Music that can provide tranquility. It may sound contradictory, but that is precisely the goal of Casco Phil's INKEER concerts. Together with a professional meditation specialist, Casco Phil's string quartet offers a counterbalance to our hectic, digital, hyper-fast daily lives. The search for inner peace is timeless, and Casco Phil's string quartet combines music by Johann Sebastian Bach with other greats who get maximum expression from minimal means. In this way, Casco Phil draws a common thread through three centuries of musical tranquility. The crowning glory is the enchanting Spiegel im Spiegel; not only the most performed work by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, but also one of the top hits in the Klara Top 100 for years. Together with violinist Elise Bertrand, Casco Phil invites his audience on a meditative journey through history, in search of inner peace and beauty.

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Spiegel Im Spiegel (inwardness)

The festive concertos by the Italians Locatelli, Manfredini and Torelli, along with Albinoni's tender Adagio, are an integral part of the Christmas season not only in Italy. In Austria, too, the high holidays in the Christian calendar were a busy time. Michael Haydn left behind more than thirty masses, including the Missa Sancti Aloysii composed in 1777 for his "dear choirboys" from the Salzburg Kapellhaus for the memorial day of the Holy Innocents on December 28th, as well as his last completed work, the Missa Sancti Leopoldi. The motet by the Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria and the a cappella choir "The Angels and the Shepherds" by the Hungarian Zóltan Kodaly round off the program. "Developing one's own sound world and being able to express emotions in sounds" has been an important concern of the cellist Manuel Fischer-Dieskau for several years. The title of his new composition "He who sits on the throne laughs" comes from the 2nd Psalm and for him builds "a mental/visual bridge to the ever-laughing Franz Xaver Ohnesorg", to whom he dedicates this composition in loving memory.

Christmas is coming soon

Museum Ludwig

​Due to unforeseen circumstances, Anthony Gregory (tenor) is no longer available for the above concert. We are grateful to Samuel Boden (tenor) for stepping in as their replacement. The programme remains the same.

Dunedin Consort; Rachel Redmond soprano; Joanna Songi soprano; Helen Charlston alto; Samuel Boden tenor; Matthew Brook bass-baritone

Wigmore Hall

As is well known, Beethoven never visited Italy. But his relationship with the land of lemons and music was manifold. He dedicated his 3rd Symphony to Napoleon, the general who was exiled to the island of Elba. The Italophile program ends with Beethoven's "Eroica" - with the Roman-born Riccardo Minasi conducting the Ensemble Resonanz.

Hong Kong Wu | Resonant Ensemble | Richard Minasi

Händel Galliard Locatelli

Opernhaus Zürich

After his memorable Opus Award-winning debut with Les Violons du Roy in 2023, renowned violist Antoine Tamestit returns to the orchestra for a new collaboration that promises to be just as exhilarating and moving—a transcription for string orchestra of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 15.

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Events

Upcoming events

Dec 22, 2024

Christmas is coming soon · Kölner Philharmonie

Dec 23, 2024

Dunedin Consort; Rachel Redmond soprano; Joanna Songi soprano; Helen Charlston alto; Samuel Boden tenor; Matthew Brook bass-baritone · Wigmore Hall

Feb 11, 2025

Hong Kong Wu | Resonant Ensemble | Richard Minasi · Kölner Philharmonie

Mar 19, 2025

Händel Galliard Locatelli · Opernhaus Zürich

3 - 4 Apr, 2025

Requiem pour cordes avec Antoine Tamestit · Les Violons du Roy

Past events

Dec 7, 2024

Spiegel Im Spiegel (inwardness) · Casco Phil

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