Sonntags am Rhein
(Sundays at the Rhine)

We are proud to announce the launch in 2015 of a monthly concert series entitled "Sonntags am Rhein" ("Sundays at the Rhine").

Art song lovers will surely understand the reference to Schumann's eponimous song. However, our concert series is not exclusively dedicated to the art song genre, but features instrumentalists and chamber music ensembles as well.

As the title suggests, these concerts take place once a month on a Sunday afternoon. All concerts take place in the recitall hall of the Sankt Goar International Music Festival and Academy (Heerstraße 5, 56329, Sankt Goar) and start at 17:00 (5:00 PM).

Both established and emerging artists are featured in this series. Our schedule for 2015 is as follows:

January 18: BALLADS

Works by Schubert, Schumann, Loewe, etc.
Falko Hönisch (Stade), baritone
Emilio Pons (Mexico City), tenor
Robert Bärwald (Stuttgart), Pianist
 

February 15: STIMMUNGEN

Works by Debussy, Elgar, Godowski, Lavry, Ponce, Saint-Saëns and Tschaikowski
 

Maria Azova (Munich), Violin
Adi Bar (Frankfurt), Piano
 

March 22: AN AFTERNOON OF CELLO MUSIC

Works by Bach, Rachmaninov and Ligeti

Shirin Tashibaeva (Bischkek/Kirgistan), Violoncello
Kirill Krotov (Moscow), Piano

April 12: HEINE AND KERNER

Robert Schumann's Song Op. 24 and Op. 35 song cycles

Falko Hönisch, Baritone
Trung Sam (Bonn), Piano

May 10: AN AFTERNOON OF OBOE MUSIC

Works by Schumann and other composers

Dorothea Gömmel (Würzburg), Oboe
Trung Sam (Bonn), Piano

June 14: STUDENT CONCERT

Discover the participants of our first Art Song Session
Songs in German, English and Swedish

July 5: STUDENT CONCERT

Discover the participants of our second Art Song Session
Songs in German, Russian and Czech

August 2: STUDENT CONCERT

Discover the participants of our third Art Song Session
Songs in German, French, Italian and Spanish

September 9: VIOLOSOPHY: THE DUO CONCEPT

Works by Messiaen, Miche, Pärt, Schostakovich and Williams

Johannes Krampen (Stuttgart), violin
Katja Küppers (Göttingen), piano

November 11: UND MEINE SEELE SPANNTE WEIT IHRE FLÜGEL AUS!
("AND MY SOUL WIDELY EXPANDED ITS WINGS")

Works by Schumann and Fauré

Ute Dörig (Berlin), soprano
Antonio Grimaldi (Zürich), piano

December 13: PIANO RECITAL

Works by Scarlatti, Janacek, Mozart and Liszt

Niel du Preez (London), piano