Berlin Philharmonic
A Flowering Tree in Berlin
For those of you who live in Berlin: rush over to the Berliner Philharmoniker website and buy a ticket for today’s (December 22) performance of John Adams’ newest opera “A flowering tree”. For those of you who cannot make it in time: read on …
Nachtseite der Vernunft
Having just returned from a trip to Munich today, I found the new program for the Salzburg Festival 2007 in my mailbox! As you probably all know the festival has a new artistic director (Jürgen Flimm). Since Flimm is a opera/theater person he has put Markus Hinterhäuser in charge for the concert events at the [...]
Vengerov just wants to have fun
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E major K 261 (arranged for violin and piano by Max Rostal
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in c minor Op. 30 No. 2
- Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in f minor Op. 80
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Selection from the 24 [...]
Arditti Quartet Plays Webern, Berg, and Harvey
What a great program! Anton Webern Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett op. 5, Alban Berg Lyrische Suite für Streichquartett, and then, after a short intermission, Jonathan Harvey’s String Quartet No. 4 with live electronics. The Arditti Quartet gave yet another memorable concert and again the hall was half empty. This is something I just cannot understand. [...]
