Recorder player Max Volbers in the Essen Philharmonie (December 2024)

Under the title “Dance and Firework”, recorder player Max Volbers and harpsichordist Alexander von Heißen will present works by Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel, Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli and others at the Philharmonie Essen on December 8.

This program has already been released on CD by Berlin Classics under the title “Foreign Masters” and can now be heard in a pre-Christmas setting under the title “Dance and Firework”. Here in the YouTube video you will find a small preview of the program.

Max Volbers, who was awarded the Opus Klassik as Young Artist of the Year in 2023, was a guest on the ZDF Morgenmagazin with Alexander von Heißen in September 2024, where they presented “Foreign Masters”. You can watch the performance on the morning show here.

Sunday, December 8, 11 a.m., Philharmonie Essen
George Frideric Handel: Overture from “Fireworks Music”, HWV 351
Giuseppe Sammartini: Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord, op. 13 no. 5
“Traditional”: ‘The Lass of Patie’s Mill’ (Scottish folk song) from ”A Collection af Old Scots Tunes”
“Traditional”: ‘Cease your funning’ (Scottish folk song) from ”Collection of the most favorite Old Songs Tunes in the Beggars opera”
George Frideric Handel: Prelude to “Vo’ far guerra”, Aria Armida from “Rinaldo”, HWV 7 (Act 2, Scene 10)
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti: Sonata in A minor for violin and harpsichord, op. 3 no. 4
Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: “Aria con Variazioni” from Sonata da Camera No. 6 in A major for violin and basso continuo
George Frideric Handel: “Pifa” from the oratorio “The Messiah”, HWV 56
Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in D minor for violin and basso continuo, op. 5 no. 12 “La Follia”

Max Volbers, recorder
Alexander von Heißen, harpsichord

Further information can be found at theater-essen.de/programm