Cellist

Although violin and cello are essentially siblings, there were no significant double concertos for these two instruments before Brahms. He actually only wrote one because he had two special artist colleagues in mind for whom he wanted to compose something: the famous violinist Joseph Joachim and the cellist Robert Hausmann. However, it was a complete success, and today the concerto is among the most popular and frequently performed of its kind. Completed unfinished - that's how one could also call Franz Schubert's Symphony in B minor, because even without the "missing" movements, it is a masterpiece. Moreover, it is full of secrets. To this day, it is not known why Schubert did not finish it, nor why a friend kept it locked away for 40 years. It is also unknown why Schubert wrote it in the key of B minor, which was unusual in his time. However, all of this does not diminish the work, on the contrary, with each listening one can discover something new and be amazed.

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Schubert Unfinished

Palace of Culture

Sister and brother, that's how one could call violin and cello. Because these two string instruments are related simply by having four strings and being played with a bow. Sister and brother are also the ones playing these two instruments in our concert. Charlotte and Friedrich Thiele come from a musician family in Dresden and have already had remarkable solo careers. In our short concert, they will perform a piece for violin, cello, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms, in which they showcase their love for the instrument and at the same time bring out the beauty of this masterpiece of Romanticism.

abgeFRACKt: Connected

This Septet was by no means a mere appetiser at the mammoth premiere concert featuring large orchestral pieces such as the C major Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 1. When Beethoven himself first organised a self-financed Akademie concert in Vienna on 2 April 1800 to present his latest works, the E-flat major Septet was in fact the longest item on the programme. In a letter to his publisher, the composer stressed that this work contained seven fully independent parts and was not simply a string quartet with optional winds. The Septet became Beethoven’s most popular work during his lifetime: not only was it frequently performed, but it also appeared in countless official (and unauthorised) arrangements.

8th Chamber Music Evening Concert

Semperoper Dresden

It was by no means just a chamber music appendage in an academy that included major orchestral works such as the C major piano concerto and the Symphony No. 1. When Beethoven presented new works for the first time on his own account in Vienna on April 2, 1800, the E-flat major septet was the longest item on the program. In his letter to the publisher, the composer pointed out that it was a work for seven full voices and not just a string quartet that could be supplemented by wind instruments. The septet became Beethoven's most popular work during his lifetime: it was not only played frequently, but also appeared in countless more or less authorized arrangements.

8th Chamber Evening

Schicksal, versöhnende letzte Worte und viel Pathos: Wenn das keine Hits sind! Giuseppe Verdis „Die Macht des Schicksals“ zählt seit jeher zum Opern-Repertoirekern und die Ouvertüre dazu zum Konzertklassiker. Johannes Brahms schrieb mit seinem letzten Orchesterwerk, dem Doppelkonzert, eine – tatsächlich so klingende – Versöhnung für seinen Jugendfreund Joseph Joachim. Violine und Violoncello, deren Verbindung der Komponist als „Riesengeige“ bezeichnete, spielen die Shootingstar-Geschwister Charlotte und Friedrich Thiele, Jahrgänge 2000 und 1996. Und auch Tschaikowskys vielleicht bekannteste Symphonie, die Sechste, war 1893 ein Schlussstrich, das letzte und so überwältigende Orchesterwerk des Russen. Die Leitung dieser Hits hat selbstverständlich Chefdirigent Nicholas Milton.

Pathétique

Stadthalle Osterode am Harz

When seeking out the forerunners of the influential »Mannheim School«, one often stumbles across the name of Johann Evangelist Brandl, born in Regensburg in 1760.  Even if he never actually belonged to the leading lights of the musical avant-garde, Brandl was nevertheless in close touch with prominent musicians at the Bruchsal court of the Bishop of Speyer. They helped him when the bishop was forced to flee the invading French in 1792, who finally conquered Bruchsal seven years later. Brandl’s new place of work became the Francophile court of the Grand Duke of Baden. There, until his death in 1837, he composed numerous works for his beloved bassoon – including the Quintet, Op. 63.

5th Chamber Music Evening Concert

When looking for the role models of the influential "Mannheim School", one often comes across the name of Johann Evangelist Brandl, born in Regensburg in 1760. Even though the Upper Palatinate native never made it to the actual Mecca of the musical avant-garde, he nevertheless made enough contacts with colleagues in the Bruchsal court of the Prince-Bishop of Speyer. They helped him when the bishop had to flee from the French in 1792, who then finally took Bruchsal seven years later. Brandl's new place of work was the Francophile court of the Grand Duke of Baden. There he composed numerous works for the bassoon, which he loved, until his death in 1837 - including the Quintet op.63.

5th Chamber Evening

Stadthalle Göttingen

This concert brings together two masterpieces that were both composed in 1786. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 86 in D major is one of the six symphonies that the composer was commissioned to write by a Parisian concert organiser. According to musicologist H. C. Robbins Landon, the 86th Symphony, with its unusually free slow movement, is one of Haydn’s best works. Mozart’s Prague Symphony, written in the same year, is another pinnacle of the classical period. It is remarkably innovative, particularly in the composer’s jettisoning of the traditional minuet movement. The symphony also shares many features with the opera »The Marriage of Figaro«, which was composed at the same time.

4th Symphony Concert

Ta-ta-ta-taaaaaa! Four notes are enough and it's clear what it's about: Beethoven's Fifth begins with one of the most famous motifs in classical music. An unshakable myth surrounds the "Symphony of Fate", as some hear the fate of the increasingly ill composer knocking on the door in the pounding beginning, while others hear the political struggles of the French Revolution. With a large ensemble

MYTH

Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen

Julia Fischer presents Rising Stars

Gstaad Festival Tent

Robert Lis, born in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, began playing the violin at the age of 6. He is one of the most talented Polish violinists of his generation and has won numerous national and international violin competitions. In 2011, he graduated with honours from the Ignacy Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan as a student of Prof. Dr Marcin Baranowski. In 2012 he obtained his second master's degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam as a student of Ilya Grubert.

Chamber Music Evening N° 5

Semper Opera Dresden

Music that remembers and gives rise to hope can be heard in this 6th symphony concert. Mieczysław Weinberg dedicates his Polish Melodies to his beloved but lost homeland . On 6 September 1939 the young composer sat spellbound by the radio: the propaganda chief on the staff of the Supreme Commander in Poland announced that the German Wehrmacht was approaching Warsaw. The young music student immediately fled to the Soviet Union. “Poland is my homeland,” Weinberg maintained throughout his life, even after he had found a second home, a new family and the most successful period of his creative life in Russia. In Moscow he was initially able to establish himself as a successful composer, but the post-war period and the increasing oppression of minorities brought ever greater repression to the Jew Weinberg. The Polish Melodies , which Weinberg composed in 1950, paint a picture of his first homeland – if one believes the cheerful sentences, they must have been memories of a carefree time. Only once more, in 1966, did Weinberg return to Poland and learn that his parents and sister had been murdered by the Nazis in the Trawniki concentration camp.

Cellist

Friedrich Thiele

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 8, 2026

Chamber Music Evening N° 5 · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

20 - 21 Mar, 2026

6th Symphony Concert · Staatstheater Mainz

Past events

Oct 11, 2025

Schubert Unfinished · Dresdner Philharmonie

Oct 10, 2025

abgeFRACKt: Connected · Dresdner Philharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Cello Concerto No. 1 by Haydn

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in Double Concerto by Brahms

Dresdner Philharmonie

Cello in Duo for Violin and Cello (1925) by Schulhoff

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in Cello Concerto by Weinberg

Staatstheater Mainz

Cello in String Quartet in F major by Ravel

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Cello in Piccola Musica Notturna by Dallapiccola

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

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