Cellist

This program presents the season's motto "Planet Shostakovich" for the first time in chamber music. It focuses on Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev – two internationally acclaimed Russian composers who created masterful works in the tension between artistic independence and political pressure. Their relationship was characterized by rivalry as well as mutual inspiration. The selected works explore different creative phases and contexts: A "Moderato" by Shostakovich for cello and piano from the 1930s, rediscovered in 1986, is followed by "Five Pieces" based on stage and film scores – a suite in miniature format for violin, cello, and piano, arranged by Levon Atovmyan. Prokofiev is represented by his Violin Sonata in F minor, a piece of intimate form but with an epic content of symphonic grandeur, as well as selected scenes from his admired ballet music "Romeo and Juliet," arranged for viola and piano by Vadim Borisovsky, who, as a brilliant interpreter and arranger, popularized the music of both composers. /JN

Culinary Sunday Matinee № 3 

Hotel & Restaurant Schwarzer Bär

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

"A work like something from another world" – this is how critic Joachim Kaiser describes Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C major. Indeed, what the composer created just a few weeks before his untimely death in 1828 transcends the boundaries of classical chamber music, and not just because of its extraordinary playing time of around fifty minutes. Instead of the second viola, which was common at the time, Schubert uses a second cello – a trick that lends the work a tonal depth and emotional dimension that is unparalleled. 

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 2

On the penultimate day of summer – a matinee under the sign of the sun: with works by Telemann, Haydn, and Wolf, the program explores the light in its diverse musical refractions. As an expression of courtly splendor under the "Sun King" Louis XIV, the overture suite shone far beyond France's borders. The genre also became extremely popular in Germany, not least thanks to the work of Georg Philipp Telemann. His overture suite "La Bizarre" combines French and Italian stylistic elements in an original way. From baroque radiance to classical transparency: two string quartets from Haydn's so-called "Sun Quartets," Op. 20, form a framework. The stormy G minor quartet forms a charming contrast to the gallantly serene A major quartet, which surprises with an artfully crafted final fugue. 

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 1

EPSG:4326

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 6

Hotel Schwarzer Bär

Chamber Concert No. 6

Historisches Rathaus Jena

Chamber Concert No. 4

Culinary Sunday Matinee No. 4

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

Chamber Concerto No. 1

District Concert Lobeda No. 2

Stadtteilzentrum LISA

Philharmonie meets Jazz »Different Eyes«

Müllersches Volksbad

String Quartet in G minor

Jenaer Philharmonie

String Quintet in C major

String Quartet No. 2

String Quartet

String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor

Phantasie for String Quartet

String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat Major

Ouverture-Suite: "La Bizarre" in G major

Italian Serenade in G major for string quartet

String Quartet A major

Transfigured Night for String Sextet

Moderato for Cello and Piano

Five Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano

String Quartet No. 4 in D major

Adagio and Allegretto for String Quartet

Cellist

Alexander Wegelin

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 15, 2026

District Concert Lobeda No. 2 · Jenaer Philharmonie

May 30, 2026

Philharmonie meets Jazz »Different Eyes« · Jenaer Philharmonie

Past events

Nov 30, 2025

Culinary Sunday Matinee № 3 · Jenaer Philharmonie

Oct 26, 2025

Chamber Concert No. 2 · Jenaer Philharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in String Quartet in G minor by Haydn

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in String Quintet in C major by Schubert

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in String Quartet No. 2 by Britten

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in String Quartet by Tailleferre

Jenaer Philharmonie

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

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Phantasie for String Quartet by Bridge

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in String Quartet No. 2 by Saint-Saëns

Jenaer Philharmonie

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

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Ouverture-Suite: "La Bizarre" in G major by Telemann

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Italian Serenade in G major for string quartet by Wolf

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in String Quartet A major by Haydn

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Transfigured Night for String Sextet by Schönberg

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Moderato for Cello and Piano by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Five Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano by Shostakovic

Jenaer Philharmonie

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

Jenaer Philharmonie

Cello in Adagio and Allegretto for String Quartet by Shostakovich

Jenaer Philharmonie

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