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German composer and conductor (1728–1804)
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2024-03-25 04:00:00
Eine Liederreise: Von Gellert zu Beethoven (Gotthold Schwarz, Michael Schönheit)
Gellert Songs & Odes by:Carl Phiipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)Knut Lambo (1714-1783)Johann Friedrich Doles (1715-1797)Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804)Johannes Schmidlein (1722-1772)Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Gotthold Schwarz, Baritone; Michael Schönheit, Fortepiano(Period Instruments) Carus[Flac & Scans]
2024-02-20 10:00:00
From Harald en Italie to Le prophète in New York: 2024 Bard Summerscape focuses on Berlioz and his world
[…] a performance in the USA.In concert there is a chance to hear not only Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique but the far rarer Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie: monodrame lyrique, plus songs, the Te Deum, selections from Les Troyens, Le mort d’Ophélie, Harold en Italie and La damnation de Faust, alongside music by Reicha, Weber, Le Sueur, Spontini, Thomas, Gluck, Auber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Liszt, Wagner, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Faure, Viardot, Farrenc, Bertin, Grandval, Cherubini, Paganini, Halevy, Adam, Strauss, Ernst, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Hiller, Gottschalk, Raff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Varese and Messiaen.Full details from the Fisher Center website.
2024-01-18 14:33:00
From poetic Liszt and Grieg concertos to a little bit of magic from Martha Argerich and friends at Le Piano Symphonique in Lucerne
[…] in, creating lovely sense of intimacy. The famous rondo was wonderfully perky with fast, tight rhythms and Argerich made the piano delightfully insouciant. Some of the episodes had a really gypsy feel to them and the whole had a great feeling of unpredictability allied to the idea of the performers having fun.Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 dates from 1839 (when he was 30) and the composer extensively rewrote the work following a play-through to composer Ferdinand Hiller who encouraged Mendelssohn to modernise the piano writing. The challenge in Mendelssohn's piano trios is that whilst the piano writing his highly elaborate, it is important that the piano does not over dominate. The reticence Martha Argerich showed in the Haydn played dividends in the Mendelssohn. Throughout her performance managed the tricky feat of keeping the figuration in the piano light and well-balanced, without it ever feeling like a stunt.We began with a tenderly romantic […]
2023-11-19 05:00:00
Hiller: Jauchzet dem Herren (Handels' Company)
Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804) Jauchzet Dem Herrn, Alle WeltLass Sich Freuen AlleArrangement of Pergolesi's Stabat MaterRainer Joahnnes Homburg, Handels' Company(Period Instruments)Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 902 1876-6 (1995)[Flac & Scans]
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