The 23rd Annual Conference of the Internationale Draeseke Gesellschaft took place Friday, 19 June 2009, through Sunday, 21 June 2009, in Coburg, Bad Rodach, and Meiningen. Featured was the premiere performance of Draeseke's Violin Concerto (in the piano and violin version) and a performance of Draeseke's Adagio, adapted from the Violin Concerto, by Hans Benda. This page highlights activities of the meeting related to the Violin Concerto and the Adagio for Violin & Piano.

Program in Bad Rodach: 20 June 2009

Lecture and concert in the Festsaal of the Jagdschloss in Bad Rodach regarding Draeseke's Violin Concerto. Lectures by Alan Krueck (USA) and Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach with musical examples along with a complete performance of the Adagio for Violin and Piano adapted by Hans Benda from the second movement of Draeseke's Violin Concerto.

Podcast (mp3 format). Download and listen to the lectures (in German) and performances from the Bad Rodach program:

• Introduction by Udo-R. Follert, IDG Chair [3:18]
• Lecture by Alan Krueck - Part I [15:05]
• Brief introduction by Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach [0:55]
• Draeseke's Adagio for Violin and Piano (arr. Hans Benda)
  Julia Röntz (violin), Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach (piano) [8:06]
  
• Lecture by Alan Krueck - Part II [11:48]
• Lecture by Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach with musical examples
  Julia Röntz (violin), Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach (piano) [33:22]
• Concluding remarks by Udo-R. Follert [6:29]

Program in Meiningen: 21 June 2009

Concert in the Schloss Elisabethenburg of Meiningen: Schlosskirche, Brahms-Saal. Works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Draeseke including the premiere of Draeseke's Violin Concerto WoO 15 with Julia Röntz, violin and Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach, piano. The Meiningen Schlosskirche was also the place of the premiere of Brahms' Fourth Symphony under the composer's direction in 1885.

Podcast (mp3 format). Download and listen to the complete performance of the IDG Meingen program, 21 June 2009, featuring the world premiere of Draeseke's Violin Concerto with Julia Röntz (violin), and Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach (piano):

• Beethoven - Sonata op 30#1: I Allegro [7:07]
• Beethoven - Sonata op 30#1: II Adagio molto espressivo [6:10]
• Beethoven - Sonata op 30#1: III Allegretto con variazioni [7:54]
• Draeseke - Fata Morgana op 13#8: Süße Melancholie [2:31]
• Draeseke - Fata Morgana op 13#9: Ein männlich Wort [1:23]
• Draeseke - Fata Morgana op 13#7: Zarte Vermittlung [1:48]
• Draeseke - Fata Morgana op 13#6: Buch des Unmuts [1:08]
• Draeseke - Violin Concerto in e: I Allegro appassionato [12:38]
• Draeseke - Violin Concerto in e: II Adagio [7:19]
• Draeseke - Violin Concerto in e: III Allegro con brio e vivace (Saltarello) [8:53]