From Saturday 5 July to Saturday 12 July 2025, concerts featuring works of classical chamber music will take place around Luckau, Lübben and Lübbenau in the south of Brandenburg. The Bornsdorf artist couple Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello, and Martin Helmchen, piano, have invited you to the 3rd International Chamber Music Festival ‘Fliessen’. The festival includes concerts at various venues. A total of 18 musicians will take part in the 8 concerts in Bornsdorf, Lübben, Lübbenau, Luckau, Dahme, Finsterwalde and Glashütte during the week from 5 to 12 July 2025. Participants include Vilde Frang (violin), Philippe Tondre (oboe), Timothy Ridout (viola), Julian Steckel (cello) and Antje Weithaas (violin).
Fig. above: Fliessen 25 Old glassworks © Specjal
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen as artistic directors publish the programme of the 3rd International Chamber Music Festival ‘Fliessen’ of the Brandenburg Summer Concerts in Spreewald and Niederlausitz.
Thanks to funding from the state of Brandenburg and the district of Dahme-Spreewald as well as support from the region, eight concerts will take place in 2025. The Dahme castle ruins are a new addition. The ‘Drauschemühle’ concert barn near Bornsdorf will be used twice as a venue.
The programme includes the Octet by Felix Mendelssohn (in Finsterwalde), sextets by Johannes Brahms and Arnold Schönberg (‘Verklärte Nacht’) in Dahme and Lübbenau, the ‘Quatuor pour la fin du Temps’ by Olivier Messiaen in Luckau and the string quartet ‘American’ by Antonín Dvořák in Bornsdorf. Works with flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn will also be performed. A concert in Bornsdorf includes a moderated programme with a special focus on children.
Before each concert, ‘Fliessen Talks’ are held in which experts discuss topics relating to the concert day together with the artists. One thematic focus of the week is: ‘What drives us to peak performance, or what holds us back? Various challenges of everyday professional and private life will be addressed in discussion formats. During the concerts, the works will be briefly introduced by the performers.
Catering will be provided by local groups. There are bus transfers from Berlin to the concerts (except for the night concert). The region can be explored as part of additional offers such as boat trips, guided tours or sightseeing.
The Brandenburg Summer Concerts are the organisers of the Fliessen International Chamber Music Festival.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 5 th July – Saturday, 12 th July 2025
WHERE?
Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte gGmbH
Schillerstr. 94
10625 Berlin-Charlottenburg
