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22.11.2018
Manfred Trojahn in Hanover
“If music be the food of love, play on” – so the lover duke in William Shakespeare’s melancholy comedy “As You Like It” ponders. A piece of musical world theatre develops out of irony here; Manfred Trojahn’s music to this comedy changes artfully between the scenes. »more«
31.10.2018
Encompassing the knowledge of music
MGG Online, the digital encyclopedia of the second edition of the music encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, with substantially revised and new content, is now also available to personal subscribers. »more«
31.10.2018
Bruckner’s 4th Symphony
The New Anton Bruckner Complete Edition published by Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien (MWV) is making great progress. Following on from the performance of the original Linz version of the 1st Symphony at the 2014 Salzburg Festival, the new edition of the “Romantic” is being performed for the first time. The 2nd 1881 version of this work is regarded as one of his most popular symphonies of all. »more«
30.10.2018
Opera madness
His appearance on the Italian opera scene heralded a new era. Gioachino Rossini’s stage works – numbering over fifty – thrilled his fellow countrymen and before long the entire world. »more«
01.10.2018
Scartazzini meets Mahler
The Swiss composer Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini is invited to an ongoing encounter with Gustav Mahler. Commissioned by the Jena Philharmonic and its Music Director Simon Gaudenz, a work by Scartazzini will precede the performance of a Mahler symphony each time. This begins with “Torso" for orchestra, preceding Mahler’s First Symphony. The first performance takes place on 18 October 2018 in the Volkshaus Jena. »more«
28.09.2018
Georg Anton Benda‘s “Medea” – first performance with Katharina Thalbach
The master concerts associated with the Heidenheim Opera Festival present a very special event this autumn: the well-known German actress Katharina Thalbach will play the (spoken) title role in Georg Anton Benda’s famous melodrama “Medea”, accompanied by the Cappella Aquileia under the direction of Marcus Bosch. The concert on 27 October in the Congress Zentrum Heidenheim, repeated on 28 October in Fürth, is at the same time the first performance using the critical new edition published by Bärenreiter. »more«
