CMFW Fall Festival 2025
“Sounds from the World: Music, Healing, and Peace”
With the twenty-six musicians (19 students and 7 teachers)
from the Robert Schumann Konservatorium (RSK) in Zwickau, Germany
Sunday, October 5th at 4 PM
Covenant United Methodist Church
4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX 78727
PROGRAM
Eurythmy
Robert Schumann – Romanze Op. 28, No. 2
Beth Usher, eurythmy | Michael Schneider, piano
Prelude No. 5, ‘Grandiose’ – Michael Schneider
Michael Schneider, piano
Korean Art Song
Mot Ijeo (I Cannot Forget) poem by Kim Sowol; arr. Jo Hyeyoung
Heyin Hong, soprano: Heyeon Kim, alto, Donghyuk Chung, Tenor
Spanish March from the Suite „Frohes Wochenende“ – Josef Rixner
Katharina Braun (age 14), violin, acc. Renate Wachsmuth
Café para dos – Máximo Diego Pujol
Charlotte Klotz (age 19) & Johanna Klotz (age 17), guitar
Romance op. 28 No. 2 – Robert Schumann
Nick Kaiser (age 17), piano
Blue Q – Doug Beach
Band: Clara (age 17), Lola (age 16), Eva (age 17): trombones, Jael (age 16): piano, Lieselotte (age 17): drumset, Lara (age 14): keyboard, Margarethe (age 15): E-guitar, Matthias Kramp: E-bass & conductor
Abendlied from Footprint – Hans-Günther Kölz and Matthias Anton
Elke Kirste: accordeon, Eva Jurisch: clarinet, Matthias Kramp: E-Bass
Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major, 1st movement – Camille Saint-Saëns
Eva Jurisch, clarinet & Renate Wachsmuth, piano
Bordel 1900 from Histoire du Tango – Astor Piazzolla
Annette Schneider, mandolin & Katja Wolf, guitar
Sonata in a-minor op. 105, 1st movement „Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck“ – Robert Schumann
Michael Fritsch, violin & Renate Wachsmuth, piano
Choir (German & Texas Friends) – Michael Fritsch, conductor
Viva La Musica – Iván Erőd
Der Lindenbaum – Franz Schubert
Xiang Yun Community Choir – Richard Frazier, conductor: Sheryl Stack, piano
Shenandoah – American Folk Song – Steve Parsons
Arirang – Traditional Korean Folk Song – Arr. Sonja Poorman
I Chose Love – Lindy Thompson and Mark A. Miller
Choir (German & Texas Friends) & Orchestra – Michael Fritsch, Conductor
Ave Verum Chor – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orchestra -Michael Schneider, conductor
Mandolin concerto in C-major – Antonio Vivaldi
Annette Schneider, mandolin solo & string orchestra
Xiang Yun Community Choir with orchestra
– Richard Frazier, conductor: Sheryl Stack, piano
Homeward Bound – George W. Meyer, written by Howard Johnson and Coleman Goetz
Everyone Singing Together! with Choir & Orchestra
– Richard Frazier, Conductor: Sheryl Stack, piano
America the Beautiful – Katharine Lee Bates & Samuel A. Ward