5th International Shostakovich Festival Gohrisch 2014
19th September - 21th September 2014
Friday, 19th September 2014
Opening
Actress: Isabel Karajan
Piano: Jascha Nemtsov
Dresden String Quartet
Violin I: Thomas Meining
Violin II: Barbara Meining
Viola: Andreas Schreiber
Cello: Martin Jungnickel
Staging by Klaus Ortner
“Miss Death meets Mr Shostakovich”
A scenic collage about fear (in German)
With music by Dmitri Shostakovich
(including the String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110)
and texts by his contemporaries
In cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival
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Saturday, 20th September 2014
Film Matinee
“Dem kühlen Morgen entgegen” A film on the life of Dmitri Shostakovich (in German)
Germany, 2008
Directors: Oliver Becker and Katharina Bruner
Cast: Armin Müller-Stahl and Ina Rudolph
Pre-screening introductory talk with director Oliver Becker
Church Concert
Vocal Concert Dresden
Director: Peter Kopp
Organ: Friedemann Herz
Members of Kremerata Baltica
Johann Sebastian Bach Motet “Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt”, BWV Anh. 160
Sofia Gubaidulina “Light and Darkness” for organ
Dmitri Shostakovich Passacaglia for organ from the opera
“Lady Macbeth of Mzensk”, Op. 29
Johann Sebastian Bach Motet “Jesu, meine Freude”, BWV 227
Sofia Gubaidulina “Meditation on the Bach Chorale ‘Vor deinen Thron tret’
ich hiermit’” for harpsichord, two violins, viola, cello and
double bass
Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale prelude “Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit”, BWV 668
Sofia Gubaidulina “Jauchzt vor Gott” for chorus and organ
Evening Recitel I
Kremerata Baltica
Wind players of the Staatskapelle Dresden
Violin and director (part 1): Gidon Kremer
conductor (part 2): Omer Meir Wellber
Piano: Anna Vinnitskaya
Clarinet: Wolfram Große
Sofia Gubaidulina “Reflections on B-A-C-H”,
arrangement for string orchestra by Gidon Kremer
Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 134, version for violin, percussion
and string orchestra by Michail Zinman and Alexei Pushkarev
Mieczysław Weinberg
Chamber Symphony No. 4 for string orchestra
and clarinet, Op. 153
Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
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Sunday, 21th September 2014
Chamber Matinee
Violin: Nurit Stark
Violin: Rebecca Beyer
Piano: Cédric Pescia
Double bass: Alexander Suslin
Percussion: Taiko Saito
Piano: Jascha Nemtsov
Jacobus Stainer Quartet
Violin: Henrik Woll
Violin: Paige Kearl
Viola: Christina Biwank
Cello: Simon Kalbhenn
Viktor Suslin “Capriccio über die Abreise” for two violins
Johann Sebastian Bach Preludes and Fugues from the “Well-Tempered Clavier”
(selection)
Dmitri Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (selection)
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Viktor Suslin “Mobilis” for solo violin
Sofia Gubaidulina
“So be it” for violin, double bass, piano and percussion
World premiere
Evening Recital II
Kremerata Baltica
Violin and director: Gidon Kremer
Piano: Anna Vinnitskaya
Trumpet: Tobias Willner
Bass: Alexei Mochalov
Johann Sebastian Bach Excerpts from “The Art of Instrumentation”,
Bach transcriptions by diverse composers
Giya Kancheli “Chiaroscuro” for violin and chamber orchestra
German premiere
Dmitri Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35, for piano,
trumpet and string orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich
“A little anti-formalistic Paradise”, satire for bass and
chamber orchestra, arranged by Alexei Pushkarev