Gingerbread and candy canes, candlelight and the smell of pine needles – Christmas days are filled with cosiness and magic. Even for Clara and her new friend, the Nutcracker. The two of them take you on a Christmas adventure into the fantastic realm of the Mouse King and Princess Pirlepat.

Crack nuts and start dancing

Theater Bonn Opera House

Our musicians are not only first-class orchestra members, high-ranking soloists and enthusiastic chamber musicians: They are also part of the large network of musicians spanning all genres. Whether they make excursions into non-European music, like Hans Joachim Mohrmann, or help young musicians to get started, like Thomas Ludes: An orchestra is a nucleus for cultural and social activities, far beyond our own work! For example, there is the connection to the singers of the theater: when Thomas Ludes asked Marie Heeschen if she would like to do an evening with a wind quintet, she immediately and spontaneously agreed. Such a quintet as Solisti Bonna is a true musical chameleon that adapts to the circumstances and the partners and takes us into different musical realms with its countless colors. And so we can look forward to an evening with Marie Heeschen's bell-bright soprano voice and the virtuoso sounds of Solisti Bonna : In the first part with the tongue-in-cheek Paul Hindemith and some dazzling songs by Gustav Mahler, in the second part with pure romanticism: Briccialdi's quintet and the balmy airs breathing Les nuits d'ete by Hector Berlioz.

Wunderhorn

Old Federal Councilor

The roads in Central Europe were long and uncomfortable back in the 18th century. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s reports of stagecoach journeys, which he would have spent with his face contorted in pain and his bottom up in the air, bear vivid witness to this … Nevertheless, even in the time before Instagram & Co, music could not be stopped – it made its way from one musical metropolis to another, there was a lively exchange not only of sheet music, but also of musicians travelling from Vienna to Prague, from Augsburg to Milan, or from Bonn to Paris and back. The seat of the Churcöllnian prince and his Rhine metropolis were a centre of attraction for virtuosos from near and far. High-ranking musicians from different generations played together in the fantastic chapel and their employer’s library was one of the best in the entire empire. Naturally, such a modern court knew what was in vogue in London and Rome – as well as in Paris. The pre-revolutionary capital of France was also one of the musical capitals of the continent and there were important impulses in all directions. We play music associated with the city on the Seine, which was recognised and performed in Bonn. Fortunately, the electoral archives were anything but a Rhenish clique: every copy of music, every score and every part was recorded down to the last detail and every performance was documented. So, off to Paris: Allons-y!

Thomas Ludes

Events

Upcoming events

20 - 23 Mar, 2025

Pariser Klänge · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Past events

1 - 2 Dec, 2024

Crack nuts and start dancing · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Mar 13, 2024

Wunderhorn · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Future and recently performed repertoire

Bassoon in The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Bassoon in Wind Quintet No. 1 by Briccialdi

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Bassoon in Small Chamber Music for Wind Quintet by Hindemith

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Bassoon in Sinfonia Concertante in C Major by Romberg

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

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