Conductor

Who doesn't know the theme song to the Christmas classic "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella"? For over 50 years, the fairytale heroine has ridden dreamily through snowy landscapes on her white horse, St. Nicholas, delighting generations of viewers. Cinderella takes her fate into her own hands, fights for great happiness, and in doing so, shows the prince unerringly the way right from their first encounter in the forest. Headstrong and with the heart in the right place - that is what defines the film to this day. Since its first broadcast in 1973, this light-hearted film fairytale with its snowy backdrop and wintery, romantic atmosphere has been an integral part of Christmas programming.

Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella

Freiheitshalle

Endearing
What the Czech composer Dvořák did for the music of his homeland, the British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor achieved for the music of other peoples, including his own African ancestors: He reconciled it with the Romantic mainstream. His cantata "Hiawatha's Wedding-feast" achieved cult status in England; the unpretentious, endearing Christmas Overture incorporates popular songs such as "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Good King Wenceslas."

2. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026

Congress Park Hanau

Drive and Power:
Grażyna Bacewicz is not only one of Poland's greatest composers, she was also an outstanding violinist, serving as concertmaster of the Polish Radio Orchestra in the years before World War II and performing throughout Europe in the postwar period. This skill and experience are evident in Bacewicz's Uwertura in every one of its gripping seven minutes: an orchestral firework whose drive and power effortlessly surpasses many of its more famous (male) competitors.

1. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026

A little over ten years ago, Thomas Quasthoff left the classical music genre and has since turned more to jazz. "I had a wonderful time as a classical musician and loved being able to do my work at such a high level. I've always sung jazz, but I never had enough time for it," he confessed in an interview with Stern magazine. But now he has the time – and that has been a stroke of luck for the jazz world for several years now! Together with Simon Oslender on the piano and the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt under the direction of Jens Troester, the long-time festival friend will present a musical homage to Frank Sinatra this evening at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, in which a magnificent voice meets great hits.

Thomas Quasthoff sings Frank Sinatra

Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Rossini's operas sent their audiences into a frenzy. The overture to Semiramide was no exception : brisk fanfares at the beginning, a rapid succession of lively melodies in the allegro, a rousing crescendo at the end and a triumphant conclusion.

4th Congress Park Symphony 2024/2025

Arvo Pärt is one of the most popular composers of our time, and Fratres is his best-known work. Pärt's music is limited to the essentials: "I have discovered that it is enough if just one note is played beautifully..." The deeply religious composer will celebrate his 90th birthday in 2025.

3rd Congress Park Symphony 2024/2025

A magical repertoire for this unusual line-up has so far remained almost undiscovered. It often comes to light in the spring during Lent, when Johann Sebastian Bach has arias for soprano accompanied by just a flute in his oratorios. In the 14th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert, however, purely French compositions are heard: with spotted pastel pictures before our eyes and twittering birds and a jubilant soprano in our ears, the program “La Flute Chantante” glitters into spring. The musicians are:

14th Wilhelmsbad Chamber Concert

Comoedienhaus Wilhelmsbad

Whether it's raining, storming, or snowing outside, we'll play our way into spring! The New Year's Concert of the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt features waltzes, polkas, marches, arias, and duets, lively and melodious music by Johann Strauss, Robert Stolz, Paul Lincke, and many other masters of light music. The great tradition of the Viennese New Year's Concerts will be duly honored, with gems by Vivaldi and Dvořák, and delicacies like "Veronika, der Lenz ist da" (Veronica, Spring Is Here) and the brilliant "Frühlingsstimmenwalzer " (Spring Voices Waltz) – the finest entertainment all about spring.

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Concert for the New Year 2026 – When the white lilac blooms again

Alte Oper

3. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026

The gifted Lili Boulanger died at the age of just 24. Despite her fragile health, she managed to create a small yet exquisite oeuvre, primarily chamber and vocal music of incomparable spirituality and impressionistically delicate color. The sparkling Scherzo "D'un matin de printemps," lasting only a few minutes, is in no way inferior to the best works of Debussy or Ravel.

Conductor

Jens Troester

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 12, 2026

Concert for the New Year 2026 – When the white lilac blooms again · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Feb 28, 2026

3. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026 · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

May 9, 2026

4. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026 · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Past events

Dec 23, 2025

Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella · Hofer Symphoniker

Dec 13, 2025

2. Congress Park Symphony 2025/2026 · Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony in D minor by Franck

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in D'un matin de printemps by Boulanger

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Christmas Overture by Coleridge-Taylor

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in The Nutcracker by

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Symphony No. 40 by Mozart

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Chopin

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Symphony No.8 by Dvořák

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Serenade by Bernstein

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Overture by Mendelssohn

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Waltzes by Dvořák

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Cello Concerto by Gulda

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Uwertura by Bacewicz

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Concert Piece by Schumann

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Fantasy on Silent Night by Troester

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Frühlingsstimmenwalzer (Spring Voices Waltz) by II

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Veronika, der Lenz ist da (Veronica, Spring Is Here) by Jurmann

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

Conductor in Concertante by Mozart

Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt

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