Final Concert – Bach & now! – Agathenburger Bach Days

26 April 2026, 7 p.m. | Schloss Agathenburg – Pferdestall

Duo Villarceaux – 30th Stage Anniversary

Judith Mosch, Alexandra Sostmann – piano

To conclude the Agathenburger Bach Days, the Duo Villarceaux – Alexandra Sostmann and Judith Mosch – celebrates its 30th anniversary with the program Adorations.

In a captivating dialogue between past and present, Bach’s chorales appear in new arrangements by Reinhard Febel, Apollonio Maiello, and Rouzbeh Rafie. After the intermission, Igor Stravinsky’s monumental Le Sacre du Printemps will be performed in the composer’s own version for piano four hands.

Praised by Deutschlandfunk as a “burning piano duo” and by the American Record Guide for their “excellent, rarely matched unison playing,” Sostmann and Mosch combine technical brilliance with profound artistic sensitivity – a powerful and nuanced finale to the festival.

Adorations

*Reinhard Febel (1952)

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)

Wo soll ich fliehen hin (BWV 694)

Erbarme dich mein, o Herre Gott (BWV 721)

*Apollonio Maiello (1993)

Chorale Arrangement – World Premiere

*György Kurtág (1926)

Alle Menschen müssen sterben (BWV 643)

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687)

Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr (BWV 711)

*Rouzbeh Rafie (1981)

Two Compositions Based on Bach Chorales – World Premiere

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

The Rite of Spring

Version by the composer for piano four hands