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25.11.2019
Gold, silver, purple. Matthias Pintscher completes his “Shirim” cycle
“Splendour” could stand as the heading for Matthias Pintscher’s last composition in his “Shirim” cycle, which now receives its premiere as a complete work. As the fourth part and conclusion of his Shirim cycle, Matthias Pintscher has set the third chapter of the Song of Solomon for baritone, chorus and orchestra. In this, there is mention of splendour, the entrance of King Solomon himself, of the costliness of the treasures and robes, the shimmering gold swords of his accompanying retinue »more«
25.11.2019
Dieter Ammann’s Piano Concerto now in Munich
In the few months since its first performance at the BBC Proms in London, Dieter Ammann’s “Piano Concerto (Gran Toccata)” has already been performed several times – in Taipei, Boston and Helsinki – each time to astonished and enthusiastic audiences. The pianist Andreas Haefliger is soloist and initiator of the concerto. With stupendous virtuosity, he is central to the series of performances of the work. Following the American and Finnish premieres, conductor Susanna Mälkki now conducts the German premiere on 9, 10 and 12 January 2020 with the Munich Philharmonic. (photo: Dieter Ammann and Andreas Haefliger after the world premiere in August in the Royal Albert Hall, London; photo: Chris Christodoulou) »more«
25.11.2019
“Fidelio” and “Leonore” in the 2020 Beethoven anniversary year
With perfect timing Oper Bonn begins the Beethoven anniversary year on 1 January with a new production of “Fidelio” conducted by its Music Director Dirk Kaftan. The creative team includes the unconventional theatre director Volker Lösch. As in his previous productions, by including local choirs he aims to integrate the present-day into the ostensibly historical operatic events. The musical material is the new critical edition by Helga Lühning, which is also being used for other prominent new productions of “Fidelio” in the anniversary year »more«
25.11.2019
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Saint-Saëns’ Oratoire de Noël
Complementing the Bärenreiter Complete Edition of Camille Saint-Saëns’ instrumental works, Bärenreiter are now publishing the first critical edition of the French composer’s “Oratoire de Noël”, edited by Christina Stahl. Thomas Hengelbrock launches this with his Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble on 1 December 2019 in the Konzerthaus Freiburg. »more«
25.11.2019
Landscapes of tones and sounds: Beat Furrer is turning 65
Beat Furrer, the winner of the 2018 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, will be celebrating his 65th birthday on 6th December 2019. Born in Schaffhausen in Switzerland but with his home for a long time now in Vienna, the composer, conductor, university lecturer and founder of major institutions (the ensemble “Klangforum Wien” among others) is one of the most prominent and influential figures in today’s musical scene. “With Beat Furrer we enter into a landscape of tones and sounds in which any noise of the commonplace is not heard,” as the poet Uwe Kolbe put it in his citation in honour of Beat Furrer’s music. Devoid of the commonplace, Furrer’s musical landscapes create their own fascinating allure – his works are of existential power. »more«
16.10.2019
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini‘s Mahler spirits
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini has been commissioned by the Jena Philharmonic and its Music Director Simon Gaudenz to compose a short, independent orchestral work »more«
16.10.2019
Autumn concerts with works by Charlotte Seither
A whole series of new works by Charlotte Seither is planned for autumn. Following the first performance of “stilles haus (nachbeben)” for flute and inside piano at the Kunstfest Weimar, a new work receives its premiere on 11 October 2019 »more«
