| Opening Concert Scott Brothers Duo |
Friday, October 3rd, 2025 |
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Jonathan Scott, harmonium |
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| It is a bit like an accolade when the probably world's best duo for harmonium and piano has once again accepted my invitation to the festival with great enthusiasm. Jonathan and Tom are already looking forward to the family atmosphere here, and you can be very excited about what musical treasures of the Romantic era they will come up with this time. |
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| Late Night Impro werken |
Friday, October 3rd, 2025 |
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Trio for free improvisation: |
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| The three musicians of "werken" are united by a curiosity for unusual sounds and noises, a sense of humor with a Dadaist touch and the desire to find an open and unprejudiced way of communication between the actors in improvisation. In 2023, their debut album "kollektive verkabelung" made it straight onto the longlist of the German Record Critics in the "Border crossings" category, and it is great fun to get involved with experimental music by listening, feeling and marvelling. |
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| Autumn Roses – Tangos from Poland TastoCorno |
Saturday, October 4th, 2025 |
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Katharina Hesse, french horn |
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| Now we can finally satisfy your curiosity about what Polish tangos are all about, since we unfortunately had to cancel this concert at the last festival due to illness. The two musicians have set themselves the task of reviving the memory of the many Jewish tango composers who lost their lives in the Holocaust. With horn and harmonium as a distinctive sound combination, it is not only "Bei mir bistu schein"... |
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| Norwegian Impressions Glimmer |
Saturday, October 4th, 2025 |
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Nils Økland, harding fiddle |
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| If you ask a chemist, you will hear the technical term "layered silicate" for the mineral mica, but it's (Latin) name as well means shimmer, sparkle or shine. The fact that an album by Nils Økland and Sigbjørn Apeland bears this name certainly says something about the music of the two, which finds its home in the border area between folk and jazz. |
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| Choir Concert Stabat mater |
Sunday, October 5th, 2025 |
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Der kleine Frauenchor, Düsseldorf |
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| In the series of choral music, which we are thankfully allowed to continue under the wonderful acoustic conditions in the monastery church of St. Nikolaus, we are being visited this time by "Der Kleine Frauenchor" from Düsseldorf-Bilk (known to insiders as FCB for short, but more exciting than any football game). The top-class ensemble is a guest with a predominantly sacred program that gives us a multifaceted view of this special form of choral music. |
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| Programme change due to illness |
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| Harmonium meets... Bach Goldberg-Variations |
Sunday, October 5th, 2025 |
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Dirk Luijmes, harmonium |
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| Unfortunately, the harpist had to cancel her participation in the concert program "Harmonium meets... Harp" due to health reasons. We wish her a speedy recovery! Despite intensive efforts, we were unable to find an adequate replacement for her at such short notice. We are therefore all the more pleased by Dirk Luijmes's spontaneous willingness to perform the concert as a soloist. Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations have been interpreted in many ways – but never before on a French art harmonium. An exciting concert idea that also demands the highest standards of virtuosity and interpretation. You can look forward to a top-class concert, which will also be accompanied by a projection of the 31 color etchings by the artist Regina Reim, which she created based on the Goldberg Variations. Music and art thus form a unified conclusion to the festival. |
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Planning status: July 21st, 2025. Subject to change.
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