Join us on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 11:00 AM for a special commemorative concert marking the 144th anniversary of Theobald Böhm’s death. The event will take place at the Max-Joseph-Saal in the Munich Residenz (Residenzstraße, Kapellenhof entrance). Hosted by the Theobald Böhm Society and Theobald Böhm Foundation, this concert will feature works dedicated to Theobald Böhm for flute and piano.
Performers:
- Piano: Nino Gurevich, Madoka Ueno
- Flutists:
- Aldo Baerten
- Martin Belič
- Sunghyun Cho
- Matvey Demin
- Anton Kushnir
- Iva Lubomirova
- Ruth Wentorf
Program:
- Rossini/Böhm: La Pesca, Nocturne for 2 sopranos and piano from Les Soirées musicales, No. 10, arr. [45], c. 1858 – All flutists (3:03)
- Giulio Briccialdi: Fantasia su due arie dell’opera “Macbeth” di Verdi, Op. 47, 1847 – Aldo Baerten (9:00)
- Anton Bernhard Fürstenau: Rondo brillant, Op. 38 – Martin Belič (10:00)
- Johann Valentin Hamm: Drei Lieder ohne Worte (Three Songs Without Words): No. 1 Das flatternde Täubchen, No. 2 Das blinkende Sternlein, No. 3 Das stille Bächlein, c. 1857 – Sunghyun Cho (8:00)
- Karl Keller: Quatrième Grande Polonaise, Op. 34, 1834 – Matvey Demin (11:00)
- Emanuele Krakamp: Variazioni sul tema “Ultimo pensiero” di Reissiger, Op. 79, 1852 – Anton Kushnir (8:30)
- Anton Ortner: Pièce de Salon. Rêverie et Caprice. Fantaisie, c. 1847 – Iva Lubomirova (9:30)
- Wilhelm Popp: Souvenir de Theobald Böhm. Fantaisie de concert et variations brillantes sur un thème de Himmel, Op. 434, c. 1881 [piano added] – Sunghyun Cho (10:00)
- Giuseppe Rabboni: Fantaisie sur l’air “Ah! perchè non posso odiarti” de l’opéra “La Sonnambula” de Bellini, c. 1843 – Ruth Wentorf (10:30)
- Weber/Böhm: Sonatine from Six petites Pièces faciles for piano four hands, Op. 3, No. 1, arr. [53], c. 1858 – All flutists (2:45)
The concert will be recorded for CD and DVD release.
Featured Artists:
- Aldo Baerten: Professor of Flute at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and Conservatoire Utrecht, Principal Flutist of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (Belgium).
- Martin Belič: Lecturer of Flute at the University of Augsburg, Leopold Mozart College of Music, Deputy Principal Flutist of the Munich Philharmonic, 1st Prize Winner of the 2nd International Theobald Böhm Competition 2011 (Slovenia).
- Sunghyun Cho: Professor of Flute at Yonsei University, College of Music, Seoul (South Korea).
- Matvey Demin: Lecturer of Flute at the University of Music Freiburg, Principal Flutist of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart (Russia).
- Anton Kushnir: Professor of Flute at the Academy of Music in Kiev, Principal Flutist of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Ukraine).
- Iva Lubomirova: Professor of Flute at the National Academy of Music “Prof. Sancho Vladigerov” in Sofia (Bulgaria).
- Ruth Wentorf: Former Professor of Flute at the University of Music in Freiburg and Würzburg, Chairwoman of the German Flute Society (Germany).
For more information, visit Theobald-Böhm-Gesellschaft or Theobald-Böhm-Stiftung.