Name: “Across the Stars” Anne-Sophie Mutter plays John Williams
Start: 2025-08-29T19:30:00
Location: Kurpark

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Vasiliy Petrenko

Rheingau Musik Festival

For many years, the man with the red trombone dreamed of celebrating a musical Christmas in the company of good friends and with a selection of very different Christmas carols that he had encountered over the course of his career. In 2006 the time had come, and because "Christmas With My Friends" was soon considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the most beautiful Christmas records ever recorded, several editions have since been produced. This format now also takes place with great regularity at the Rheingau Music Festival and attracts not only true jazz fans, but a broad audience during Advent to the beautiful Kurhaus Wiesbaden. With his musical confidants Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg, Clas Lassbo and the four singers Ida Sand, Sharon Dyall, Jessica Pilnäs and Jeanette Köhn, Nils Landgren ventures into traditional songs and cover versions of exquisite Christmas carols in this concert.

Nils Landgren: “Christmas with my friends”

Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Whether magical journeys to mystical places, epic battles in distant galaxies, or mysterious explorations into long-forgotten realms – with his legendary compositions, John Williams miraculously makes the visible audible. In this art, the internationally acclaimed Anne-Sophie Mutter, a friend of the composer, is in no way inferior to him: With her radiant violin sounds, she presents musical worlds that invite you to marvel and dream in John Williams' Violin Concerto No. 2, which was composed especially for her. She is supported by the renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Vasily Petrenko. The British orchestra, which repeatedly delights audiences with impressive soundtracks for video games, films, and television, is known above all for its transcendent interpretations. The perfect conditions, therefore, to bring the powerful cinematic sounds of multiple Oscar and Grammy award winner John Williams to life in all their glory in Wiesbaden's Kurpark this evening.