‘Winterreise’ by Franz Schubert
Concert featuring harp and vocals
Franz Schubert’s dramatic song cycle is one of the most impressive works of the Romantic period. The exceptional harpist Sarah Christ and the Dresden-based baritone Clemens Heidrich are devoting themselves to these eerie songs – performed in an unusual ensemble featuring the harp, they shed entirely new light on the facets and nuances of this masterpiece.
- With Clemens Heidrich (baritone) and Sarah Christ (harp)
- Admission: €15 / concessions €13
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).
Song Class Recital
Vocal class at the University of Music
It is a tradition for students in the art song class at the University of Music to showcase their talents in a concert. The programme features songs by various composers.
- Featuring students from the University of Music and Prof. Michael Schütze (conductor)
- Admission: €4
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor service of the City of Dresden Museums on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).
Brahms and Dvořák – A friendship between Romantic-era artists
Concert featuring a fortepiano
Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák were linked not only by mutual musical admiration, but also by a warm personal regard. Brahms recognised the younger composer’s talent at an early stage, championed him and helped him to gain international renown. The programme features Brahms’s ‘Gypsy Songs’ and Dvořák’s Op. 73, ‘In the Folk Style’, performed by prize-winners of the ‘Bolko von Hochberg’ art song competition in Görlitz. Museum director Romy Donath will read from the composers’ letters and discuss their relationship.
- With Juliana Ioana (soprano) and Artemiy Sokolovskiy (fortepiano)
- With Dr Romy Donath (presenter)
- Admission: €15 / concessions €13
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor services department of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).
Beethoven and his pupils
Chamber music for French horn and piano
This concert is dedicated to a pivotal transitional period in the history of music: the shift from the Classical to the Romantic era. The programme centres on works by Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupils Ferdinand Ries and Ignaz Moscheles. Beethoven expanded the ideals of the Classical period to include a new expressive freedom, thereby paving the way for Romantic aesthetics. This is clearly reflected in the compositions of his pupils. At the same time, this era marked a period of upheaval for the horn. The natural horn, with its characteristic timbres and distinctive playing techniques, offers an authentic insight into the soundscape of that era and demonstrates just how closely the development of the instruments was linked to the musical innovations of the time.
Horn player Miklós Takács (Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden), accompanied by Mako Kodama on the fortepiano, offers insights into this fascinating transitional period.
- With Miklós Takács (horn) and Mako Kodama (fortepiano)
- Admission: €15 / concessions €13
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).
‘How love never rests …’
Romantic songs accompanied by the harp
Katrin Pehla-Döring, accompanied by harpist Kazumi Hashimoto, presents rarely heard songs by the composers René Hirschfeld (b. 1965) and Heinz Holliger (b. 1939). The songs revolve around the themes of love and transience, spanning a period from the Romantic era to the present day. The programme is complemented by Romantic instrumental pieces for solo harp.
- Katrin Pehla-Döring (vocals) and Kazumi Hashimoto (harp)
- Admission: €15 / concessions €13
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor service of the Dresden City Museums on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).
Romantic composers from Dresden
Concert featuring viola and fortepiano
Featuring works by Carl Maria von Weber, his pupil Moritz Hauptmann, the Romantic composer Heinrich Marschner and Weber’s admirer Paul Umlauft, this programme presents compositions for violin and piano that are closely linked to the Dresden Romantic movement. The acclaimed violinist Viola Breuer devotes herself to this rarely heard repertoire.
- Featuring Viola Breuer (violin) and Marianna Naryshkina (fortepiano)
- Admission: €15 / concessions €13
- Please book in good time online or by telephone via the visitor services department of the Dresden City Museums on 0351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri).