Classical Music
International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg 2026
an event of the series International Mendelssohn Festival
Thursday, 17/09/2026 / 07:30 PM - 09:45 PM / Laeiszhalle (Kleiner Saal)
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»Feverish Restlessness« paints a panorama of musical tension—a state suspended between inner agitation, fragile balance, and eruptive energy. Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata exemplifies music that thrives on impulse and derives its form from movement. In Jörg Widmann’s Fieberphantasie, this energy reaches a contemporary climax: a sonic space between ecstasy and fragility. In contrast are works that unfold virtuosity as a refined surface—for example, in the music of Cécile Chaminade and in the brilliant pieces by Carl Maria von Weber and André Messager. In the second part, the dramaturgy intensifies: Schumann’s Piano Quartet condenses these states of tension into a form of great cohesion and inner intensity.
PERFORMERS
Sophia Jaffé violin
Matthias Lingenfelder violin
Jiyoon Lee violin
Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic viola
Hartmut Rohde viola
Niklas Schmidt violoncello
Julian Bliss clarinet
Asya Fateyeva saxophone
Stepan Simonian piano
Annika Treutler piano
Juhani Lagerspetz piano
PROGRAM
Robert Schumann
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Jörg Widmann
Fieberphantasie für Klavier, Streichquartett und Klarinette
Cécile Chaminade
Concertino pour Flûte op. 107
Carl Maria von Weber
Andante con moto
André Messager
Solo de Concours
- Interval -
Carl Maria von Weber
Sonate für Violine und Klavier G-Dur op. 10/2
Carl Maria von Weber
Adagio und Rondo Violoncello und Klavier F-Dur J 115
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
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