TWELVE YEARS "THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER" - THE PROGRAM 2026!

The Last Rose of Summer 2026:
With Siobhan Armstrong, Irish harp – Christoph Enzel, saxophone – Sif M. Tulinius, violin – Judith Ingolfsson, violin/viola – Alan Stoupel, viola – Friedemann Ludwig, cello – Vladimir Stoupel, piano – Jesslyn Handoko & Paul Maillet, piano

Welcome to the Festival "The Last Rose of Summer" Berlin 2026!
The Last Rose of Summer Festival Berlin 2026 connects different sound worlds and musical perspectives in five concerts. The focus is on works that make the familiar audible again and highlight voices that have long been overlooked.
A special highlight is the return of harpist Siobhán Armstrong, who will open the festival with an intimate and atmospheric program. The program is complemented by a special saxophone concert with Christoph Enzel, who expands the sonic horizon of the festival.
A central concern is the music of female composers: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Rebecca Clarke each showcase their unique paths between romantic expressiveness and a new, clearer language of form.
Particularly in the third concert, this connection becomes audible. Rebecca Clarke's Duo Concertante for violin, viola, and piano (written around 1940) moves between retrospection and new beginnings: Echoes of Johannes Brahms—especially the energetic finale of his Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25—stand alongside an increasingly reduced, modern sound language.
In the closing concert, this work will be performed itself: Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, along with music by Ernő Dohnányi. The large forms unfolded there pick up on the ideas hinted at previously and carry them further. Thus, over the five evenings, a musical connection emerges that brings tradition and present into a lively dialogue.

PROGRAM

Friday, August 14, 2026, 1 PM – Irish Day

Siobhán Armstrong, Irish Harp

Traditional Irish melodies (Exact program to be announced)

Saturday, August 15, 2026, 1 PM – Artist Friendships

Pater Paul Maillet & Jesslyn Handoko, Piano | Judith Ingolfsson, Violin
Vladimir Stoupel, Piano

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Three pieces for piano four hands

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22

Albert Dietrich (1829–1908)
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata in A minor for violin and piano ("F–A–E" Sonata)

Sunday, August 16, 2026, 1 PM

Judith Ingolfsson, Violin, Viola | Sif Margrét Tulinius, Violin
Jesslyn Handoko, Piano | Vladimir Stoupel, Piano

Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
Three Pieces for two violins and piano
Duo Concertante for violin, viola, and piano
Morpheus for viola and piano

Richard Sortomme (*1948)
Rhapsody for viola and orchestra (version for viola and piano)

Monday, August 17, 2026, 1 PM – Saxophone!

Christoph Enzel, Saxophone | Judith Ingolfsson, Violin | Vladimir Stoupel, Piano

Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Hot Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (1930)

Christoph Enzel (*1978)
Three Lovesongs for solo saxophone

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Scaramouche for alto saxophone and piano

Marc Eychenne (*1933)
Cantilène et Danse for saxophone, violin, and piano

Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 1 PM – Closing Concert

Judith Ingolfsson, Violin | Sif Margrét Tulinius, Violin | Alan Stoupel, Viola | Friedemann Ludwig, Cello | Vladimir Stoupel, Piano

Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Serenade in C major for string trio, Op. 10

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Lunch concert festival at the Embassy of Ireland, the ancestral home of the Mendelssohn Bank from August 14 to August 18.
Artistic Direction: Judith Ingolfsson & Vladimir Stoupel.
Cooperation event of the Mendelssohn Society with the festival "The Last Rose of Summer," supported by the Embassy of Ireland and Guy Oppenheim.
Program changes reserved. Admission from 12:30 PM; concert duration about 60 minutes. Single ticket 18 €, children 8 €, festival pass (transferable) 60 €;
Presale starts on July 15 during the opening of the exhibition in the Mendelssohn-Remise; remaining tickets at the box office.