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2019-06-10 15:13:32
Richard Strauss, 2019
June 10, 2019. Richard Strauss. Last week we wrote about George Szell, the famous German conductor. This week we celebrate the birthday of his friend and mentor, the German composer Richard Strauss. Strauss was born on June 11th of 1864 in Munich. Strauss lived a long live and was productive for an extraordinary long time, more than 70 years: his earliest “serious” compositions date from 1877 (just to put it into perspective, Brahms’s Fourth Symphony was premiered in 1884); his Four Last Songs were composed in 1948, when Strauss was 84; by then, Stravinsky and Schoenberg were part of the musical mainstream. Strauss’s father was a virtuoso horn player, the principal horn at the Munich Hofoper; his mother, née Pschorr was from the family of famous Bavarian brewers (Hacker-Pschorr, which belongs for the Pschorr family, is known worldwide for its Oktoberfest beer). Strauss’s father, conservative in his musical tastes, didn’t […]
2018-05-21 22:47:38
Richard Strauss composed a total of more than two hundred songs, most of them for a high female voice. He was repeatedly inspired by sopranos, and the fact that he married one of these ladies, Pauline de Ahna, is proof of his intimate association with this wonderful art. Maria Bengtsson’s fine selection from all his compositional periods demonstrates the versatility of Straussian composition, and in Sarah Tysman she has a piano partner whose subtle interpretations far transcend mere accompaniment. Maria Bengtsson meets these challenges with the natural magnificence of a virtuoso also schooled on Strauss’s theatrical accomplishments. And her teamwork
2016-03-22 12:00:01
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 You can listen to the Classical Music Almanac Podcast Daily here. Birthdays Carl Rosa In 1842 Carl Rosa was born in Hamburg. He was the son of Ludwig Rose, a Hamburg businessman, and Sophie Becker. His father subsequently took him to Edinburgh. A child prodigy, Rosa toured in Scotland from age 12 to age 16, eventually earning glowing notices. Beginning in 1859, he studied at the Conservatorium at Leipzig (where he met and became lifelong friends with Arthur Sullivan) and, in 1862, in Paris. In 1863, Rosa was appointed Konzertmeister at Hamburg, where he had occasional opportunities to conduct. Three years later he visited England, appearing as a soloist at the Crystal Palace. He had considerable success as a conductor both in England and the United States. He traveled to America in 1866 as a member of a concert troupe promoted by the Baltimore […]
2015-10-21 17:38:00
Chailly Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Barbican Strauss Heldenleben
Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in three concerts at the Barbican, London, featuring dramatic orchestral works by Richard Strauss. Highlight of the first evening was Ein Heldenleben Op 40 (1898). At a time when Wagner was fanatically idolized by followers even more extreme than The Master himself, it took guts for a composer still only in his 30's to poke fun at the whole concept of heroism. Cosima would not have countenanced such impudence at Bayreuth. With his self-deprecating good humour, Strauss undermined 19th century concepts of power and value. In his own way, Strauss was more radical than Mahler. Now there's a provocative thought! The Hero (represented by solo violin) embarks upon a mission.The references to Siegfried's Journey down the Rhine are clear - glorious, glowing strings The famous "golden" Leipzig sound, augmented by Chailly's ear for operas: […]
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