Academic Ceremony

A musical programme awaits you, which includes
the virtuoso piano work Islamey by Mili Balakirev,
piano chamber music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,
vocal works by Wolfgang Rihm and Modest Mussorgski
as well as the chamber music piece ‘Into the darkness’ by Yangkai Lin (composition class Wolfgang Rihm/Markus Hechtle), composed in 2022.

Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
from the: Piano Trio in C minor op. 66
1st movement: Allegro energico e con fuoco

Trio Gottesaue:
Sakura Nakagawa, violin
Junyu Chen, violoncello
Tomonori Murakami, piano

Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024)
from: Four late poems by Friedrich Rückert
Weltgeheimnis (World Mystery) (2008)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
from: Songs and Dances of Death
Lullaby (Колыбельная)
Text: Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848-1913)

Julika Hing, mezzo-soprano
Khayala Alizada, piano

Yangkai Lin (*2001)
Into the Darkness (2022, rev. 2024) for flute, clarinet and harp

Matthieu Grandola, flute
Imke Muitjens, clarinet
Theresa Bogisch, harp

Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910)
Islamei [Исламей]
An oriental fantasy for solo piano
Allegro con fuoco - Andantino espressivo - Allegro - Allegro vivo - Presto furioso

Yu-Hsien Chen, piano