Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Jörg Widmann
Born: June 19th, 1973
Country of origin: Germany
Upcoming:
Intermezzi
February 12th, 2012 | altes kino - Ebersberg - Germany
Études
February 23rd, 2012 | Historisches Waisenhaus, Freylinghausen-Saal - Halle - Germany
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News
12/06/2011
World première: Bayerisch-babylonischer Marsch by Jörg Widmann
When Kent Nagano told the composer Jörg Widmann about his idea of presenting the original programme marking the establishment of the Musikalische Akademie of the Bayerische Staatsorchester (December 1811) in a concert in 2011, but with the inclusion of a new contemporary commission, Widmann responded ...
10/24/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 6/2011 online
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA As orchestras continue to focus on innovation in the concert hall, chamber orchestra repertoire is increasingly becoming a fixture in concert programming. Perhaps one reason for this is clear: a smaller, more nimble ensemble opens up endless possibilities for alternative ...
10/13/2011
Widmann's Flûte en suite Streaming on WCLV
The Cleveland Orchestra’s performance of Jörg Widmann's Flûte en suite is now streaming on wclv.com. The concerto had been commissioned by the orchestra for soloist Joshua Smith and been premeired in May 2011.
10/11/2011
Work of the Week - Jörg Widmann: Con brio
Jörg Widmann's striking concert overture has played its way through concert halls around the globe, celebrating one success after another. In the three years since it’s acclaimed world premiere, the work has received interpretations by many of the world’s leading conductors, and its remarkable ...
09/16/2011
Jörg Widmann: A mysterious sound of whisper
Jörg Widmann’s work Teiresias for six double basses is now available from Schott. Composed for the 75th Birthday of the conductor Claudio Abbado on behalf of the Berlin Philharmonic, the double bass ensemble of the orchestra premiered this “tribute to Claudio” in May 2009. The enigmatic ...
09/08/2011
Widmann's Intermezzi: Brahms - but different!
The new edition of the Intermezzi for piano by Jörg Widmann is now available in the Edition Schott series (ED 21017). The work received its premiere performance in Summer 2011 at the Salzburg Festival with pianist András Schiff. Inspired by Brahms’ famous cycles Op. 116 to Op. 119, ...
09/02/2011
Jörg Widmann: Études - Book 2 (IV-VI): Sheet music for Violin - Widmann's 'Études' for solo violin are artistically autonomous concertante pieces on a specific technical problem, each, to be performed individually or in cyclic order. This isa study on pizzicato and ...
06/10/2011
The 2011 Aldeburgh Festival opens this evening in the beautiful setting of the east coast of England for over two weeks of contemporary and classical music. Highlights of this year’s festival include the world premiere of Peter Eötvös’ SCHILLER performed by the London Sinfonietta and vocal ...
05/23/2011
Work of the Week - Jörg Widmann: Flûte en suite
Jörg Widmann, one of the world's leading young voices in contemporary music, sees his concerto for flute and orchestra, Flûte en suite , receive its world premiere at the hands of Franz Welser-Möst, flutist Joshua Smith and The Cleveland Orchestra on May 26. Sharing the program ...
05/22/2011
World Première: Flûte en suite by Jörg Widmann in Cleveland, OH
Jörg Widmann Flûte en suite for flute and orchesta groups (2011) Commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra through the Young Composers Fund, endowed by Jan R. and Daniel R. Lewis 21’ I Allemande - II Sarabande - III Choral I - IV Courante - V Choral II - VI Venezianisches ...
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