Friday 28 September, 7pm — Protestant Church

Opening Concert


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet "Quartetto serioso" Op. 95 in F minor

Gabriel Adorján (Violin), Barbara Gruszczynska (Violin), Guy Ben-Ziony (Viola), Christopher Franzius (Violoncello)


Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagietto from the 5th Symphony for Strings and Harp
Gwendolyn Masin (Violin), Rahel Rilling (Violin), Isabel Charisius (Viola), Sara Rilling (Viola), Martti Rousi (Violoncello), Christopher Jepson (Violoncello), Holger Michalski (Double Bass), Sarah Christ (Harp)


Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Metamorphosen, Study for 23 Solo Strings AV 142*
Rahel Rilling (Violine), Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin), Isabel Charisius (Viola), Jan Grüning (Viola), Dávid Adorján (Violoncello), Christopher Jepson (Violoncello), Holger Michalski (Double Bass)


* Version for string sextet and double bass reconstructed by Rudolf Leopold


Saturday 29 September, 11am — Barbarossa Church

Matinee Concert


Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet "The Lark" Op. 64 no. 5 in D major (Hob III:63)

Barbara Gruszczynska (Violin), Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin), Jan Grüning (Viola), Christopher Franzius (Violoncello)


Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Fantaisie for Violin and Harp in A major
Gabriel Adorján (Violin), Sarah Christ (Harp)


Robert Kahn (1865–1951)
Serenade for String Trio in A minor
Rahel Rilling (Violin), Sara Rilling (Viola), Dávid Adorján (Violoncello)


Saturday 29 September, 7pm — Protestant Church

Benefit Concert


Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
String Quartet Op. 41 no. 3 in A major

Gwendolyn Masin (Violin), Gabriel Adorján (Violine), Guy Ben-Ziony (Viola), Dávid Adorján (Violoncello)


Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Sextet Op. 18 in B-flat major
Anke Dill (Violin), Barbara Gruszczynska (Violin), Jan Grüning, Sara Rilling (Viola), Martti Rousi (Violoncello), Christopher Jepson (Violoncello)


Sunday 30 September, 11am — Barbarossa Church

Matinee Concert


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1759)
Goldberg Variations BWV 988*

Anke Dill (Violin), Isabel Charisius (Viola), Christopher Franzius (Violoncello)


Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
String Quartet Op. 44 no. 1 in D major
Gwendolyn Masin (Violin), Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin), Guy Ben-Ziony (Viola), Martti Rousi (Violoncello)


* Arranged for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky


Sunday 30 September, 7pm — Protestant Church

Final Concert


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
String Quintet KV 516 in G minor

Gabriel Adorján (Violin), Anke Dill (Violin), Guy Ben-Ziony (Viola), Isabel Charisius (Viola), Dávid Adorján (Violoncello)


Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Adagio for Strings
Rahel Rilling (Violin), Gabriel Adorján (Violin), Gwendolyn Masin (Violin), Florian Bachofer (Violin), Jan Grüning (Viola), Guy Ben-Ziony (Viola), Christopher Jepson (Violoncello), Dávid Adorján (Violoncello), Holger Michalski (Double Bass)


Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quintet Op. 77 (B 49) in G major
Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin), Barbara Gruszczynska (Violin), Sara Rilling (Viola), Christopher Jepson (Violoncello), Holger Michalski (Double Bass)