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2018-01-02 21:12:00
Thielemann swings ! Silvesterkonzert Dresden
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has named Christian Thielemann as conductior of the 2019 Vienna New Years Concert. All the more reason Thielemann's Silvesterkonzert with the Dresden Staatskapelle. He's done similar repertoire at the Dresden New Year's Eve concerts for years. Come 2018/2019 he'll be nipping back and forth, but one thing for sure, he'll be interesting. Dresden Silvesterkonzerts don't always follow the same formula. This year's concert marked the centenary of UFA GmbH, the conglomerate behind the German film industry. Yet the concert was more than music from the movies. Outside Germany, UFA is associated with the Nazis, who took it over in 1933. With the rise of Far Right extremism all round the world, it might be safer to steer clear. But it's far braver to confront the past, warts and all. If we don't learn from the past, we'll make the same mistakes. With some trepidation, I approached […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2017-07-31 14:30:34
Germany's Most Embarrassing Musical Export
It might not even be an export. It might only be possible within Germany: "Of the current top five albums on the German charts, two are schlager records. To put it into perspective, that would be like if the number three and four albums on the US Billboard Hot 100 were Christian rock about cats."
2017-03-20 16:04:27
I always found that Tchaikovsky is a terribly underrated composer, and that Bernstein gives us a Tchaikovsky for people who actually do like Tchaikovsky. You probably wouldn’t approve of Bernstein’s interpretations of his music, if you believe that Tchaikovsky is an “exhibitionist of feelings” (Alfred Einstein) whose music occasionally “stinks” (Hanslick), whose desperation sounds like “Schlager music” (Adorno), and whose homosexual Slavic sentimentalism, which makes him the favorite composer of the “intellectual middle-class” (Einstein again), requires a tyrannical martinet of a conductor, in order to whip that whiny effeminacy back into shape. testestsetest
2015-02-01 17:21:00
Florian Boesch Ernst Krenek Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen Wigmore Hall
Florian Boesch and Roger Vignoles at the Wigmore Hall in Ernst Krenek Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen. Matthias Goerne has called Hanns Eisler's Hollywooder Liederbuch the Winterreise of the 20th century. Boesch and Vignoles showed how Krenek's Reisebuch is a journey of discovery into identity at an era of extreme social change. It is a parable, indeed, of modern times. Before the recital, Boesch and Vignoles spoke for about 15 minutes, explaining the context and imagery which are fundamental to a true understanding of the depths of this piece, which is unusual though by no means a rarity. If only more performers were as articulate as they were, since the better informed an audience is, the more they'll get out of a performance. Although this recital was one of the highlights of the year, the Wigmore Hall was only half-full, since the Royal Opera House […]
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