From 2 to 5 April »ChamberJam Düsseldorf – 2nd Easter Music Festival« will take place, following the succes of last years inaugural edition. The festival will bring together some of Europe's most highly acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians for 4 days of intensive music making in the beautiful Johanneskirche in the heart of Düsseldorf, a stone's throw from the Old Town and the Rhine and surrounded by an array of fine restaurants and cafés. The festival kicks off with a performance of Bach's magnificent St. John's Passion on Good Friday (with festival artists as principal players and conducted by Wolfgang Abendroth) and is followed by concerts on saturday night, Easter Sunday evening, and then on Easter Monday a full day of concerts. Throughout the festival the Festival Cafe will be a hub where artists and audience can meet and mingle. The theme this year is »Love & Madness« – and it will feature some of the best amorous, mad, sad and just plain gorgeous music ever written.