Monday 31.7

9.09 – 10.10 a.m. – St. Johannis Church Hitzacker (Elbe), admission free
Nine Past Nine: Everyman’s Choir with Alexander Lüken, choir director

Is there a better way to begin the day than with inspiring choir singing under the direction of Alexander Lüken? Everyman's Choir has for years been an informal meeting place for Festival audiences and local music enthusiasts.
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11.11 a.m. – St. Johannis Church, Hitzacker (Elbe)
Lysios Quartet – String Quartet
Eden Quartet – String Quartet
Jonathan Brown

Eleven Past Eleven: Quartet-Academy II Masterclass with Jonathan Brown
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02.02 p.m. – VERDO Concert Hall
Alexander Melnikov – Piano
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Two Past Two | Audience-Academy I: Keys and Sounds – Exploring Mozart's Piano Music
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07.07 p.m. – VERDO Gardens, admission free
Seven Past Seven: Pre-Concert Quartet Academy
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08.08 – VERDO Concert Hall
Cuarteto Casals – String Quartet
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Eight Past Eight

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Ausschnitt aus Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931): Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H (2002)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fünf Fugen aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier bearbeitet für Streichquartett von W.A. Mozart KV 405

– Interval –

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Streichquartett Nr. 14 G-Dur KV 387

It's fair to say that connoisseurs of the art of the string quartet make pilgrimages to the Cuarteto Casals' concerts. The prize-winning ensemble was founded in 1997 at the Reina Sofía Conservatory in Madrid and has performed at the world's most renowned concert halls for the last 25 years. Their remarkable library of some 15 CDs is released exclusively by harmonia mundi. Their repertoire ranges from less well-known Spanish composers such as Arriago and Toldrá to the Viennese Classicists Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms up to giants of the 20th century such as Debussy, Ravel and Zemlinsky. In this concert, Mozart's famous G major quartet will be performed in context with Bach and Gubaidulina. The latter was presented with a composition prize at the 1992 Hitzacker Summer Festival.