Admittance 19:00 Uhr

Imbalance, the contradictory nature of Dionysus by Matthias Kass, Company Idem
(Switzerland) / 5th+6th October / HebelHalle - 8 pm
Imbalance, the contradictory nature of Dionysus deals with the contradiction between the human need for control and the desire to break free from it. By overcoming, dissolving, and breaking boundaries, magnificent works can arise as well as unprecedented destruction. Choreographer Matthias Kass focuses on this dualism in his piece through strong contrasts and seamless transitions, concentrated energy and changing dynamics, powerful moments and dreamlike passages. Five dancers negotiate the balance between the release and discipline of creative and excessive energy in a suspenseful and expressive manner.

Doors open: 7:45 pm

City tour through the Baroque Quarter and the Old Town
Discover Fulda's sights during the one-hour city tour through the Baroque Quarter and the Old Town, where we will also embark on a journey through the Middle Ages.
We will admire the magnificent cathedral, pass by the mysterious Witch Tower, and stroll through the picturesque alleys of the Old Town - until we reach the place "Unterm Heilig Kreuz."
Let yourself be enchanted by the history and splendor of our city and come along on this entertaining tour!

City tour through the Baroque Quarter and the Old Town
Discover Fulda's sights during the one-hour city tour through the Baroque Quarter and the Old Town, where we will also embark on a journey through the Middle Ages.
We will admire the magnificent cathedral, pass by the mysterious Witch Tower, and stroll through the picturesque alleys of the Old Town - until we reach the place "Unterm Heilig Kreuz."
Let yourself be enchanted by the history and splendor of our city and come along on this entertaining tour!

Guided tour through the old town, the historical rooms of the city palace, and the cathedral
In addition to the Baroque quarter, the old town is the second major historic district in Fulda. Medieval half-timbered houses, the city walls with well-preserved defensive towers, guild churches, old market squares, and street names indicating their function in the Middle Ages characterize the cityscape here.
The highlight of the Baroque quarter is the residence palace in the city center. Between 1706 and 1714, the palace was significantly expanded in the Baroque style by Johann Dientzenhofer, the master builder of the Baroque cathedral, as the residence of the prince-abbots and later prince-bishops.
The cathedral is not only the most famous landmark of Fulda, but above all, it is the most important Baroque church in Hesse. Since the elevation of the Abbey of Fulda to a principality, the church has been a cathedral and therefore the bishop's church.
Let yourself be enchanted by the history and splendor of our city and join us on this 2-hour tour!
Note:
If a church service or event takes place during the tour, we will only admire the cathedral from the outside. But even that is impressive enough!

Sunday, March 3, 2024
11:00 am Matinee | Kursaal Überlingen

Barbican String Quartet

Amarins Wierdsma, 1st Violin
Kate Maloney, 2nd Violin
Christoph Slenczka, Viola
Yoanna Prodanova, Cello

1st Prize ARD Music Competition Munich 2022
F. Schubert - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major D 87
M. Ravel - String Quartet in F major op. 35

L. Van Beethoven - String Quartet in F major op. 59 No. 1 (1st Rasumowsky Quartet)
The London-based Barbican String Quartet, one of the best chamber ensembles of the young generation, performs at the Kursaal in Überlingen. The young artists won the first prize at the ARD Music Competition in Munich in 2022 and are now performing on various international concert stages.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

11:00 am Matinee | Kursaal Überlingen
Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra Mannheim

Conductor Georg Mais

Soloists: Ryo Yamanishi, Piano - Hans-Peter Hofmann, Violin - Jan Schmitz Marcó, Flute

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
W.A. Mozart - Piano Concerto in E-flat major KV 449
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Symphony No. 2 in D major

The Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra Mannheim, one of the best German chamber orchestras, performs in our concert series. The artists have been welcome guests at the Überlinger Kursaal for many years. The program includes masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods.
Our soloists Ryo Yamanishi and Jan Schmitz Marcó are both first prize winners at the Int. Lake Constance Music Competition in Überlingen. Hans-Peter Hofmann, concertmaster of the orchestra and professor at the University of Music Saarbrücken, is also well-known to our audience.

Sunday, September 8, 2024
11:00 am Matinee | Kursaal Überlingen

Keiko Hattori, Piano

L. van Beethoven - The great piano sonatas "Moonlight Sonata", "Appassionata", "Pathétique"

Japanese master pianist Keiko Hattori presents Beethoven's great piano sonatas, essential pieces in concert halls worldwide. The artist, who studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, won a prize at the International Beethoven Competition in Bonn in 2007.

Sunday, October 13, 2024
11:00 am Matinee | Kursaal Überlingen

Amelio Piano Trio

Johanna Schubert, Violin
Merle Geißler, Cello
Philipp Kirchner, Piano

2nd Prize ARD Music Competition Munich 2023

S. Rachmaninoff - Trio élégiaque in G minor No. 1
L. van Beethoven - Trio in C minor op. 1 No. 3
F. Schubert - Trio in B-flat major D 898

The Amelio Piano Trio was founded in Frankfurt am Main in 2012 and is now one of our outstanding chamber music ensembles. In the summer of 2022, the ensemble was awarded at the Gianni Bergamo Chamber Music Competition in Lugano. The audience can look forward to an exceptional concert.

Sunday, November 10, 2024
11:00 am Matinee | Kursaal Überlingen

Stuttgart Soloists

Conducted by Joachim Bänsch

W.A. Mozart - Overture to "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" KV 384
W.A. Mozart - Serenade for Winds in E-flat major KV 375
W.A. Mozart - Overture to "Die Zauberflöte" KV 620
L. van Beethoven - Octet for Winds in E-flat major op. 103 "Parthia"

The Stuttgart Soloists, members of various Stuttgart orchestras or professors at German music universities, perform masterpieces for wind instruments by the great Viennese classical composers Mozart and Beethoven. Our audience will experience an extraordinary sonic experience with great artists.

"GUNDERMANN," the directorial work by Andreas Dresen, became an arthouse hit in 2018 and was decorated with 6 LOLAs, the German Film Award. A film that was consistently praised by the media, first and foremost, deeply touching with a soundtrack that gets under your skin. As the lead actor, Alexander Scheer was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize in 2019 and the LOLA for his performance. An active singer and musician, he received the Prize of the German Record Critics for his interpretation of the songs in the film and, incidentally, climbed to a place in the Top 20 of the German album charts.

Scheer, who fascinated audiences as Keith Richards in "The Wild Life" and currently delights as David Bowie at the Hamburg Playhouse, immerses himself deeply in the universe and songs of Gundermann. He explores them, unleashing an almost magical intensity "with everything he has," and returns them in full force. There were some acclaimed concerts for the film premiere, sometimes in front of thousands of spectators, with the band specially formed around Alexander Scheer & Andreas Dresen. In 2019, they followed with the "Second Best Summer Tour," which, together with a rapidly growing audience approval, often turned the band's performances into a concert event, also braving Covid in their own way. Yet another reason not to stop there, to expand and deepen the repertoire, and to keep going (on tour).

Line-up:

Andreas Dresen: Vocals, Guitar
Alexander Scheer: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Jürgen Ehle: Electric Guitar, Vocals
Jens Quandt: Keyboards, Vocals
Harry Rosswog: Bass
Nicolai Ziel: Drums

Doors Open: 6:00 PM

The exhibition BODY WORLDS in Berlin is dedicated to the theme "Facets of Life".

Dr. Gunther von Hagens opens up the human body in his Body Worlds exhibitions, making the fragile, worthy structures of life visible to medical laymen. Together with curator Dr. Angelina Whalley, he shows in the exhibition in Berlin-Mitte the facets of life - between happiness and unhappiness, pressure and equilibrium, chance and fate, obsession with the body and forgetfulness of the body, as well as excess and modesty.

The museum opened its doors in Berlin in 2015. It is located at Alexanderplatz directly in front of the Berlin TV Tower. Since then, visitors have had the opportunity to marvel at a variety of unique plastinates. These provide a deep insight into the highly complex interior of the human body. Interested individuals receive detailed knowledge about organ functions and common diseases, all easily understandable. The lifelike poses establish an immediate connection to the viewers.

What connects us, what keeps us upright and in motion, what makes us laugh and love? At BODY WORLDS, you will find answers to these and many other questions. Prepare yourself for a deeply touching and inspiring encounter with life. Do not miss a visit and experience the fascination of plastination.

The first BODY WORLDS museum presents unique plastinates that show the function of individual organs as well as common diseases. It gives insights into the highly complex and structures of the human body and shows what connects us, keeps us upright and in motion, and what makes us laugh and love.

Moreover, the Museum opens the visitors' eyes to various facets that determine our existence: Gluttony & Restraint | Excess & Moderation | Chance & Fate | Pressure & Balance | Happiness & Unhappiness

Last entrance at 6:00 pm

NDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTRA
ALAN GILBERT (Conductor)
RAFAŁ BLECHACZ (Piano)
Claude Debussy: "La mer"
Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E minor op. 11
Maurice Ravel: Suite No. 2 from "Daphnis et Chloé"

Since its founding in 1945, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra has developed into one of the leading ensembles in Germany and has been a long-standing partner of the Usedom Music Festival. In 2002, the Peenemünde concert series was established, a powerful collaboration with the Usedom Music Festival, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, and the Historisch-Technisches Museum. To conclude the season in the Music State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we welcome the Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz, known for his outstanding interpretations of Chopin's works, full of technical brilliance and emotional depth, and the first Pole to win the prestigious International Chopin Competition again in 2005, 30 years after the last Pole won. In Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 11, he shows his masterful skills in fast passages and tumultuous scenes. Then, Polish folk dance melodies from Krakow, the so-called Krakowiaks, will also be heard - a celebration of interconnecting sounds in the Music State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Soprano Birte Kulawik
Alto Susanne Langner
Tenor Alexander Schafft
Bass Sebastian Richter
Audience choir participation
ensemble frauenkirche dresden
Conducted by Frauenkirchenkantor
Matthias Grünert

Joseph Haydn Theresien Mass Hob. XXII:12

Haydn's six late masses were all composed for the legendary Nikolaus II. Esterházy, the great patron of the arts and powerful European politician. Particularly bright is the so-called Theresien Mass from 1799. Its beauty of sound and radiance make it a masterpiece of sacred music. How wonderful therefore that numerous music enthusiasts and choir fans in the Frauenkirche Dresden project choir can sing this Mass. With spiritual words, prayer, and blessing.

5:00 pm Artist talk with Matthias Grünert following the concert - with the tapping of a beer barrel at Augustiner.

Admittance: 3:30 pm

Welcome to the realm of knowledge in the Baroque era: Stepping onto creaking floorboards into the quiet grandeur of our historical library hall, one is immediately enveloped by the collective knowledge of the Early Modern period. Like stage sets in a Baroque theater, the original bookshelves jut into the space, housing around 50,000 books from all fields of knowledge. Behind unassuming book spines lie remarkable treasures, such as the first German Bible printed in America.

At the end of the 17th century, the orphanage's library was established as one of the first public libraries in Germany. Primarily through donations, book exchanges, and their own publications, the library grew so rapidly that within a few years, it was comparable to significant German university libraries. In 1728, it received its own building, which is considered the oldest surviving secular library structure in Germany. Not only in recent times has the library been visited by guests and researchers from around the world: Albrecht von Haller, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all admired its bibliophilic treasures. We present a selection of them for you in rotating cabinet exhibitions in the former reading room of the library.

10 am - 5 pm

The Art and Natural History Chamber is considered the oldest German museum room. It was established by August Hermann Francke for educational purposes and is now once again set up according to the original museum concept of the 18th century in its historical location in the attic of the Historical Orphanage.

Eighteen richly decorated collection cabinets house approximately 3000 natural specimens, curiosities, and artifacts. They provide a unique impression of a Baroque cabinet of curiosities. Unlike modern museums, the chamber follows an encyclopedic collecting approach. A distinction is made between natural specimens and artifacts. The natural specimens are divided into rocks, plants, and animals, while the artifacts are categorized into visual arts, calligraphy, coins, everyday culture, and clothing. The goal was to create a mirror image of the world: a microcosm that made the macrocosm as the wonderful creation of God tangible.

In a series of events, art projects take place around the Art and Natural History Chamber. In the so-called "Contemporary Reflections on the Art and Natural History Chamber," foundations invite artists to engage in an artistic dialogue with the chamber.

Detailed information

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm

Palace-like, the orphanage rises on Franckeplatz. Then as now, it is the centerpiece of the Francke Foundations. Erected in 1698 as the first building of the school city, it represents a new facet of European Baroque, combining confident representation without extravagant ornamentation and setting the tone for orphanage architecture.

Today, the orphanage is our museum and cultural center. Right from the start, two permanent exhibitions guide you through the history of the foundation and the global impact of Pietism. On the first floor, the former prayer and singing hall surprises with its bright architecture. Today, it enjoys an excellent reputation as a concert hall due to its fantastic acoustics. In the adjacent conference rooms, a photo exhibition showcases the impressive renovation work since the foundations were reestablished in 1991. The second floor is reserved for our changing special exhibitions, which provide insight into important themes of the foundation's history from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Passing through the art and natural history collections in the attic, you reach the balcony via a narrow wooden staircase. Here, a wide view opens up over the impressive ensemble with school buildings from three centuries. There is also a splendid panorama of the Old Town of Halle from here. In the basement, children can explore their own paths in the Krokoseum.

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

What power does the word have? For Halleschen Pietismus, the word was of central importance. On the ground floor of the Historical Orphanage, we show you how August Hermann Francke's reform movement could spread around the world.

Francke developed central reformative goals of Martin Luther's with Halleschen Pietismus. His approach was as clear as it was revolutionary: Every person should find God through their own Bible reading. However, for this to happen, everyone - boys and girls alike - had to learn to read, everyone should be able to afford their own Bible and it should be printed in their own native language. Therefore, Francke established schools for all social classes, printed millions of German-language People's Bibles, and created an international network through which the Bible was translated into many other languages. His educational initiative allowed a broad population to engage with the word. In the 18th-century evangelical parsonages, the authors of the Romantic and Enlightenment periods were highly regarded. A culture of self-reflection spread in Pietism, which was reflected in diaries and personal testimonies, giving us remarkable insights into the spiritual life of people of that time. Symbolically, the power of the word is also evident in the meticulously restored pulpit from the Church of St. Ulrich in Halle, where Francke preached from 1715 and which you can admire in the exhibition.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

4 talers and 16 groschen are considered the founding capital of the Francke Foundations. How an unparalleled school city grew from this unexpected donation to a simple pastor in Glaucha can be discovered on the ground floor of the Historical Orphanage. A multimedia installation and numerous extraordinary objects will transport you into the fascinating founding and impact history of Francke's work. Because what began with a school for the poor and an orphanage, developed in a few decades into a true reform project that was based on education: Over 2,000 students learned in various schools, specially constructed economic buildings, a hospital, and a pharmacy guaranteed the care of over 3,000 people on the premises, unique cultural-historical collections in the library and chamber of wonders were established, and Francke's ideas were spread within and outside Europe. August Hermann Francke wanted nothing less than a "world change through personal change." Discover everything he set in motion through this.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

The demo station by Rirkrit Tiravanija is a stage-like sculpture that invites people to „demonstrate“ something. Tiravanija understands the term in a double sense – as political protest or as a demonstration of something that someone particularly excels at or enjoys. Throughout the duration of the exhibition, the demo station offers daily space for public performances.

During the event, photo and video recordings may be made, in which you may appear. By attending, you consent to these recordings being used for the communication of the event or exhibition.

A 2-hour intensive boat tour through the Port of Hamburg. In contrast to the one-hour tour, we show our guests the true size of the Port of Hamburg. You will be amazed!

Due to the maneuverability of the small boats, you get a really good overview of the structure and performance of the commercial metropolis of Hamburg. Constantly new types of ships are being developed, whose specific purpose a "landlubber" without the detailed explanations of the "He lücht" on board would not even recognize.

Industrial centers are growing rapidly in the port expansion area, harbor basins and quay facilities are newly constructed or altered. Apartments, or new urban areas, are constantly growing along the Elbe River.

The skipper of a boat must constantly update himself on the handling statistics, construction projects, port expansion, and the modernization of shipyards and types of ships, and pass on his knowledge to his passengers.

We believe that this special harbor tour with the small boats should not be missing from any Hamburg program.

(The exact route is always determined by the day's events, and only in case of favorable water levels can the historical Speicherstadt be visited as well).

Please note that our ships are not accessible for people with reduced mobility.

YOUR Boat Rental
BARKASSEN-MEYER Touristik GmbH & Co.KG

Please report to the ticket shop entrance at Überseebrücke before departure.

A 2-hour intensive boat tour through the Port of Hamburg. In contrast to the one-hour tour, we show our guests the true size of the Port of Hamburg. You will be amazed!

Due to the maneuverability of the small boats, you get a really good overview of the structure and performance of the commercial metropolis of Hamburg. Constantly new types of ships are being developed, whose specific purpose a "landlubber" without the detailed explanations of the "He lücht" on board would not even recognize.

Industrial centers are growing rapidly in the port expansion area, harbor basins and quay facilities are newly constructed or altered. Apartments, or new urban areas, are constantly growing along the Elbe River.

The skipper of a boat must constantly update himself on the handling statistics, construction projects, port expansion, and the modernization of shipyards and types of ships, and pass on his knowledge to his passengers.

We believe that this special harbor tour with the small boats should not be missing from any Hamburg program.

(The exact route is always determined by the day's events, and only in case of favorable water levels can the historical Speicherstadt be visited as well).

Please note that our ships are not accessible for people with reduced mobility.

YOUR Boat Rental
BARKASSEN-MEYER Touristik GmbH & Co.KG

Please report to the ticket shop entrance at Überseebrücke before departure.

The promotion courses serve as an optimal training supplement alongside regular club training. For those whose training with their team in their club is not sufficient and would like to attend an additional training session, the promotion courses are just right. Currently, we offer the promotion courses exclusively for field players.

In our field player promotion courses, our licensed coaches focus on improving your ball control and ball movement under opponent pressure and time constraints. We teach you dribbling as an essential element to create and exploit numerical advantages, to create goal-scoring opportunities, or to free yourself from pressure situations and keep the ball securely within your own team. Dribbling, in all its facets, is increasingly important in today's modern football.

In addition to dribbling and ball control, we also teach you the technical elements of passing and first ball touch.

To properly apply all technical skills, we develop your spatial awareness and decision-making ability, so that you not only have technical but also tactical solutions at hand to effectively deal with even the most challenging situations.

Age restriction: Children between 6 and 14 years old
Participation fee per session: 15 Euros
Training times: Friday 15:00 - 16:30
Training location: Sportpark Höhenberg

For a promotion course to take place, a minimum of five children from the respective age groups of F/E/D youth is required!

During school holidays, promotion courses will not take place due to our holiday camps.