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abgeFRACKt: Cello Flow

Classical music on four strings
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5/22

Friday | 5/22/2026
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal
25 | 14 €
FLEX fee + 6 €
Reduced prices:
from € 10 for pupils under 18 
from €10 for young people under 30
from 7 € for Dresden-Pass and SB from GdB 80
8 € for last minute
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About the Concert

He played at one of the most spectacular weddings of recent years: for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The bride herself had called the then 19-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and asked him to play during the church service at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle - and half the world watched him. Now he is our guest and fits perfectly into our unconventional concert with his artistic excellence. On the program is nothing less than a premiere! The cello concerto by Edmund Finnis will be heard for the first time in Europe on this evening - and you can be there. At our abgeFRACKt concerts, some things are different: the orchestra does not wear tailcoats on stage. Also, no one has to worry about clapping at the wrong time. If you want to learn more about the music, download the free Wolfgang app to your smartphone and get explanations about the work live during the concert. Afterwards, we invite you to stay and enjoy the abgeFRACKt cocktail (also non-alcoholic), a glass of wine or beer at the "Tutti" café, relax, chat, or look out at the city from the balcony.

Program

Edmund Finnis
“Hymn” (after William Byrd) (2023) for string orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach
Selection from the Suites for Solo Cello

William Lawes
Fantasy in G minor arranged for strings, harp, and percussion by Andrew Manze

Edmund Finnis
Cello Concerto (European premiere)

Artists

Andrew Manze
Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Cello
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Andrew Manze

The multi-award-winning conductor Andrew Manze not only brings boundless energy, deep musicality and warmth to the stage, but also extensive academic knowledge and years of experience as a violinist and specialist in historical performance practice. Until the summer of 2023, the likeable Briton was Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover. Since 2018 he has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, since autumn 2024 he holds the same position with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

In 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the BBC Young Musician Competition, laying the foundation for an international career that has led him to the BBC Proms every year since 2017. The cellist, who also composes and arranges himself, tours the world as a soloist or in a duo with his sister, the pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. It is very important to him to get young people interested in music. As a Decca Classics artist, he made it into the top 10 of the UK charts with his album "Elgar".

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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