
Max Reger on his 150th birthday III
08.30 am / St. Jacob's
Works by Reger (organ works from the collections opp. 56, 59 and 129, Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor o.op. as well as 12 Spiritual Songs op. 137) as well as improvisations and readings with students of the MHL organ classes.
>> Free admission - WED/ 10 / MAY
Lunchtime Concert II
12.30 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in D minor op. 76 No. 2 Hob. III: 76 "Quintenquartett" meets music by Korte, with the Eunoia Quartett, Prof. Dr. Oliver Korte moderator.
>> Free admission
- WED / 10 / MAY
In Duet: Brahms and Reger
05 pm / Villa Brahms
Works by Brahms (Four Duets op. 28, Four Duets op. 61) and Reger (Violoncello Sonata in A minor op. 116) with Mikkel Møller Sørensen piano and students of the MHL, Dr. Fabian Bergener moderator.
>> Admission 8 / 11 Euro (no reduction) - WED / 10 / MAY
Among Friends
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Works by Joachim (Notturno in A major op. 12), Mayer (Notturno in D minor op. 48), Schumann/Dietrich/Brahms ("F.A.E. Sonata"), Clara Schumann (Six Songs op. 13) and Brahms (Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor op. 60) with N.N. vocals, Elisabeth Weber violin, Pauline Sachse viola, Ulf Tischbirek violoncello, Konrad Elser and Florian Uhlig piano.
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
- WED / 10 / MAY
Brahms Night Session II
10.30 pm / YMCA
MHL lecturers improvise at the YMCA.
>> Free admission
- THU / 11 / MAY
Max Reger on his 150th birthday IV
08.30 am / St. Jacob's
Works by Reger (organ works from the collections opp. 56, 59 and 129, Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor o.op. as well as 12 Spiritual Songs op. 137) as well as improvisations and readings with students of the MHL organ classes.
>> Free admission
- THU / 11 / MAY
Lunchtime Concert III
12.30 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in C major op. 76 No. 3 Hob. III:77 "Kaiserquartett" meets music by Lemke, with the Eunoia Quartet, Prof. Sascha Lino Lemke moderator.
>> Admission free
- THU / 11 / MAY
Side by Side
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Works by Abbasi (Situation IV / lo E iO), Rosenberger (Atchafalaya Remix), Tjøgersen (Seafloor Dawn Chorus) and Mansouri (Jina) with Ensemble Recherche and students of the MHL, Max Riefer conductor, Katharina Rosenberger sound direction electronics. In cooperation with Ensemble Recherche and the Frequenz Festival Kiel
>> Admission 15 / 20 euros (reduced 9 / 13 euros)
- THU / 11 / MAY
Brahms Night Session III
10.30 pm / YMCA
MHL lecturers improvise at the YMCA.
>> Free admission
- FRI / 12 / MAY
Max Reger on his 150th birthday V
08.30 am / St. Jacob's
Works by Reger (organ works from the collections opp. 56, 59 and 129, Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor o.op. as well as 12 Spiritual Songs op. 137) as well as improvisations and readings with students of the MHL organ classes.
>> Free admission
- FRI / 12 / MAY
Lunchtime Concert IV
12.30 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in D major op. 76 No. 5 Hob. III:79 meets Music by Brandstäter, with the Visage Quartet, Dr. Marten Noorduin moderator.
>> Free admission
- FRI / 12 / MAY
In Duet: Brahms and Ligeti
05 pm / Villa Brahms
Works by Brahms (Five Romances and Songs op. 84, excerpts from Six Songs op. 3, 28 German Folk Songs WoO 32, 49 German Folk Songs WoO 33, Ballads and Romances op. 75) and Ligeti (Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet) with MHL students, Christoph J. Arta moderator.
>> Admission 8 / 11 Euro (no reduction)
- FRI / 12 / MAY
"Exonauts"
07 & 09 pm / Treibsand
Multimedia concert performance in two rounds with improvisations and contemporary music, students of the MHL
>> Admission 3 Euro (no reduction, tickets here and at the box office)
- FRI / 12 / MAY
Brahms Night Session IV
10.30 pm / YMCA
MHL lecturers improvise at the YMCA.
>> Free admission
- SAT / 13 / MAY
Lunchtime Concert V
12.30 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in E flat major op. 76 No. 6 Hob. III:80 meets music by Soltani, with the Moulin Quartet, Christoph J. Arta moderator.
>> Free admission
- SAT / 13 / MAY
Carnival of the Animals
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Works by Wulff (Abgesang einer Feldlerche), Biber (Sonata violino solo representative A major C 146), Scelsi (Rucke di Guck), Messiaen (Le merle noir) and Saint-Säens (Le carneval des animaux) with Hartmut Uhlemann speaker, Angela Firkins flute, Diethelm Jonas oboe, Jens Thoben clarinet, Elisabeth Weber violin, Pauline Sachse viola Imke Frank violoncello, Jörg Linowitzki double bass, Pieter-Jan Belder basso continuo, Manfred Aust, Konstanze Eickhorst, Florian Uhlig piano and students of the MHL. Already at 7 pm sound installation "A Sound Vault for a Silent Future" by Philipp Wallis Nicolai in the Chamber Music Hall. Afterwards: "Dialogue in the Foyer".
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
- SUN / 14 / MAY
"For these distracted tymes"
11 am / MHL / Chamber Music Hall
Works by Tomkins ("A sad paven for these distracted tymes"), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Duetto No. 4 F major F. 57), Hagerty (Lament for harpsichord), Telemann (Fantasy for solo flute in A minor TWV 40:3), Froberger (Partita VI in C major FbWV 612), Korte ("Dark Matter"), Philips ("Pavan and Galliard") and Hotteterre (Troisième Suitte from the Premier Livre op. 2 No. 3) with Angela Firkins flute, Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord and students of the MHL, Prof. Dr. Oliver Korte moderator.
>> Admission 15 Euro (reduced 11 Euro)
- SUN / 14 / MAY
(Late) Lunchtime Concert VI
03 pm / Lübeck Lodge House
"Dialogue with Modernity": Haydn's String Quartet in B flat major op. 76 No. 4 Hob. III:78 "Sunrise" meets Music by Nicolai, with the Leonkoro Quartet, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger moderator.
>> Free admission
- SUN / 14 / MAY
The Brahms Festival in Travemünde
04 pm / Atlantic Grand Hotel / Ballroom
"In Duet": Works by Brahms (Five Romances and Songs op. 84, excerpts from Six Songs op. 3, 28 German Folk Songs WoO 32, 49 German Folk Songs WoO 33 and Ballads and Romances op. 75) and Ligeti (Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet) with MHL students, Christoph J. Arta moderator. An event in cooperation with the Travemünder Kammermusikfreunde e.V.
>> Admission 18,10 Euro (reduced 11,50 Euro) - SUN / 14 / MAY
"Conversation with God"
07.30 pm / MHL / Great Hall
Final concert: Works by Bach (Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV 903), Mozart (Clarinet Quintet in A major KV 581) and Reger (String Sextet in F major op. 118) with Jens Thoben clarinet, Maria Rallo viola, Ulf Tischbirek violoncello, Arvid Gast organ and students of the MHL. Afterwards: "Dialogue in the Foyer".
>> Admission 15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
stages
Music- und Congresshall (MuK)
Willy-Brandt-Allee 10
23552 Lübeck
www.muk.de
University of Music Lübeck (MHL)
Concert hall entrance: An der Obertrave
23552 Lübeck
www.mh-luebeck.de
Brahms Institute at the University of Music Lübeck
Villa Brahms
Jerusalemsberg 4
23568 Lübeck
www.brahms-institut.de
Lübeck Lodge House
St.-Annen-Straße 2
23552 Lübeck
St. Jacob's
Jakobikirchhof 3
23552 Lübeck
www.st-jakobi-luebeck.de
Treibsand Lübeck
Willy-Brandt-Allee 9
23554 Lübeck
www.treibsand.net
CVJM
Große Petersgrube 11
23552 Lübeck
www.cvjm-luebeck.de
Atlantic Grand Hotel Travemünde
Kaiserallee 2
23570 Lübeck-Travemünde
www.atlantic-hotels.de/grand-hotel-travemuende
tickets
Symphony concert at the MuK
15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
Evening concerts in the Great Hall of the MHL
15 / 20 Euro (reduced 9 / 13 Euro)
Matinée concert in the Chamber Music Hall of the MHL
15 Euro (reduced 11 Euro)
Afternoon concerts in the Villa Brahms
8 / 11 Euro (no reduction)
Concert at Treibsand Lübeck
3 Euro (no reduction), Tickets only via www.tixforgigs.com
Afternoon concert at the Atlantic Grand Hotel Travemünde
18,10 Euro (reduced 11,50 Euro)
Free admission to all other concerts.
All prices include all fees. 10% discount for holders of the NDR Kultur Card at the box office. Tickets at all advance booking offices of Lübeck-Tickets and online at www.luebeck-ticket.de.
Subject to change without notice.
