Muzyka dla Europy.
Music for Europe.
Musik aus Kreisau. Für Europa.
The Concert Programmes
2025
The Concert Programmes 2025
It is only towards the end of the rehearsal period, when the artistic management decides which pieces will be performed in concert. The final evening programmes are decided on only a few days before the performance. Please find here below the actual programme.
28th August 2025
Opening Concert
Świdnica, Peace Church
6.00 p.m.
Kindly supported by the Consulate General of the
Federal Republic of Germany in Wrocław, by the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK) and the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Programme:*
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)
Pieces for Piano Four Hands (excerpts)
Adam Golka (piano), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
„La Fontaine d’Aréthuse“ (from “Myths”), Op. 30 (1915)
Viviane Hagner (violin), Adam Golka (piano)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Three „Chansons madécasses“ for Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Violoncello and Piano (1926)
“Nahandove” / “Aoua!” / “Il est doux”
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Zofia Neugebauer (flute), Gustaw Bafeltowski (violoncello), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
„La Valse“
arr. for Piano Four Hands by Lucien Garban
Adam Golka (piano), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano)
intermission
Brett Dean (*1961)
“Approach to a Canon” (2018)
Volker Jacobsen (viola), Brett Dean (viola), Samuel Niederhauser (violoncello), Maciej Kłopocki (violoncello), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Ricardo Silva (double bass), Tomasz Głuchowski (cembalo)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, in B-flat Major – BWV 1051 (1718)
Allegro / Adagio, ma non tanto /Allegro
Volker Jacobsen (viola), Brett Dean (viola), Samuel Niederhauser (violoncello), Maciej Kłopocki (violoncello), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Ricardo Silva (double bass), Tomasz Głuchowski (cembalo)
* subject to changes
29th August 2025
Evening Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
6.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
7 romances after poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 for Soprano, Violin, Violoncello and Piano (1967)
1. Song of Ophelia / 2. Gamayun, the Bird of Prophecy / 3. We Were Together / 4. Gloom Enwraps the Sleeping City / 5. The Storm / 6. Secret Signs / 7. Music
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Emma Meinrenken (violin), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K. 581 (1789)
Allegro / Larghetto / Menuetto / Allegretto con variazioni
Reto Bieri (clarinet), Particia Cordero (violin), Alva Holm (violin), Martin Moriarty (viola), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello)
* subject to changes
29th August 2025
Night Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
9.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Brett Dean (*1961)
Robert Schumann’s “Poems of Queen Mary Stuart”,
arranged for Mezzo Soprano and String Quartet (2023)
Abschied von Frankreich / Nach der Geburt ihres Sohnes / An die Königin Elisabeth / Abschied von der Welt / Gebet
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Fanny Fheodoroff (violin), Latica Honda-Rosenberg (violin), Hayang Park (viola), Gustaw Bafeltowski (violoncello)
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Clarinet Quartet (1993)
Notturno. Adagio / Scherzo. Vivacissimo / Serenade. Tempo di valse / Abschied. Larghetto
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Mira Foron (violin), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Gustaw Bafeltowski (violoncello)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 (1906)
Allegro energico / Larghetto affettuoso - Molto espressivo / Scherzo. Allegro leggiero / Finale. Allegro agitato - Poco più moderato - Vivace
Reto Bieri (clarinet), Fanny Fheodoroff (violin), Patricia Cordero (violin), Hayang Park (viola), Gustaw Bafeltowski (violoncello)
* subject to changes
30th August 2025
Evening Concert
Wrocław,
NFM, Red Hall
6.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909)
Songs, selection from Op. 1 and Op. 3 (1895-96)
“To the Saddened One” / “I Remember Silent, Bright, Golden Days” / “On the Calm, Dark Sea”/ “Across the Wide Open Sea” / “Enchanted Queen”
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Adam Golka (piano)Brett Dean (*1961)
Brett Dean (*1961)
“Seven Signals” for Piano, Violin, Clarinet and Violoncello (2019)
Impulse Study / Flowing, floating, and delicately luminous / Morse 1 / Body Language (Pas de deux) / Semaphore / Tallying / Morse 2
Reto Bieri (clarinet), Emma Meinrenken (violin), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 (1875)
Allegro non troppo / Scherzo. Allegro /Andante / Finale. Allegro comodo
Stephen Kim (violin), Nicholas Swensen (viola), Andrzej Bauer (violoncello), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
* subject to changes
31th August 2025
Summer Day Concert
Grodziszcze,
St. Anne Church
1.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 (1797-1798)
Adagio – Allegro con brio / Adagio, ma non tanto, e cantabile / Scherzo. Allegro / Presto
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Anuschka Cidlinsky (viola), Andrzej Bauer (violoncello)
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 9 (1859)
Andante. Allegro ma non troppo / Adagio / Allegro molto energico / Molto vivace
Alva Holm (violin), Viviane Hagner (violin), Martin Moriarty (viola), Samuel Niederhauser (violoncello)
* subject to changes
31th August 2025
Summer Evening Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
7.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Two Songs Op. 91 for Mezzo Soprano, Viola and Piano (1884)
1. Gestillte Sehnsucht. Adagio espressivo
2.. Geistliches Wiegenlied. Andante con moto
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Brett Dean (viola), Adam Golka (piano)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Piano Trio in A Minor (1914)
Modéré / Pantoum. Assez vif / Passacaille. Très large / Final. Animé
Latica Honda-Rosenberg (violin), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello), Adam Golka (piano)
intermission
Brett Dean (*1961)
“I starred last night, I shone”
for Mezzo Soprano and String Trio (2024)
after a poem by Les Murray “Performance” (1996)
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Viviane Hagner (violin), Brett Dean (viola), Benjamin Kruithof (violoncello)
Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Major (1977)
Adagio - Allegro / Scherzando / Grave / Rondo
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Nathan Meltzer (violin), Viviane Hagner (violin), Anuschka Cidlinsky (viola), Macintyre Taback (violoncello)
* subject to changes
4th September 2025
Summer Evening Concert
Szczawno-Zdrój,
Spa Theatre
7.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
„L’invitation au château“, FP 138, for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1947)
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Fanny Fheodoroff (violin), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
„Quatre petites pièces” for Violin, Horn and Piano
Fanny Fheodoroff (violin), Sibylle Mahni (horn), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8, “Poème” (1923)
Fanny Fheodoroff (violin), Benjamin Kruithof (violoncello), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano)
intermission
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
“Souvenir de Florence” String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, version for two Violins, two Violas, Violoncello and Double Bass (1890)
Allegro con spirito / Adagio cantabile e con moto / Allegro moderato / Allegro vivace
Nathan Meltzer (violin), Emma Meinrenken (violin), Martin Moriarty (viola), Anuschka Cidlinsky (viola), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Samuel Niederhauser (Violoncello)
* subject to changes
5th September 2025
Summer Evening Concert
Jawor,
Church of Peace
7.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2; Hob. III: 82 (1799)
Allegro moderato / Menuet. Presto / Andante / Finale. Vivace assai
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Patricia Cordero (violin), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Macintyre Taback (violoncello)
Brett Dean (*1961)
“Imaginary Ballet” for Piano Quartet (2021)
1. Caprice / 2. Obsessions / 3. Interlude I – (Un)Quiet / 4. Skittish / 5. Interlude II – Chorale (Donnington Park in the dark) / 6. Interlude III – Elegy (for John Curro) / 7. Shadow Dance / 8. Stretto Dance / 9. Postlude (Exeunt)
Stephen Kim (violin), Nicholas Swensen (viola), Samuel Niederhauser (violoncello), Adam Golka (piano)
intermission
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Piano Quintet in A Minor Op. 84 (1918-19)
Moderato – Allegro / Adagio / Andante – Allegro
Stephen Kim (violin), Alva Holm (violin), Martin Moriraty (viola), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello), Gilbert Kalish (piano)
* subject to changes
6th September 2025
Summer Evening Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
6.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Hans Krása (1899-1944)
“Tanec” for String Trio (1943)
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Piotr Szumieł (viola), Alexey Stadler (violoncello)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117 (1964)
Moderato con moto / Adagio / Allegretto / Adagio /Allegro
Stephen Kim (violin), Emma Meinrenken (violin), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello)
intermission
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Sextet (2000)
Allegro moderato
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Sibylle Mahni (horn), Alva Holm (violin), Nicholas Swensen (viola), Tatu Kauppinen (violoncello), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025)
Piano Quintet (1957)
Allegro / Andante marciale / Larghetto sensibile / Presto
Yannick Rafalimanana (piano), Emma Meinrenken (violin), Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Hayang Park (viola), Macintyre Taback (violoncello)
* subject to changes
6th September 2025
Summer Night Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
9.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Violoncello (1920-22)
Allegro / Très vif / Lent / Vif, avec entrain
Particia Cordero (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (violoncello)
Brett Dean (*1961)
“Epitaphs” String Quintet (2010)
I. Dorothy Porter, Australian poet (1954–2008) / II. Lyndal Holt, Australian solicitor, academic, and author (1962–2008) / III. Jan Diesselhorst, Berlin Philharmonic cellist, (1954–2008) / IV. Betty Freeman, American arts patron, philanthropist and photographer (1921– 2009) / V. György Ligeti, Hungarian-born Austrian composer (1923–2006) / VI. Richard Hickox, British conductor and music director (1948–2008)
Nathan Meltzer (violin), Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Martin Moriarty (viola), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Macintyre Taback (violoncello)
intermission
Dick Kattenburg (1919-1944)
String Trio (1939)
Mira Foron (violin), Piotr Szumieł (viola), Alexey Stadler (violoncello)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Quartet (1938)
Mäßig bewegt / Sehr langsam / Mäßig bewegt
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Nathan Meltzer (violin), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Gilbert Kalish (piano)
* subject to changes
7th September 2025
Summer Evening Concert
Krzyżowa, Concert Hall
6.00 p.m.
Programme:*
Brett Dean (*1961)
“Recollections” (2006)
Essence / Don't Wake Mother / Dead of Night / Relic / Incident / Locket
Arthur Stockel (clarinet), Sibylle Mahni (horn), Yannick Rafalimanana (piano), Wojciech Herzyk (percussion), Mira Foron (violin), Anuschka Cidlinsky (viola), Alexey Stadler (violoncello), Ricardo Silva (double bass)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927)
Moderato, dolce e tranquillo / Vivace, scherzando / Lento
Nathan Meltzer (violin), Alva Holm (violin), Piotr Szumieł (viola), Samuel Niederhauser (violoncello)
intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (1861)
Allegro / Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo — Trio. Animato / Andante con moto / Rondo all Zingarese. Presto
Viviane Hagner (violin), Brett Dean (viola), Benjamin Kruithof (violoncello), Adam Golka (piano)
* subject to changes