04/18/2011

Work of the Week - Carl Orff: Tanzende Faune

The 18-year-old Carl Orff (photo) finished his work Tanzende Faune (Dancing Fauns) as op. 21 in January 1914. The world premiere was in 1995 at the Philharmonie am Gasteig with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, so 80 years after the finalization. Since 2010 in Munich ...

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12/17/2008

Work of the Week - Rodion Shchedrin: Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament

In 1802 Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers Carl and Johann in which he described the effects of his advancing deafness. At the same time, he positioned himself in this letter as a human being and as an artist in a world that was becaming increasingly closed to him. It was only ...

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09/29/2007

Work of the Week - Rodion Shchedrin: Slava, Slava

This week the Kronberg Academy is presenting its annual Cello Festival along with a memorial day - "in remembrance - celebrating Slava" - for Mstislav Rostropovich who died in April this year. Rodion Shchedrin will feature twice among the proceedings, firstly his new work Na pososhok - ...

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01/08/2007

Work of the Week - Wilhelm Killmayer: Dithyramben

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