Series of events on the rediscovery and rediscovery of the musician, draughtsman and letter writer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)
A series of events celebrating the rediscovery of the musician, draftsman, and letter writer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847).
PROGRAM
12:00 Welcome & Introduction
12:30 The incidental music for "Antigone," "Oedipus at Colonus," and "Athalia" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, transcribed for piano four hands, introduced by Marlene Weller
2:30 p.m. Lecture by Katharina Wesselmann, Professor of Classical Philology, Potsdam: Humanistic Education in the Mendelssohn Bartholdy Family
4:30 p.m. Musical city tour with Annette Melzer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's connections to Berlin. See March 16 for more details.
7:00 p.m.: Paphleis. A satirical poem by the 12-year-old Felix Mendelssohn about his 7-year-old brother Paul, performed by the Drama Department of the Canisius College in Berlin, directed by Jan Gursch-Büdenbender. Music by Fanny Hensel and FMB: Beatrice Calderon, cello; Marta Policinska, piano
Additional information
Price info: Festival ticket (lectures, concerts, city tour): 35 €;
Single concert: 20 €;
Guided city tour: 10 €;
"Paphleis" (Remise): 10 €;
in the Canisius Kolleg: 5 €
Booking: Phone: 030-817047-26
Reservation by phone or e-mail
Single concert: 20 €;
Guided city tour: 10 €;
"Paphleis" (Remise): 10 €;
in the Canisius Kolleg: 5 €
Booking: Phone: 030-817047-26
Reservation by phone or e-mail
Dates
June 2026
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