The German festival season presents a cross-section of the world's most exciting classical music artists and a mix of repertoire from old favorites to new discoveries. Hosted by Cristina Burack, Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts is a weekly series of electrifying performances by top German orchestras along with superb ensembles from abroad.
Kit Armstrong, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 890
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Antje Weithaas, Florian Donderer, Yura Lee and Anna Reszniak, violins; Barbara Buntrock and Jan Larsen, violas; Julian Steckel, Tanja Tetzlaff and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cellos; Kiveli Dorken and Francois-Frederic Guy, pianos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, KV 421
Olga Neuwirth: in Memoriam Lars
Karol Szymanowski: Mythen, Op. 30
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Bamberg Symphony
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Maximilian Hornung, cello
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great"