Among the stars: Gerald Barry, Composer in residence at Theater Magdeburg, explores the unknown infinity of space in his latest orchestral work. What the Webb Telescope Sees is going to be premiered on the 17th of November in the Theater Magdeburg. The Magdeburgische Philharmonie is playing under the baton of Anna Skryleva.
Music to cope with loneliness: In his Concerto for violin, lower strings, wind and percussion Ludger Vollmer gives us an insight into his feelings on onerous lack of freedom. This piece was written for the violinist Gernot Süßmut. He and the Staatskapelle Weimar are going to perform the premiere with Dominik Beykirch as the conductor on the 13th of November in the Weimarhalle.
In La piccola Cubana, Hans Werner Henze tells a turbulent story of vaudeville singer Rachel during a time of radical social transformation in pre-revolutionary Cuba. A piece with a strong personal connection, Henze aimed to involve smaller ensembles, hence the title “La piccola Cubana”. Originally a television opera with texts by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Jobst Liebrecht arranged this work for chamber ensemble ten years after the death of Henze. The premiere takes place at the Berlin State Opera performed by members of the Staatskapelle under the baton of Adrian Heger.
As the title insinuates, No. 36 (NONcerto for Horn) by Richard Ayres defiantly strays from the sounds and ideals of a traditional Horn Concerto. The Philharmonische Orchester Hagen brings this angular piece to Hagen and Finnentrop on the 18th and 19th of October. As he has done many times before, The Berliner Philharmoniker’s horn soloist Stefan Dohr plays the solo part under the baton of Joseph Trafton.
What happens when the past and present become one? In Double Chaconne with Gaps Alexander Goehr takes the idea of a chaconne and transforms it with new dimensions. This exciting piece received its premiere on October 15th 2022 in the framework of the Donaueschinger Musiktage with the Talea Ensemble under the baton of Dirk von Lowtzow.
Toshi Ichiyanagi has died. The Japanese composer passed away on 7 October 2022 at the age of 89. He was one of the most renowned musical figures of his country. After his studies at the Juillard School of Music, New York, and his encounters with John Cage, he brought strong influences of the US avant-garde to the culture of his homeland and created an entirely new style. Ichiyanagi was also known for his private life and his relationship to Yoko Ono whose first husband he became. A series of ten symphonies and six piano concertos form the center of his musical output after 1980; they are the manifestation of his middle and late styles. Schott Music is thankful for many decades of friendship and collaboration with Toshi Ichiyanagi.
photo: Koh Okabe
Yellow River is an extraordinary piano concerto: A politically drenched piece based on the cantata with the same name by Xian Xinghai. Under the musical direction of Renchang Fu and with Haiou Zhang at the piano, the concerto is coming to Nuremberg on October 8th and in Hamburg on October 10th.
With 1 October 2022 comes the world premiere of Vijay Iyer’s exciting new concerto for cello and orchestra. Human Archipelago will be performed at London’s Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Inbal Segev, under the baton of Edward Gardner.
After a somewhat rocky start, Thierry Pécou’s latest opera Until the Lions will receive its premiere on September 25th 2022, having been originally planned for March 21st 2020. French conductor Marie Jacquot is leading the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, alongside British director and choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh.
Das Gesicht im Spiegel (The Face in the Mirror) is a swinging pendulum, lurching between a romance and a nightmare. This first opera by Jörg Widmann makes its Viennese debut on September 12th directed by Venezuela’s Carlos Wagner.
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