Violist

Two masterpieces that stand out from their time—the expression of two composers who used conventions as a springboard into the unknown, thus challenging contemporary audiences: Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 from the Razumovsky Trilogy, allows classical form to vibrate under the pressure of inner necessity: the ominously concentrated unison at the beginning, harmonic shifts with eruptive potential, a movement dramaturgy of symphonic breath, a sonically contemplative Molto Adagio with a "cosmic" perspective—they mark nothing less than a renegotiation of the concept of genre on the threshold of Romanticism.

Chamber Concert No. 2

Town Hall Hall

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The Wild Hunt – Live with Jena Philharmonic Quartet

Kassablanca Gleis1

Rodolfo Halffter's "Tres Epitafios," premiered in 1954, opens the concert evening with three finely crafted choral movements about Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea. The short "epistolary" is a musical eulogy—not sad, but ironically loving. Halffter portrays Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's literary figures as memory images from a bygone age of the imagination. Richard Strauss also dedicated his 1897 tone poem "Don Quixote" to the "knight of the melancholy countenance"—albeit in a large orchestral format. In the performance, the solo parts are sung by Henriette Lätsch, principal cellist, and Christian Götz, principal viola of the Jena Philharmonic. Between the two works, Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major from 1806 conveys a cheerful, transparent soundscape with a playful character. /JN

Friday Concert No. 1

Volkshaus Jena

Audio sample № 1

360° No. 1

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 6

Hotel Schwarzer Bär

Chamber Concert No. 5

Historisches Rathaus Jena

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 5

Chamber Concert No. 4

For scheduling reasons, the concert cannot take place as planned. Instead of works by Moritz Moszkowski, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich with Doralice Borosz, Olga Schuchert (violin) and Dariya Hrynkiv (piano), Cornelius Spaeth (violin), Christian Götz (viola), Carmen Dreßler (violoncello), Alexander Brühl (double bass) and Hazel Beh (piano) will play works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. Tickets already purchased remain valid.

Chamber Concert No. 3

Lobeda District Concert № 1

District Center LISA

For health reasons, the concert cannot take place as planned. Instead of the announced string quartets by Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák, the deaf quartet will play string quartets by Germaine Tailleferre, Camille Saint-Saëns and Ludwig van Beethoven.

District Concert Winzerla № 1

Gemeinschaftsschule "Galileo" Winzerla

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 4 (2026)

Hotel & Restaurant Schwarzer Bär

District Concert Lobeda No. 2

Stadtteilzentrum LISA

String Quartet

Jenaer Philharmonie

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor

Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor

String Quartet No. 13

Symphony No. 4 in B major

String Quartet No. 2

String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat Major

Grande sestetto concertante

Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations

Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Chivalric Character

Transfigured Night for String Sextet

String Quintet No. 4 in G minor KV 516

String Quartet No. 4 in D major

Adagio and Allegretto for String Quartet

String Quartet No. 1 in G Major

Violist

Christian Götz

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 25, 2026

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 4 (2026) · Jenaer Philharmonie

Mar 15, 2026

District Concert Lobeda No. 2 · Jenaer Philharmonie

May 10, 2026

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 6 · Jenaer Philharmonie

Past events

Oct 26, 2025

Chamber Concert No. 2 · Jenaer Philharmonie

Oct 18, 2025

The Wild Hunt – Live with Jena Philharmonic Quartet · Jenaer Philharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Viola in String Quartet by Tailleferre

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor by Beethoven

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor by Brahms

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 13 by Schubert

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Symphony No. 4 in B major by Beethoven

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 2 by Saint-Saëns

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat Major by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Grande sestetto concertante by Mozart

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations by Strauss

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Chivalric Character by Strauss

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Transfigured Night for String Sextet by Schönberg

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quintet No. 4 in G minor KV 516 by Mozart

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 4 in D major by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in Adagio and Allegretto for String Quartet by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

Viola in String Quartet No. 1 in G Major by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

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