10/27/2009

Let's celebrate! Music for New Year Concerts

Thema: Let's celebrate! Music for New Year Concerts Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-5: World Premieres; Alexander Goehr: Broken Psalms in Cambridge (UK)· Jörg Widmann: Teufel Amor  in Wien (AU)· Detlev Müller-Siemens: Kommos ...

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05/14/2009

Ullmann's "The Emperor of Atlantis," Orff's "The Clever One" in the Hull of the Queen Mary

Long Beach Opera pairs Viktor Ullmann's The Emperor of Atlantis ( Der Kaiser von Atlantis ) and Carl Orff's The Clever One ( Die Kluge ) in new productions this month directed and conducted by Andreas Mitisek. Though created under very different political circumstances, both works were composed ...

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05/06/2009

Work of the Week - Carl Orff: The Clever One

  On May 8 th , Carl Orff’s opera The Clever One ( Die Kluge ) is produced in Long Beach, California. Two further performances follow on May 17 th . The production is part of a program that brings two one-act operas from 1943 together on the same stage: Viktor Ullmann’s  ...

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03/09/2009

OREL Foundation Launches Website Dedicated to Revival of Composers' Music Once Banned by the Nazis

Last month the OREL Foundation, spearheaded by the leadership of James Conlon, launched its new website devoted to 20th-century composers whose music was banned during the years of Nazi oppression in Europe. The website, www.orelfoundation.org , provides biographical, bibliographical and media-related ...

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01/15/2007

Werk der Woche - Viktor Ullmann: Der Sturz des Antichrist

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