Experience an evening of emotional intensity and expressive depth with two outstanding young artists. The multi-award-winning Canadian violinist Jacques Forestier (winner of the 2024 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition) and the renowned pianist Boris Kusnezow present a fascinating programme from Brahms to Schoenberg to Gershwin.
General Info
Date: 8 November 2026
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Payment: Both cashless payment and cash payment are possible on site. To avoid waiting times, we recommend purchasing tickets online.
Accessibility: Our venues are wheelchair accessible. Carers accompanying people with disabilities (exclusively with a 'B' entry in the ID) receive free admission.
Discounts
Volunteers (under the JFDG), people with a disability degree of 50 or more, and HannoverAktivPass holders receive a 20% discount on the regular ticket price.
Schoolchildren, students and trainees up to and including the age of 29 pay only €10.00 per ticket. This offer applies to all tickets in price categories B, C and D.
With the AboVorteil, subscribers of the HAZ and NP receive a 10% discount on the regular admission price.
Proof of entitlement must be shown unasked at admission.
Programme
Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Romanian Folk Dances
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, op. 100
Richard Strauss (1864–1949): Violin Sonata in E flat major, op. 18
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951): Phantasy for Violin and Piano, op. 47
Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880): Polonaise de Concert in D major, op. 4
George Gershwin (1898–1937) (arranged by Jascha Heifetz): Excerpts from "Porgy and Bess"
Description
The young Canadian violinist Jacques Forestier has developed into one of the most fascinating violinists of his generation. His playing is characterised by emotional intensity and expressive depth. He is accompanied by Boris Kusnezow, pianist and professor of chamber music in Leipzig, whose performances are admired for their clarity, warmth and brilliant collaboration.
The programme includes masterpieces of violin literature: Brahms' first violin sonata, also known as the "Rain Song Sonata", is a wonderfully expressive and elegiac work. Arnold Schoenberg's Phantasy op. 47, his last instrumental work, offers an exciting contrast with its twelve-tone technique. With his only violin sonata, the 23-year-old Richard Strauss struck a stroke of genius, and Henryk Wieniawski's "Polonaise brillante" promises the utmost virtuosity.
Look forward to a special chamber music evening under the sign of "Song and Dance", which combines musical brilliance and passion.
