Duo Steiner & Hochwartner

Saturday 26 July 2025, 09:00 p.m.

The Church of San Nicolao in Lugano hosts an extraordinary concert: an acoustic journey combining spirituality, virtuosity and originality.

Peter Steiner, an internationally renowned Austrian trombonist and teacher at the Ticino Musica Academy, has established himself as one of the most interesting soloists of his generation, applauded for his technical brilliance and interpretive depth. At his side, Constanze Hochwartner, organist and pianist, accompanies with elegance and sensitivity, enriching each musical page with skillfully dosed colors and dynamics.

The program ranges from celebrated Baroque pages by Händel, Bach and Albinoni to intense reinterpretations by Dvořák, Jenkins and Liszt. Each piece, in transcription for this unusual ensemble, takes on a new light, which will surprise with its intensity and timbral beauty.

The Church of San Nicolao, with its generous acoustics and 1984 Mascioni organ, proves to be an ideal setting for an evening of great musical charm.

 

Program

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 –1759)
Zadok the Priest
arr. Hochwartner/Steiner

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 –1759)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
arr. Hochwartner/Steiner

Antonín Dvořák (1841 –1904)
“Largo” from Symphony No. 9
arr. Markel/Horton

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750)
Toccata & Fuge in re minore BWV 565
arr. Hochwartner/Steiner

Tomaso Albinoni (1671 –1751)
Adagio
arr. Hochwartner/Steiner

Karl Jenkins (*1944)
“Benedictus“ from The Armed Man

Franz Liszt (1811 –1886)
Hosannah

 

Soloists

Peter Steiner, trombone
Constanze Hochwartner, organ

 

In collaboration with

Parrocchia di Lugano, San Nicolao

  • Date
  • Saturday 26 July 2025
  • Time
  • 09:00 p.m.
  • Place
  • Lugano, Chiesa San Nicolao della Flüe
  • Entry
  • Free entrance