Siegfried Matthus News
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2021-09-01 12:18:12
Born in former East Prussia in 1934, Matthus studied with Hanns Eisler at the Berlin Conservatory, and later with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny. Becoming one of Germany's most frequently performed contemporary composers, Matthus also enjoyed a close working relationship with conductor Kurt Masur — who presented many world premieres of his music. Matthus composed over a dozen […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2015-08-14 20:31:34
German composer: ‘Luther’s views on Jews are outrageous’
The composer Seigfried Matthus has written an opera about Martin Luther for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, which arrives in 2017. Matthus, 81, describes himself as a Christian but not a churchgoer. He has been shocked by Luther’s outbursts aganst the Jews after they refused to join his breakaway sect. When he starts to rant against Jews, says Matthus, he gets the orchestra to overwhelm him and the chorus to yell ‘stop!’ Anfangs brachte er den Juden eine große Hochachtung entgegen. Dann ist er ausgeflippt in wahnsinnigen furchtbaren Sätzen, die ich ihn in der Oper geifern lasse, aber ich halte mich im Orchester völlig zurück. Alle Sänger treten dann aus ihrer Rolle heraus und sagen: „Halt ein!“
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2014-11-26 11:14:05
Vienna’s Volksoper mourns the man who gave it style
Professor Robert Herzl, who has died aged 74, was Oberspielleiter at the Volksoper from 1973 to 2000, responsible for 47 productions and for the revitalisation and coherence of the house’s production style. He will be much missed. A master of Viennese operetta, he also loved working on new operas by Henze and Matthus.
2013-08-28 01:30:00
Schubert on modern instruments
[…] Label: Decca 425 689 2 Recorded 1983, 1985, 1989 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here [Flacs & scans] Download F. SchubertString Quintet in C, Opus 163 D956 Orpheus QuartetPieter Wispelwey Label: Channel Classics CCS 6794Recorded June 1994 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here[Flacs & scans]Download F. Schubert String Quartet 'Der Tod und das Mädchen' D810 Siegfried Matthus (1934) String Quartet 'Das Mädchen und der Tod' Petersen Quartet Label: Capriccio 10 744 Recorded June & September 1997 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here [Flacs & scans] Download F. SchubertTrio in E flat major Opus 100, D929 (1827) Borodin TrioLuba Edlina, pianoRosistav Dubinsky, violinYuli Turovsky, celloLabel: Chandos CHAN 8324Recorded June 1981 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file […]
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