Praise the Lord; Luthers Lieder auf dem Weg in die Welt; Lauttencompagney Berlin, Stadtsingechor zu Halle, Wolfgang Katschner; 1 CD Carus 83339, 6/13 (61’25) – Rezension von Guy Engels

Martin Luthers Bibelübersetzung ins Deutsche hat nicht nur religionsgeschichtlich Meilensteine gesetzt, sie hat zudem einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur deutschen Sprachgeschichte geleistet, und sie steht letztendlich am Beginn des deutschen Kirchenliedes, wie es heute im Gesangbuch “Gotteslob” zusammengefasst ist. Read More →

The Queen Elisabeth Competition is currently holding a competition for singers from 14 to 31 May. After the first eliminatory rounds, the 12 finalists have been announced. Read More →

Franz-Paul Decker

Peacefully, in his ninetieth year, conductor Franz-Paul Decker died on Monday, May 19. A native of the Rhineland, he studied composition and conducting at the Cologne Hochschule für Musik and was a graduate of the University of Cologne. He made his conducting début with the Cologne Opera at the young age of 22. Four years later, he was called to Wiesbaden where he undertook the musical direction of both the Wiesbaden Symphony and the Staatsoper. Read More →

The International Chamber Music Competition in Osaka, Japan, has published the results of ots tow major categories. Read More →

Bernard Haitink

The baton used by Maestro Bernard Haitink (85) during his chief-conductorship of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is currently up for auction! The baton was generously donated in support of the fundraising charity project ‘Klassiek Geeft’ (‘El Sistema Holland’), initiated by Dutch Classical Radio (Radio4). The project aims to offer every child at primary school the experience of playing an instrument, in the belief that they can gain huge social benefits by playing in an orchestra or ensemble. Haitink’s custom-made baton measures 35 centimeters in length and is made out of balsa wood. At the moment we post this news, the highest bid was (only) 390 Euros. More information here. Bidding closes on Friday 23 May 2014, 4 p.m.

 

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sotheby’s has sold the autograph of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony for 1,202,500 GBP (€ 1.475.000) to a private collector. This autograph of 320 pages is a full orchestral score, containing many differences from later sources, notated in black ink on up to twenty-four staves per page, an extensively-worked manuscript, with numerous deletions, corrections, erasures and annotations throughout, including a few bars of new music, alterations to the main themes and many revisions to the orchestration. Read More →

Tara Erraught
(c) IMG Artists

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In der Konzertsaison 14/15 der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern legt Chefdirigent Karel Mark Chichon den besonderen Fokus auf die Solistenauswahl. Die DRP spielt mit Guy Braunstein (Violine), Alisa Weilerstein (Violoncello), Rudolf Buchbinder (Klavier), Gabriela Montero (Klavier), Elina Garanca (Mezzosopran) u.a.. Programmliche Schwerpunkte der Saison sind Beethoven und Dvorak. Die Saison in ihrer ganzen Vielfalt kann man auf der Homepage des Orchesters entdecken: www.drp-orchester.de. Remy Franck hat sich mit Karel Mark Chichon unterhalten.

Karel Mark Chichon
(c) Marco Borggreve

Maestro Chichon, where do you see the DRP currently in Germany’s orchestra landscape?
I see the DRP as one of the leading radio orchestras of Germany and definitely the leading orchestra of the region. The question now of course is how we continue to increase that quality and how we make this orchestra better known throughout Germany. This is something that is presently being discussed in detail and it will be exciting and interesting to see where it will leads us. Read More →

Karel Mark Chichon
(c) Marco Borggreve

In der Konzertsaison 14/15 der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern legt Chefdirigent Karel Mark Chichon den besonderen Fokus auf die Solistenauswahl. Die DRP spielt mit Guy Braunstein (Violine), Alisa Weilerstein (Violoncello), Rudolf Buchbinder (Klavier), Gabriela Montero (Klavier), Elina Garanca (Mezzosopran) u.a.. Programmliche Schwerpunkte der Saison sind Beethoven und Dvorak. Die Saison in ihrer ganzen Vielfalt kann man auf der Homepage des Orchesters entdecken: www.drp-orchester.deEin Exklusiv-Interview mit Karel Mark Chichon gibt es in unserer Rubrik ‘Features und Interviews ‘.

ORATORIUM VON JOHN ADAMS
Deutsche Grammophon präsentiert die Welt-Ersteinspielung des beeindruckenden Oratoriums ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary’ von John Adams mit dem ‘Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’ und der ‘Master Chorale’ sowie einem hervorragenden Solistenensemble mit Kelley O’Connor, Tamara Mumford und Russell Thomas, unter der Leitung von Gustavo Dudamel. Diese Passion, die die Leidensgeschichte Jesu aus der Sicht von Maria, Martha und Lazarus erzählt, ist musikalisch spürbar von Johann Sebastian Bach inspiriert. Read More →

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