Cello dominates the Dresden Music Festival at Whitsun

"Serenade in the Green" and "Long Night of the Cello" on Sunday

A tradition of the music festival continues on Whit Sunday. The Dresden Kreuzchor will perform at the "Serenade in the Green" in Pillnitz Palace Park. In the evening, the "Long Night of the Cello" follows in the Kulturpalast as the highlight of "Cellomania". More than a dozen soloists - including Mischa Maisky, Alisa Weilerstein, Daniel Müller-Schott and Jan Vogler - will perform in various formations with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra from Poland and conductor Alexander Sitkovetsky and have announced a tour de force through the cello literature.

Performance by Bastian Pastewka and Joja Wendt

On Whit Monday, actor and comedian Bastian Pastewka and pianist Joja Wendt will take a trip through music history in the morning hours at the Semperoper - across all possible genres. In the evening, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner, will make its first appearance at this year's festival. However, the focus will then be on the violin. British violinist Nicola Benedetti will perform Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto. His 1st Symphony rounds off the program.

The cello will be back in the spotlight on Tuesday. Vogler will then play Elgar's Cello Concerto with the London Orchestra. The evening at the Kulturpalast will be completed by Elgar's 2nd Symphony and the piece "Forest" by Judith Weir.

The 49th Dresden Music Festival runs until June 14 under the motto "Lightness of Being". A total of 64 events are on the program.

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