Germany Meets Texas

CMFW Fall Festival 2025
“Sounds from the World: Music, Healing, and Peace”

With the twenty-six visiting musicians (19 students and 7 teachers) from the Robert Schumann Konservatorium in Zwickau, Germany

Sunday, September 28th, at 4 PM

Covenant United Methodist Church
4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX 78727

PROGRAM

„Shalom Alechem“ and „Mazel Tov“ – traditional, arr. Peter Prystaniak
Jule Düring (age 15) & Jolanda Reinhold (age 14), clarinet duo, acc. Mrs. Wachsmuth

March in E flat major – Clara Schumann
Alena Solovyev (age 16) & Nick Kaiser (age 17), piano

Rigaudon – Henry Purcell
„Fröhlicher Landmann“ – Robert Schumann, arr. Martin Klaschka

Lola Straßburg (age 16), Eva Häber (age 17) & Clara Martin (age 17), trombone trio

Romance op. 94 No. 2 – Robert Schumann
Eva Jurisch, clarinet & Renate Wachsmuth, piano

Variations mignonnes (without 2nd variation) – Johann Kaspar Mertz
Lara Friedrich (age 14), guitar

Violin concerto in G Major (Hob. Vlla: 4) – Joseph Haydn
Matilda Hofstädter, violin, acc. Mrs. Wachsmuth

Sonata No. 1 from Methode de Clarinette, 1st movement – Jean Xavier Lefèvre
Jule Düring (age 15), clarinet, acc. Jael Synofzik (age 16)

Andante von Variazioni WoO 44b – Ludwig van Beethoven
Elsa Müller, mandolin, acc. Alena Solovyev (age 16)

Tango in D – Isaac Albéniz
Katharina Braun (age 14), violin, acc. Nick Kaiser (age 17)

Nightclub 1960 from Histoire du Tango – Astor Piazzolla
Annette Schneider, mandolin & Katja Wolf, guitar

Libertango – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Duo Bensa Cardinot
Charlotte Klotz (age 19) & Johanna Klotz (age 17), guitar duo

Mango Tango from Footprint – Hans-Günther Kölz and Matthias Anton
Elke Kirste, accordeon, Eva Jurisch, clarinet & Matthias Kramp, E-Bass

Cozy’s Power – Sönke Hermannsen
Lieselotte Sprunk (age 17), drumset

Watermelon Man – H. Hancock
Band: Clara, Lola, Eva: trombones, Jael: piano, Lieselotte: drumset, Lara: keyboard, Margarethe: E-guitar, Mr. Kramp: E-bass & conductor Canon & Gigue in D – Johann Pachelbel
Orchestra: all together, conductor: Michael Fritsch