An Evening of Conversation & Music

»End of Year Event with American Conductor James Gaffigan«

Maja Ellmenreich talked with young American conductor James Gaffigan about his career, discussed American culture and got to the bottom of the chances and challenges of cultural education on both sides of the Atlantic.

Before and after the talk, there was music played by the Pre-College, School of Music Cologne (violin duo) and of the Gürzenich-Orchestra Cologne (Oboe and English Horn).

Music Program:

Violine Duo:
Charles de Beriot (1802-1870): Duo Concertants für 2 Violinen op.57 Nr.1 g-moll 1. Satz: Moderato
Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880): Caprice op.18 Nr.4 a-moll Tempo di Saltarella, ma non troppo vivo

The Musicians:
Lara Boschkor, 10 years old, is a student at the Pre-College Cologne since 2008. In 2009 she was among others awarded the Grand Premier Prix at the international „Concours Flame“ in Paris and she made the first prize as well as the special prize at the „International Hindemith Competiton“ in Berlin.
Linda Guo, 10 years old, is a student at the Pre-College Cologne since 2009. Besides playing the violine she also plays the piano and won the 2009 regional contest of „Jugend musiziert“ (Youth Plays Music) in the category „piano four handed“. In 2008 she already won the same competition in the categroies „solo piano“ and „solo violine“, as well as in the category „string trio“.

Wind Instrument Trio:
Graham Powning (geb. Sydney 1949): Trio No 2 for two oboes and cor anglais (1974) Allegro, Andante espressivo, Presto

The Musicians:
First Oboe: Horst Eppendorf, Gürzenich-Orchester Cologne
Second Oboe: Thekla von Dombois
English Horn: Ikuko Homma, Gürzenich-Orchester Cologne



In Cooperation with Gürzenich-Orchester Cologne and with kind support of Excelsior Hotel Ernst.

James Gaffigan conducted the Gürzenich Orchester on December 13th, 14th and 15th, 2009. Find more information on the Gürzenich program on www.guerzenich-orchester.de