Name: winner of the ARD Music Competition
Start: 2025-05-24T16:00:00
Location: Hunting Hall

Alexander Warenberg

Aurora Marthens

Ilyes Boufadden Adloff

SWR Symphonieorchester

"The strings are in tune! Boy, dance in circles. Happy today, overjoyed today, tomorrow gloomy in the old way!" This is how one of the songs that Antonín Dvořák composed in 1880 under the title Gypsy Melodies begins . The text could be the motto for this afternoon, when prizewinners of the ARD competition introduce themselves. Soprano, oboe, cello, piano, viola: highly talented young musicians present themselves with chamber music from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These include arrangements: Dvorák's op. 55 is heard in a version for soprano, cello and piano, Brahms' late clarinet trio in the alternative version for viola. There are also unknown pieces to discover. For example, music by the US composer (and women's rights activist!) Amy Beach. Or a cantata by Paul Hindemith called The Serenades : With this piece, Hindemith wanted to help his wife, an actress, cellist and singer, to overcome her stage fright. The last movement leads into the duet "Ach, when will your blue eye close in my arms". Is this serious?