Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 2; Robert Schumann: Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 2; Burkhard Maiss, Violine, Ji-Yeoun You, Klavier; 1 CD TYXart TXA 18110; Aufnahmen 10/2017; Veröffentlichung 09/2018 (51'26) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch
Burkhard Maiss spielt sowohl Violine als auch Viola. Zusammen mit seiner Klavierpartnerin Ji-Yeoun You können sie also mit drei Instrumenten Duo-Programme bedienen, so dass sie nicht nur ein breiteres Repertoire bieten, sondern auch innerhalb eines Programms wechseln können. Damit haben sie es in der Hand, neue Gegenüberstellungen vorzunehmen und damit neue Blickwinkel zu eröffnen. Read More →
Following a 36-month international search, Ken-David Masur has been named the seventh Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Masur is currently the associate conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Munich Symphony. He will begin immediately as Music Director Designate and join the MSO as Music Director for the 2019.20 season as it builds towards the much anticipated grand opening of the Milwaukee Symphony Center in fall 2020. Read More →
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonaten Nr. 1 und 2 und Partita Nr. 1 für Violine allein, BWV 1001-1003; Hilary Hahn, Violine; 1 CD Decca 483 3954; Aufnahmen 02+06/2012 + 6/2017, Veröffentlichung 10/2018 (75'41) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch
Einen ungewöhnlichen Weg ist Hilary Hahn mit Bachs Sonaten und Partiten für Violine allein gegangen. Während etliche Geiger alle sechs Werke zusammen einspielen oder sogar an einem Abend aufführen, hat Hilary Hahn vor zwanzig Jahren die Werke in C- und E-Dur sowie d-Moll aufgezeichnet. Erst jetzt hat sie sich den Stücken in a-, g- und h-Moll für eine Aufnahme gewidmet. Read More →
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has named Gemma New from New Zealand as Principal Guest conductor. She was unanimously chosen following a search by a committee comprised of DSO musicians, board and staff, and with the artistic leadership of Fabio Luisi. Her two-year contract will commence with the 2019-2020 season. Read More →
In the south-Taiwanese city Kaohsiung Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture opened yesterday a gigantic centre for the performing arts, worldwide the biggest under a single roof. It has been designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo. The building covers 141 000 square meters, nearly as much as 20 football fields. Read More →
Internationally-recognised composer and conductor Konstantia Gourzi has composed a set work for the ARD Competition 2018, Evening at the Window, after Marc Chagall’s picture of the same name. It will be premiered tomorrow at Munich's Prinzregententheater, when six contestants will play it. Until then, the content of the piece will remain a closely-guarded secret, but in this interview Konstantia Gourzi reveals a few details to Tabea Eppelein.
The set work for the ARD competition is for solo viola – but not exclusively. Some special bells are used in the first movement. How exactly do they sound, and what is the challenge for the perfomer?
The bells are tied to the player’s foot, and they have to play them at the same time as the music, without any stamping noises on the floor. Playing another instrument as well as the main one is not only a musical act for me. It is also a challenge, because you have to coordinate your physical balance as well as the spiritual balance of different sounds. Read More →
John Adams: Doctor Atomic; Gerald Finley (Dr. Robert Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita), Aubrey Allicock (General Leslie Groves), Marcus Farnworth (Frank Hubbard), Samuel Sakker (Captain James Nolan), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams; 2 CDs Nonesuch 7559 79310-7; Aufnahme 04/2017, Veröffentlichung 06/2018 (157'15) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch
Dies ist die zweite Einspielung der zweiaktigen Oper ‘Doctor Atomic’. Sie entstand unter der Leitung des Komponisten John Adams. Die Aufnahme des im postminimalistischen Stil gehaltenen Werks präsentiert erneut Gerald Finley in der Rolle des Robert J. Oppenheimer. Das Werk befasst sich mit emotionalen Spannungen und Ängsten der am Manhattan-Projekt Beteiligten während der Vorbereitungen zum Test der ersten Atombombe. Read More →
With the idea of creating stronger links with its audience, Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla has launched the ROSSClub. « ROSSClub is a community about the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla. It will bring together all music lovers who want to live music close up and be in direct contact with the orchestra », the management says. Read More →
With its new Music Director Fabio Luisi, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will implement a new strategic plan. Key initiatives include ‘Women in Classical Music’, designed to elevate the role of women in classical music and increase female representation in the field. The idea is to create dialogue about and opportunities for female musicians at all stages in their careers. Read More →
ICMA Jury member Bernadette Beyne passed away last Sunday, 29 July, at the age of 69. Founder, in 1993, of the Belgian music magazine Crescendo, together with Michelle Debra, Bernadette Beyne was editor in chief of the magazine. Read More →
