Former dates
see also www.spontankonzerte.ch
Eisler Days Vienna
Tuesday, 5th december 2023, 7.30 p.m.
Fanny Hensel Hall of the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna
2nd concert
Hanns Eisler: Zeitungsausschnitte op. 11
Stefan Wolpe: Klavierstück op. 7 no. 3
Hanns Eisler: Sonata no. 2, op. 6
Hanns Eisler: Aria from «150 Mark»
Karl Heinz Füssl: 3 songs on poems by Brecht
Wilhelm Zobl: Aria brasileira
Hanns Eisler: Fugue B flat Major on the theme of the «Internationale»
Hanns Eisler: Sieben Lieder über die Liebe
Hanns Eisler: Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes
Winnie Böwe, soprano
Christoph Keller, piano
Recital violin-piano
Thursday, 20th July 2023, 7.30 p.m.
Chasa Jaura, Valchava (Val Müstair, Switzerland)
Music for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata no. 3 E Major, BWV 1016
Robert Schumann: Sonata no. 1 A Minor, op. 105
Anton Webern: Vier Stücke op. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 6 A Major, op. 30 no. 1
Renate Steinmann, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Friedl Dicker and Stefan Wolpe
Monday, 22th May 2023, 8 p.m.
Theater Stok, Zurich
The friendship between Friedl Dicker and the composer Stefan Wolpe
Stefan Wolpe: piano music from 1920 to 1942
Arnold Schönberg: excerpts from Klavierstücke op. 23
Hanns Eisler: Sonata no. 3, 1st movement (formely «Klavierstück für Alfred Döblin»)
Heidy Zimmermann, lecture
Christoph Keller, piano
Music in the context: Eisler
Thursday, 9th March 2023, 8 p.m.
Betriebswerk, Heidelberg
Lecture-recital on Hanns Eisler's piano music
Sonata no. 1, op.1
Klavierstücke op.3
Sonata no. 2, op. 6
from Klavierstücke op. 8: no.1, 2, 4, 5
Sonata no. 3
Christoph Keller, lecture and piano
Music-Art-Word
Saturday, 16th March 2019, 8 p.m.
Kulturzentrum 3klang, Doretmatt 2, D-79295 Laufen (Black Forest)
The man with the flowers...
Texts by Robert Walser with piano music by Charles Koechlin and Robert Schumann
Dorothea Gädeke, recitation
Christoph Keller, piano
Kreisleriana
Monday, 4th Februar 2019, 9 p.m.
Hotel Waldhaus, Sils
Kreisleriana – a musical-literary program
Robert Schumann: «Schön Hedwig» op. 106 and «Der Heideknabe» op. 122/1, two ballads after Friedrich Hebbel for speaking voice and piano
E. T. A. Hoffmann: recitation from «Kreisleriana»
Robert Schumann:«Kreisleriana», fantasies for piano op. 16
Nikola Weisse, recitation
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 41
Thursday, 27th December 2018, 8 p.m.
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zürich
Christmas Concerto in the Locksmithery
Works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert,
Arthur Honegger, Ernst Krenek, Hanns Eisler and Johannes Brahms
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Martina Schucan, violoncello
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Beethovenfest Bonn
Tuesday, 4th September 2018, 8 p.m.
Beethoven-Haus, Bonngasse 20, Bonn
«You do not go unpunished in Hollywood»
Musik from the US-exile by Hanns Eisler and other composers
Hanns Eisler: «Hollywood Songbook» (excerpts) and other songs from the exile; Cantata in exile; Piano Sonata no. 3
Erich Itor Kahn: «Ciaccona dei tempi di guerra» for piano
Paul Dessau: «Lied einer deutschen Mutter»
Kurt Weill: «Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib»
Stefan Wolpe: 3 songs by Bertolt Brecht
Winnie Böwe, soprano
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 38
Sunday, 8th April 2018, 5 p.m.
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zurich
Music by Franz Schubert
Sonata for piano 4 hds. C Major, D 840 («Grand Duo»)
and other music for piano 4 hds.
Songs
Bendix Dethleffsen und Christoph Keller, piano
Christoph Homberger, tenor
«The Left Ear». The Composer Jacques Wildberger
International Symposium, 2nd to 4th March 2018
Musik-Akademie Basel, Leonhardsstrasse 6, Basel
Friday, 2nd March 2018, 2.45 p.m.
Lecture by Christoph Keller:
Wildberger's political music, considered from the very beginnings
Cycle Beethoven in Hombi's Saloon
Saturday, 2nd December 2017, 9 p.m.
Hombi's Saloon, Dialogweg 11, Zurich
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for piano and violin no. 5 F major op. 24
Sonata for piano and violin no. 6 A major op. 30 no. 1
Christoph Keller, piano
Monika Baer, violin
Konzertkollegium Rueti
Sunday, 5th November 2017, 5 p.m.
Ref. Church Rueti/ZH
Franz Schubert: «Die Winterreise» D 911
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Tage für Neue Musik 2016
Friday, 18th November 2016, 10 p.m.
Tonhalle Zurich, Kleiner Saal
Bettina Skrzypczak: "Riss" (first performance)
Moritz Müllenbach: "am and fm in dab times lost themselves streaming with friends" (first performance)
Marcus Weiss, saxophone
Martina Schucan, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
Lecture Recital in the context of the Eisler Days 2016
Friday, 18th September 2016, 3 p.m.
Alte Feuerwache, Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Piano music by Hanns Eisler
Sonata op. 1
Second Sonata (in form of variations) op. 6
Third Sonata
Suite no. 6 (arrangement for piano 4 hands by Christoph Keller)
Christoph Keller, piano and commentary
with Stefan Litwin, piano (in Suite no. 6)
Lecture Recital
Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 4 p.m.
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin
Piano music by Hanns Eisler
Sonata op. 1
Second Sonata (in form of variations) op. 6
Piano pieces op. 8 (no. 1, 2, 4, 5)
Third Sonata
Christoph Keller, piano and commentary
Talking Music
Friday, March 4th 2016, 7 p.m.
University of North Carolina (USA) at Chapel Hill
Piano music by Hanns Eisler
Sonata op. 1
Second Sonata (in form of variations) op. 6
Piano pieces op. 8 (no. 1, 2, 4, 5)
Third Sonata
Christoph Keller, piano and commentary
Spontankonzert 29
Friday, 8th January 2016, 8 p.m.
Hombis Salon, Dialogweg 11, Zurich
www.hombissalon.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Texts by Franz Hohler and music by Franz Schubert
Franz Hohler, recitation and violoncello
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 27/28
Tuesday, 29th December and Wednesday, 30th December 2015, 8 p.m.
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zurich
www.nenniger.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Stefan Wolpe: "From Here on Farther"; "An Anna Blume"
Arnold Schoenberg: "Pierrot lunaire" op. 21
Franz Schubert: Songs
Graham Valentine, reciter
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Isabelle Schnöller, flute
Donna Molinari, clarinet
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet/bass clarinet
Monika Baer, violin/viola
Imke Frank, violoncello
Michael Mahnig, piano
Christoph Keller, piano/conductor
Spontankonzert 21
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 5.30 p.m.
Freiestrasse 135, Zurich
Songs and piano music by Robert Schumann
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Eisler Day of the International Hanns Eisler Society
Saturday, 28th March 2015, 5 p.m.
Neuer Marstall, Gala-Kutschensaal, Schlossplatz 7, Berlin
The composer and his assistants
Creation and edition of the piano sonatas by Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, presentation and piano
Spontankonzert 18
Saturday, 27th December 2014, 8 p.m.
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zurich (Binz)
www.nenniger.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Anton Webern: Four Songs, op. 12
Johann Sebastian Bach: A Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Anton Webern: Four Pieces for violin and piano, op. 10
J.S. Bach: Cantata "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht", BWV 55
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Isabelle Schnöller, flute
Bettina Boller, violin
Christoph Keller, piano and synthesizer
Spontankonzert 19
Sunday, 28th December 2014, 8 p.m.
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zurich (Binz)
www.nenniger.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Stefan Wolpe: 3 Songs from op. 12:
- "Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt" (Erich Weinert)
- "Die Herren der Welt" (Erich Weinert)
- "Wir sind entlassen" (Walter Mehring)
Georg Kreisler: "Für was bist du gekommen"
Erwin Schulhoff: 5 Jazz-Etudes for piano
Jazz with the Alexander Paeffgen Trio
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 17
Friday, 5th December 2014, 11.00 p.m.
Hallenbad City, Zurich
Hallenbad City
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Songs by Franz Schubert
Piano music by Frédéric Chopin
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 16
Saturday, 25th October 2014, 7.30 p.m.
Baugenossenschaft "mehr als wohnen", Hagenholzstrasse 104b, 8050 Zurich
www.mehralswohnen.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Songs and piano music by Franz Liszt
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontankonzert 15
Saturday, 28th June 2014, 8 p.m.
Restaurant Karl der Grosse, Zurich
www.karldergrosse.ch
www.spontankonzerte.ch
Music by Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Alban Berg, Arnold Schönberg and Felix Mendelssohn
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Donna Molinari, clarinet
Ernesto Molinari, bass clarinet
Christoph Keller, piano
Zürcher Festspiele
Friday, 27th June 2014, 8 p.m.
Tonhalle Zurich
www.zuercher-festspiele.ch
www.collegium-novum.ch
Luigi Nono: «Polifonica – Monodia - Ritmica» for ensemble (1951)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Christoph Keller, piano
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
"Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten" – Vienna's emergence into the modern age
Saturday, 24th May 2014, 7.30 p.m.
Theater Stok, Zurich
Franz Schreker: «Der Wind» for clarinet, horn, violin, violoncello and piano
Arnold Schönberg: «Pierrot lunaire» for voice, flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano op. 21
Martina Fausch, voice
Christoph Keller, piano and direction
Isabelle Schnöller, flute
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet
Monika Baer, violin and viola
Imke Frank, violoncello
Tomás Gallart, horn
"Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten" – Vienna's emergence into the modern age
Sunday, 25th May 2014, 5 p.m.
Theater Stok, Zurich
Anton Webern: 4 Stücke for violin and piano op. 7
Arnold Schönberg: «Erwartung» and «Erhebung» from 4 Lieder for voice and piano op. 2
Arnold Schönberg: 5 Klavierstücke op. 23
Martina Fausch, soprano
Monika Baer, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Zurich meets New York
Friday, 16th May 2014, 8.00 p.m.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center
61 W 62 St
New York, NY 10023
www.zurichmeetsnewyork.org
www.cnz.ch
Hanns Eisler: «Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben» op. 70 (1941) for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano, live music to the film "Rain" by Joris Ivens
Hanns Eisler: Chamber Symphony op. 69 (1940), live music to the film "White Flood"
Collegium Novum Zürich
Christoph Keller, piano
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
Kulturmarkt Zürich
Thursday, 10th April 2014, 8 p.m.
Friday, 11th April 2014, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 12th April, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Kulturmarkt, Aemtlerstrasse 23, Zürich
"From Hollywood to Pankow –
Hanns Eisler and the women"
A musical theatre with songs and letters by Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, direction and piano
Graziella Rossi, Anna von Schrottenberg, Helmut Vogel, actors and singers
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Volksbühne Berlin
Monday, 14th April 2014, 8 p.m.
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Roter Salon, Berlin
"From Hollywood to Pankow –
Hanns Eisler and the women"
A musical theatre with songs and letters by Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, direction and piano
Graziella Rossi, Anna von Schrottenberg, Helmut Vogel, actors and singers
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Moritzbastei Leipzig
Tuesday, 15th April 2014, 8 p.m.
Moritzbastei, Veranstaltungsstonne, Universitätsstrasse 9, Leipzig
"From Hollywood to Pankow –
Hanns Eisler and the women"
A musical theatre with songs and letters by Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, direction and piano
Graziella Rossi, Anna von Schrottenberg, Helmut Vogel, actors and singers
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Arnold Schoenberg Center Vienna
Thursday, 24th April 2014, 7.30 p.m.
Arnold Schoenberg Center, Schwarzenbergplatz 6, Vienna
"From Hollywood to Pankow –
Hanns Eisler and the women"
A musical theatre with songs and letters by Hanns Eisler
Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Piano Pieces op. 23
Christoph Keller, direction and piano
Graziella Rossi, Anna von Schrottenberg, Helmut Vogel, actors and singers
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Collegium Novum Zürich
Tuesday, 11th March 2014, 8.00 p.m.
Museum für Gestaltung, Vortragssaal, Zurich
Hanns Eisler: «Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben» op. 70 (1941) for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano, live music to the film "Rain" by Joris Ivens
Hanns Eisler: Chamber Symphony op. 69 (1940), live music to the film "White Flood"
Collegium Novum Zürich
Christoph Keller, piano
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
Eugen Früh and his brothers
Wednesday, 22nd January 2014, 8.00 p.m.
Theater Rigiblick, Zurich
Works by Huldreich Georg Früh:
Duo for violin and piano (1927)
Sonate champêtre for violin and piano (1937)
"Trois filles" for piano (1939–41)
Robert Zimansky, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Hans Huber and the musical life in Basel around 1900
Friday, 24th January 2014, 7.30 p.m.
Museum Kleines Klingental, Basel
www.fiacorda.ch
www.hans-huber-gesellschaft.com
Hans Huber: Quartet B flat major for piano, violin, viola and violoncello, op. 110 (1893)
Christoph Keller, piano
Ensemble Fiacorda:
Robert Zimansky, violin
Monika Cleman, viola
Nebojsa Bugarski, violoncello
Brunch Concert in the Opera Zurich
Sunday, 26th January 2014, 11.15 a.m.
Opernhaus Zurich, Spiegelsaal
Béla Bartók: "Contrasts" for violin, clarinet and piano
Daniel Hess: "Strophen" for soprano and small ensemble
Hanns Eisler: "Palmström" for reciter and small ensemble, op. 5
Hanns Eisler: „Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben“, Variations for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano op. 70
Ivana Rusko, soprano and reciter
Andrea Kollé, flute
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Laurent Weibel, violin
Rumjana Naydenova, viola
Xavier Pignat, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
Lunch Concert in the Opera Zurich
Monday, 27th January 2014, 12.00 p.m.
Opernhaus Zurich, Spiegelsaal
Béla Bartók: "Contrasts" for violin, clarinet and piano
Daniel Hess: "Strophen" for soprano and small ensemble
Hanns Eisler: "Palmström" for reciter and small ensemble, op. 5
Hanns Eisler: „Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben“, Variations for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano op. 70
Ivana Rusko, soprano and reciter
Andrea Kollé, flute
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Laurent Weibel, violin
Rumjana Naydenova, viola
Xavier Pignat, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
Hans Huber and the musical life in Basel around 1900
Friday, 21st February 2014, 7.30 p.m.
Museum Kleines Klingental, Basel
www.robertzimansky.ch
www.hans-huber-gesellschaft.com
Friedrich Hegar: Sonata C minor for violin and piano (1859)
Carl Reinecke: 2 Songs for tenor, violin and piano, op. 26
Johannes Brahms: Romances from "Die schöne Magelone", op. 33
Hans Huber: Songs after folk tunes, op. 72
Hans Huber: Songs for vocal quartet, op. 52 no. 1-4 and op. 72 no. 9-10
Hans Huber: Sonata, quasi Fantasia G minor for violin and piano, op. 132 (1913)
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Robert Zimansky, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Vocal quartet directed by Markus J. Frey
Tage für Neue Musik Zürich
Thursday, 14th November 2013, 8 p.m.
Rote Fabrik, Aktionshalle, Zurich
www.tfnm.ch
www.collegium-novum.ch
Stefan Wolpe: "From here on farther" for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and piano (1969)
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Ernesto Molinari, bass clarinet
Bettina Boller, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Humboldt University of Berlin
Thursday, 28th November 2013, 6 p.m.
Department of Musicology, Kupfergraben 5, Berlin-Mitte
The composer and his assistants
Creation and edition of the piano sonatas by Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, presentation and piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Wednesday, 11th December 2013, 8 p.m.
Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
www.museum-gestaltung.ch
www.collegium-novum.ch
Maurice Ohana: "Sacral d'Ilx" for oboe, horn and harpsichord (1975)
Matthias Arter, oboe
Olivier Darbellay, horn
Christoph Keller, harpsichord
Zürcher Festspiele
Friday, 28th June 2013, 8 p.m.
Tonhalle Zürich
www.zuercher-festspiele.ch
www.collegium-novum.ch
Hans Werner Henze: Preludes to "Tristan" for piano
Anton Webern: 2 Lieder op. 8 for singer and 8 instruments
Anton Webern: 4 Lieder op. 13 for singer and ensemble
Gérard Grisey: Partiels
Dieter Schnebel: Wagner-Idyll
Christoph Keller, piano
Anja Schlosser, mezzosoprano
Marlene Mild, soprano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Peter Hirsch, conductor
Wagner Day of the Zurich University of the Arts
Saturday, 22nd June 2013, 10 a.m.
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Florhofgasse 6, Zürich
Wagner for two hands: piano score, arrangement, paraphrase
Christoph Keller (lecture) with piano students of the Zurich University of the Arts
Concert for Stephanie Eisler
Sunday, 10th March 2013, 4 p.m.
Neuer Marstall, Krönungskutschensaal, Schlossplatz 7, Berlin
Songs and piano music by Hanns Eisler and Franz Schubert
Winnie Böwe, singer
Christoph Keller, piano
Lucerne Festival
Saturday, 18th August 2012, 11 a.m.
Lukaskirche, Lucerne
www.lucernefestival.ch
www.cnz.ch
Galina Ustvolskaja: Composition 1 "Dona nobis pacem" for piccolo, tuba and piano
Galina Ustvolskaja: Piano Sonata no. 6
Sarah Rumer, piccolo
Simon Lamothe, tuba
Christoph Keller, piano
Pèlerinages, Kunstfest Weimar
Saturday, 1st September 2012, 8 p.m.
Further performances: Sunday 2.9., 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Tuesday 4.9. until Saturday 8.9., always 8 p.m.
Viehauktionshalle, Weimar
Franz Liszt: Via Crucis
Robert Wilson, concept and design
AJ Weissbard, light direction
Matthias Middelkamp, sound design
Recording of the original score:
Christoph Keller, piano
Silvius von Kessel, organ
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone
Jie Zhang, mezzosoprano
Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Jürgen Puschbeck, conductor
Musikfest Berlin
Friday, 7th September 2012, 8 p.m.
Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Berlin
www.berlinerfestspiele.de
www.hanns-eisler.com
Hanns Eisler: Sonata for violin and piano („Reise-Sonate“)
Charles Ives: „Three Page Sonata“ for piano
Charles Ives: Largo risoluto no. 1 and 2 for string quartet and piano
Aaron Copland: Sextet for clarinet, string quartet and piano
Hanns Eisler: „Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben“, variations for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano
Andrea Kollé, flute
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Pellegrini Quartet
Christoph Keller, piano
Lange Hanns Eisler-Nacht
Saturday, 8th September 2012, 7.20 p.m.
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, Berlin
Songs by Hanns Eisler:
Zeitungsausschnitte op. 11
Elegie 1939
Wiener Lied
From the Hollywood Songbook: Frühling;
Der Kirschdieb;
Später Triumph;
In der Frühe; Vom Sprengen des Gartens
Winnie Böwe, chanteuse
Christoph Keller, piano
Pellegrini Concert Cycle in Freiburg (Germany)
Thursday, 13th September 2012, 8 p.m.
Elisabeth-Schneider-Stiftung, Wilhelmstrasse 17a, Freiburg i.Br.
www.pellegrini-quartett.de
www.hanns-eisler.com
Hanns Eisler: Sonata for violin and piano („Reise-Sonate“)
Charles Ives: „Three Page Sonata“ for piano
Charles Ives: Largo risoluto no. 1 and 2 for string quartet and piano
Aaron Copland: Sextet for clarinet, string quartet and piano
Hanns Eisler: „Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu beschreiben“, variations for flute, clarinet, violin/viola, violoncello and piano
Andrea Kollé, flute
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Pellegrini Quartet
Christoph Keller, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 8 p.m.
Theater Rigiblick, Zurich
Michael Jarrell: "Cassandre", monodrama after the novel "Kassandra" by Christa Wolf
Collegium Novum Zürich
Dagmar Manzel, speaker
Peter Rundel, conductor
Beethoven Night in the Hotel Waldhaus
Saturday, 16th June 2012, 9 p.m., until Sunday, 17th June 2012, 10 a.m.
Hotel Waldhaus, Sils/Maria
The complete 36 Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven played by 12 pianists
Christoph Keller plays:
Sonata A Major, op. 2 no. 2
Sonata C Minor, op. 10 no. 1
Sonata G Major, op. 31 no. 1
Collegium Novum Zürich
Monday, 14th May 2012, 8 p.m.
Tonhalle Kleiner Saal, Zurich
Stefan Wirth: "Enallagai" for ensemble (first performance)
Emmanuel Nunes: "Akustische Maske", after texts by Elias Canetti for ensemble and live electronics (first performance)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Experimentalstudio des SWR
Titus Engel, conductor
Trumpet Festival in memory of Maurice André
Tuesday, 17th April 2012 until Friday, 20th April 2012
Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Caracas
17th April, 2 p.m., Sala "Fedora Alemán": Works by Eugène Bozza, Sergej Rachmaninoff, J.G. Pennequin, Herbert L. Clarke, George Gershwin, Jean Françaix
18th April, 5 p.m., Sala "Fedora Alemán": Works by Jean Hubeau, Henri Tomasi, Georges Enesco, Jean Michel Defaye, J. Vicent Egea, Oskar Böhme
19th April, 5 p.m., Sala "Fedora Alemán": Works by Willy Brandt, Alexander Aruntjunian, Marcel Bitsch
20th April, 5 p.m., Sala "Simón Bolívar": Concertino for trumpet, strings orchestra and piano by André Jolivet
Jair Rodriguez, Leyzer Cardoso, Gabriel Quintero, Dany Escalante, John Medina, Diego Velasquez, trumpet; Christoph Keller, piano (17th April)
Tomás Medina, Román Granda, Andrés González, Alexander Barrios, Brian Cesin, Arsenio Moreno, trumpet; Christoph Keller, piano (18th April)
Ricardo Osorio, Gerald Chacón, Miguel Albornoz, Henry Martinez, trumpet; Christoph Keller, piano (19th April)
Gaudy Sanchez, trumpet; Christoph Keller, piano; Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar De Venezuela; Luis Castro, conductor (20th April)
Witten Days for New Chamber Music
Sunday, 29th April 2012, 4 p.m.
Theatersaal, Witten
www.wittenertage.de
www.cnz.ch
Stefan Wirth: "Enallagai" for ensemble (first performance)
Emmanuel Nunes: "Akustische Maske", after texts by Elias Canetti for ensemble and live electronics (first performance)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Experimentalstudio des SWR
Titus Engel, conductor
Salon in the "Alpenrose"
Wednesday 1st February until Saturday 25th Februar 2012, always at 22.30
Restaurant Alpenrose, Fabrikstrasse 12, Zürich
Article "Alpenrose" in the NZZ's Guide of restaurants
1st February: Robert Schumann (Sonata for violin and piano no. 1 A Minor; Dichterliebe)
2nd February: Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto for 2 cellos); Morton Feldman (For Jackson Pollock); Thomas Demenga (Duo? o, Du)
3rd February: Ludwig van Beethoven (An die ferne Geliebte; Sonata for violin and piano C Minor op. 30 no. 2)
4th February: Franz Schubert (Die schöne Müllerin)
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Robert Zimansky, violin
Imke Frank, violoncello
Martina Schucan, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
8th February: Song Cycle after Justinus Kerner by Robert Schumann; Rhapsody for clarinet and piano by Erich Schmid
9th February: Works for violoncello and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven (Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's "Zauberflöte") and Bernd Alois Zimmermann („Intercomunicazione“); „Auf dem Strom“ by Franz Schubert
10th February: Sonatas for violin and piano by Hanns Eisler and Maurice Ravel; Songs by Hanns Eisler and Darius Milhaud
11th February: Music for clarinet and piano by Robert Schumann (Fantasiestücke op. 73) and Alban Berg (Four Pieces op. 5); Songs after Heine by Franz Schubert
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Robert Zimansky, violin
Martina Schucan, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
15th February: Johannes Brahms (Sonata F Minor op. 120 No. 1 for clarinet and piano); Karlheinz Stockhausen (Klavierstück IX); Stefan Wolpe (Songs)
with: Christoph Homberger (tenor); Heinrich Mätzener (clarinet); Christoph Keller (piano)
16th February: Christian Sinding (Serenade A Major op. 92 for two violins and piano); Stephanie Haensler („Zwischenzeiten“ for violin solo); Bruno Karrer („Walser-Fantasie“ for piano); Johannes Brahms (Popular Songs)
with: Christoph Homberger (tenor), Robert Zimansky and Alexander Tigishwili (violin); Simone Keller (piano)
17th February: Franz Kafka („Der Bau“); Leoš Janáček („Po zarostlém chodníčku“)
with: Raphael Clamer (reciter); Simone Keller (piano)
18th February: Max Reger („Schlichte Weisen“ op. 76); Hanns Eisler (3rd Sonata for piano); Gustav Mahler (Early songs)
with: Christoph Homberger (tenor); Christoph Keller (piano)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Monday, 27th February 2012, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, kleiner Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.cnz.ch
Oscar Bianchi: «Matra», cantata for vocal ensemble, instrumental ensemble, trio concertante and electronics (2006)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich im Haus Konstruktiv
Thursday, 29th September 2011, 20.00
Haus Konstruktiv im EWZ Unterwerk Selnau, Zürich
www.hauskonstruktiv.ch
www.cnz.ch
Erich Schmid: "Rhapsodie" for clarinet and piano (1936)
Rico Gubler: "IR" for clarinet, viola and piano (2003)
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Patrick Jüdt, viola
Christoph Keller, piano
Tage für neue Musik Zürich
Thursday, 10th November 2011, 19.30
Tonhalle Zürich, kleiner Saal
www.stadt-zuerich.ch
www.cnz.ch
Maurice Ohana: "Kypris" for oboe, viola, double bass and piano (1985)
Matthias Arter, oboe
Christian Zrgaggen, viola
Johannes Nied, double bass
Christoph Keller, piano
Lecture-Recital in the context of the 28th Congress autumnal of EPTA-Switzerland
Saturday, 12th November 2011, 20.15
Aula der Kantonsschule am Alpenquai, Lucerne
Erich Schmid: 5 Bagatellen op. 14 (1943)
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Bagatellen op. 126 (1824)
Arnold Schönberg: 5 Klavierstücke op. 23 (1923)
Felix Baumann: "ich und ich" (2009)
Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke op. 23 (1839)
Hanns Eisler: Sonate no. 3 (1943)
Christoph Keller, piano and commentary
Collegium Novum Zürich
Wednesday, 14th December 2011, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, kleiner Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.cnz.ch
Claude Debussy: "Les Chansons de Bilitis" for speaker, two flutes, two harps and celesta
Bruno Maderna: "Juilliard-Serenade" for ensemble
Ana Maria Labin, speaker
Collegium Novum Zürich
Christoph Keller, celesta/piano
Michael Wendeberg, conductor
Société de Musique Contemporaine Lausanne
Monday, 26th September 2011, 19.00
Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne, Grande salle
www.smclausanne.ch
www.martinaschucan.ch
Felix Baumann: "ich und ich" for piano
Felix Baumann: "Schwebungen" for violoncello solo
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonate for violoncello solo
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: "Intercomunicazione" for violoncello and piano
Martina Schucan, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
Schubertiade Espace 2
Saturday, 3rd September 2011, 12.00
Porrentruy, La voûte du séminaire
Franz Schubert: "Die schöne Müllerin"
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Schubertiade Espace 2
Saturday, 3rd September 2011, 17.00
Porrentruy, Les halles
Franz Schubert: "Die Winterreise"
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontan Konzerte Homberger&Keller
Sunday, 26th June 2011, 20.00
Schlosserei Nenniger, Grubenstrasse 29, Zurich (Binz)
Music by
Franz Schubert ("Auf dem Strom" u.a.)
Claude Debussy (Sonate for violoncello and piano)
Anton Webern (Drei kleine Stücke op. 11)
Arnold Schönberg (Lieder op. 6, Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 ect.)
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Imke Frank, violoncello
Christoph Keller, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich im Haus Konstruktiv
Thursday, 30th June 2011, 20.00
Haus Konstruktiv im EWZ Unterwerk Selnau, Zurich
www.hauskonstruktiv.ch
www.cnz.ch
Alvin Lucier: "I am sitting in a room", version for piano and tape (1970)
John Cage: "Atlas Eclipticalis"/"Winter Music", version for flute, horn, percussion, piano, harp and violoncello (1961/62)
Franz Schubert: Sonate for piano D 894, 1st movement (1826)
Morton Feldman: "Why Patterns?" for flute, piano and percussion (1978)
Isabelle Schnöller, flute
Tomas Gallart, horn
Imke Frank, violoncello
Christoph Brunner, percussion
Xenia Schindler, harp
Christoph Keller, piano
Spontan Konzerte Homberger&Keller
Tuesday, 28th September 2010, 20.00
Fundlager der Kantonsarchäologie Zürich, Stettbachstr. 7, Dübendorf
Music by
Ernst Krenek (Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen)
Darius Milhaud (Catalogue de fleurs)
Charles Ives
ect.
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Monday, 13th December 2010, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, Kleiner Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.cnz.ch
Arnold Schönberg/Heinz Holliger: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 (1911), arr. for chamber ensemble (2006)
Arnold Schönberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 (1911)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Das Gelb und das Grün, music to a puppet theatre for ensemble (1952)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Christoph Keller, piano
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Kölner Philharmonie
Tuesday, 14th December 2010, 20.00
Philharmonie Köln
www.koelner-philharmonie.de
www.cnz.ch
Arnold Schönberg/Heinz Holliger: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 (1911), arr. for chamber ensemble (2006)
Bruno Maderna: Concert for oboe and chamber ensemble no. 1 (1962)
György Kurtág: Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, 21 songs after poems by Rimma Dalos for soprano and chamber ensemble op. 17 (1976-80)
Juliane Banse, soprano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Heinz Holliger, oboe/conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Wednesday, 2nd February 2011, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, Kleiner Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.cnz.ch
Roberto Gerhard: Concerto for Eight (1962)
Roberto Gerhard: Gemini, Duo concertante for violin and piano (1966)
Hans Zender: 4 Enso (LO-SHU VII) for two groups of instruments (1997)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Rahel Cunz, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Peter Hirsch, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Friday, 4th March 2011, 20.00
Zürcher Brockenhaus, Neugasse 11, Zürich
www.zuercher-brockenhaus.ch
www.cnz.ch
Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot lunaire op. 21
Cornelia Kallisch, speaker
Collegium Novum Zürich
David Philip Hefti, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Saturday, 5th March 2011, 20.00
Zürcher Brockenhaus, Neugasse 11, Zürich
www.zuercher-brockenhaus.ch
www.cnz.ch
Friedrich Cerha: Ein Art Chansons (1985-87)
Collegium Novum Zürich
Collegium Novum Zürich
Monday, 28th March 2011, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, Kleiner Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.cnz.ch
Johann Strauss: Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka op. 324 (1868), arr. for chamber ensemble by W.Rihm (1982)
Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque op. 42 (1909), arr. for chamber ensemble by E.Stein (1921)
Anton Webern: Sechs Stücke op. 6 (1909), version for small orchestra (1928)
Arnold Schönberg: Sechs Orchesterlieder op. 8 (1903-05), arr. for chamber ensemble by H.Eisler/E.Stein/K.Simon (1921/2007)
Olivia Stahn, soprano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Daniel Kleiner, conductor
Zürcher Festspiele
Friday, June 18th 2010, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, grosser Saal
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
www.zuercher-festspiele.ch
www.cnz.ch
György Kurtág: "Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova", 21 songs after poems by Rimma Dalos for soprano and chamber ensemble op. 17 (1976-80)
Juliane Banse, soprano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich im Haus Konstruktiv
Thursday, July 1st 2010, 20.00
Haus Konstruktiv im EWZ Unterwerk Selnau
www.hauskonstruktiv.ch
www.cnz.ch
Frederic Rzweski: "Les moutons de Panurge" for various instruments (1969)
Catherine Milliken: "A slip in the Night Tango" for trumpet and melodica (2007)
Howard Skempton: "Axis 90" for flute and piano (1990)
Sam Hayden: "Sparkles" fur trumpet and piano (1991)
Cornelius Cardew: "Treatise" for various instruments (1963-67)
Matthias Ziegler, flute
Heinrich Mätzener, clarinet
Stefan Buri, bassoon
Jörg Schneider, trumpet
Christoph Keller, piano
Les Muséiques
Sunday, 25th April 2010, 11.00
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basle
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon E flat major, op. 16
Christoph Keller, piano
Matthias Arter, oboe
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet
Olivier Darbellay, horn
Nathalie Blaser, bassoon
Spontan Konzerte Homberger&Keller
Tuesday, 27th April 2010, 20.00
Triemlispital Zurich
Works of Robert Schumann
Sonatas for violin and piano no. 1 A Minor, op. 105 und no. 2 D Minor, op. 121
Liederkreis after Heinrich Heine, op. 24
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Robert Zimansky, violin
Christoph Keller, piano
Schauspielhaus Zurich
Monday, 11th May 2010, 20.00
Wednesday, 12th May until Saturday, 16th May 2010, always 20.00
Schiffbau Zurich, Halle
www.collegium-novum.ch
www.schauspielhaus.ch
Heiner Goebbels: "Industry and Idleness", a scenic concert
Collegium Novum Zürich
Andrea Molino, conductor
Heiner Goebbels, director
Spontan Konzerte Homberger&Keller
Friday, 30th October, 20.00
Garage Franz AG, Badenerstr. 329, Zürich
Gustav Mahler: Early Songs from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
Max Reger: Songs from "Schlichte Weisen" op. 76
Franz Liszt: "Unstern!", Trauer-Vorspiel und -Marsch
Richard Wagner: "Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau M.W."
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Schubertiade Zürich
Sunday, 15th November 2009, 17.00
Alte Kirche Zürich-Witikon
Franz Schubert: Songs and piano music
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Musik der Zeit, Köln
Thursday, 19th November 2009, 20.00
Funkhaus Wallrafplatz Köln, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
www.wdr3.de
www.collegium-novum.ch
Christoph Delz: 2 Nocturnes for piano and 9 instruments op. 11
Klaus Ospald: "Così dell'uomo ignara..." for ensemble und live-electronics (first performance)
Christoph Keller, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Experimentalstudio des SWR
Peter Hirsch, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Friday, 11th December 2009, 20.00
Schiffbau Zürich, Box
www.collegium-novum.ch
www.schauspielhaus.ch
Roberto Gerhard: "Leo" for ensemble
Klaus Ospald: "Così dell'uomo ignara..." for ensemble und live-electronics
Collegium Novum Zürich
Experimentalstudio des SWR
Peter Hirsch, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Saturday, 6th February 2010, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, Kleiner Saal
www.collegium-novum.ch
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
Beat Furrer: "still" for ensemble
Harrison Birtwistle: "Cortège", a ceremony for 14 musicians in memory of Michael Vyner
Mark André: "…zum staub sollst du zurückkehren" for 7 instruments
Mauricio Kagel: "Finale mit Kammerensemble"
Collegium Novum Zürich
Mark Foster, conductor
Musiksalon im Brockenhaus
Tuesday, 2nd March until Saturday 6th March 2010, always at 20.00
Zürcher Brockenhaus, Neugasse 11, Zürich
www.collegium-novum.ch
www.zuercher-brockenhaus.ch
2nd March: Franz Schubert
3rd March: Darius Milhaud
4th March: Ludwig van Beethoven
5th March: Charles Ives
6th March: Mauricio Kagel
Collegium Novum Zürich
Jeannine Hirzel, mezzo soprano
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Concept und program: Christoph Homberger and Christoph Keller
Berliner Festspiele, MaerzMusik
Thursday, 25th March 2010, 19.00
Philharmonie Berlin, Kammermusiksaal
www.berlinerfestspiele.de
www.collegium-novum.ch
Georg Friedrich Haas: "...und..." for ensemble and electronics
Klaus Ospald: "Così dell'uomo ignara..." for ensemble und live-electronics
Collegium Novum Zürich
Experimentalstudio des SWR
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Wednesday, 31th March 2010, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich, Grosser Saal
www.collegium-novum.ch
www.tonhalle-orchester.ch
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: "Monologe" for two pianos
Christoph Keller, piano
Stefan Wirth, piano
Lecture-Recital at the Musik-Akademie Basel
Tuesday, 13th October 2009, 19.00
Musik-Akademie Basel, Neuer Saal
Hanns Eisler: Piano Sonata no.3 - analysis, interpretation, edition
Christoph Keller, piano und commentary
Konzerthaus Berlin in collaboration with the
International Hanns Eisler Society
Monday, 5th Oktober 2009, 20.00
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
www.konzerthaus.de
www.hanns-eisler.com
Research Grabs & Eisler
A research with witnesses, texts, documents and music of Manfred Grabs and Hanns Eisler
Christoph Keller, piano
Christine Wolff, soprano
Sinfonie Orchester Biel
Wednesday, 16th September 2009, 20.00
Kongresshaus Biel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for two pianos KV 365
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le Carnaval des animaux"
Christoph Keller, piano
Hiroko Sakagami, piano
Sinfonie Orchester Biel
Thomas Rösner, conductor
Sinfonie Orchester Biel
Sunday, 13th September 2009, 10.00 (g) und 11.15 (f)
Kongresshaus Biel
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le Carnaval des animaux"
Christoph Keller, piano
Hiroko Sakagami, piano
Kurt Aeschbacher, narrator (german)
Guy Delafontaine, narrator (french)
Sinfonie Orchester Biel
Thomas Rösner, conductor
Spontan Konzerte Homberger&Keller
Thursday, 9th July, 20.00
g 27, Zürich
Franz Schubert: Songs and music for piano four hands
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Christoph Keller, piano
Simone Keller, piano
Zürcher Festspiele
Saturday, 20th June 2009, 20.00
Tonhalle Zürich
Olivier Messiaen: "Oiseaux exotiques" for piano and small orchestra
Christoph Keller, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Peter Rundel, conductor
Collegium Novum Zürich
Friday, 5th June and Saturday, 6th June 2009, 20.00
Schiffbau Zürich
Arnold Schönberg: "Ode an Napoleon" for narrator, string quartet and piano
Stefan Wirth: "Merlin", scene for soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, six speakers und two pianos (first performance)
Stefan Wolpe: "Schöne Geschichten", chamber opera for narrator, tenor, bass, choir and chamber ensemble op. 5b
Martina Fausch, soprano
Priske Dehandschutter, mezzo soprano
Christoph Homberger, tenor
Johannes Schmidt, bass
Robert Hunger-Bühler, actor
Christoph Keller, piano
Stefan Wirth, piano
Collegium Novum Zürich
Thomas Fiedler, scenic adaption
Michael Wendeberg, conductor
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