Daniela Koch, Eyal Ein-Habar, Kimiko Imani

Golden, warm, elegant and brilliant - the sound of the flutes; the piano, with its rich, varied tones. The virtuosos Daniela Koch, Eyal Ein-Habar and Kimiko Imani present dazzling highlights from the flute repertoire.

Shimmering and dazzling, mysterious or direct, modern and yet as ancient as the myth itself: the flute, Syrinx. Pan, the lustful god of nature - who has the upper body of a man or a god and the legs, horns and beard of a ram - fashioned the flute - known as the panpipe - from reed. The chaste nymph Syrinx had transformed herself into a reed to escape his advances. This is how "Ovid" recounted the story over 2,000 years ago in his "Metamorphoses". In his flute solo "Syrinx%$, Claude Debussy transforms the myth - the nymph's flight and metamorphosis - into mystical, impressionistic sound poetry. And, inspired by Mallarmé's poem "L'après-midi d'un faune", he composed evocative "mood pieces for flute and piano, through which the faun's desires and dreams move in the heat of the afternoon" (Debussy).

Erwin Schulhoff admired French music, particularly Debussy, which is also evident in his Flute Sonata of 1927, although his style is highly personal and physically rhythmic, inspired by classical modernism and jazz. The sonata is at once accessible, playful, virtuosic and aesthetically sophisticated, with a dance-like finale featuring a touch of irony.

Beautiful melodies, rapid voice leading and counterpoint, expressive dissonances and resolutions in Friedemann Bach's work. Intensity and emotional depth are also evident in his brother Emanuel's trio sonata: a lively dialogue between the melodic voices, the Adagio lyrical and sensitive, the Allegro energetic. Charm and elegance, operatic phrasing and dynamic contrasts in the works of Kuhlau, the 'Beethoven of the flute'. To round off the programme, a show-stopping finale by the early Romantic composer Fürstenau, the star flautist and composer from Münster.

Daniela Koch is one of the most distinguished flutists of her generation, principal flutist with the world-renowned Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, and a much sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Eyal Ein-Habar, principal flutist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta until 2014, is a professor at the Münster University of Music. They will be accompanied by pianist Kimiko Imani, who performs across Europe and Asia with renowned woodwind soloists.