Concerts at Maschinenhaus / Classical chamber music

Andreas Staier, one of the most distinctive specialists on ancient instruments, plays a program on two actual reconstructions of the oldest fortepianos.

Sonata and polonaise from
Lodovico Giustini di Pistoia,
Baldassare Galuppi,
Domenico Scarlatti,
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach,
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach
prelude and fugue from
Wohltemperierten Clavier, Teil II

At this year’s Ruhrtriennale, Monday evenings are dedicated to concerts held at Essen’s Maschinenhaus, Zeche Carl, with four evenings of classical chamber music and two evenings of improvisation where the audience can participate up close in the process of music’s emergence and creation. The balance of acoustics in this precious industrial space promotes an open exchange between musicians and listeners