Thursday 3.8

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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02.02 p.m. – VERDO Concert Hall
Tomoko Akasaka – Viola
Kuss Quartet – String Quartet
Oliver Wille – Moderation
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Two Past Two| Audience-Academy III: A Closer Look at the Quintet – Mozart's String Quintet c Major for Two Violins, Two Violas and Cello KV 515
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07.07 p.m. – VERDO Gardens, admission free
Seven Past Seven: Pre-Concert Young Talents (Young Academy Rostock, Institute for the Early Promotion of Musically Gifted Youngsters at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media)
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08.08 p.m. – VERDO Concert Hall
Antje Weithaas – Violin
Dénes Várjon – Piano
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Eight Past Eight

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Sonate G-Dur für Violine und Klavier KV 379
György Kurtág (*1926): Tre Pezzi op. 14 E für Violine und Klavier
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonate Es-Dur für Violine und Klavier KV 380

– Interval –

Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Sonate g-Moll für Violine und Klavier (1917)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonate B-Dur für Violine und Klavier, KV 454

Antje Weithaas is undeniably one of the most exciting interpreters and instructors of violin music in our times. Together with our Artistic Director Oliver Wille she also directs the renowned Hannover International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition. Her performance of Mozart's violin sonatas in the context of works by Kurtág and Debussy promises to be a very special one. Dénes Várjon, born in Budapest in 1968 and influenced there by Kurtág and in masterclasses with Sir András Schiff, is her particularly sensitive chamber music partner. Várjon performs in a duo together with his wife, Izabella Simon (who is performing on Saturday in Hitzacker), and the two also organize and direct several chamber music festivals.