Interview mit dem Dirigenten Riccardo Muti

Fast 70 Jahre Bühnenerfahrung und kein Hauch von Routine: Rudolf Buchbinder kehrt mit Beethovens 2. Klavierkonzert zu seinen Wiener Anfängen zurück, gemeinsam mit den Münchner Philharmonikern und Lahav Shani. 

Epstein-Assoziationen, ausgelutschte BDSM-Klischees und eine fantastische Gilda: Der neue "Rigoletto" an der Bayerischen Staatsoper punktet mit den Sängerinnen und Sängern, nicht mit der Szene. 

Synopsis At Carnegie Hall on today’s date in 1908, Gustav Mahler conducted the New York Symphony, the 200-voice Oratorio Society chorus and two vocal soloists in the American premiere of his Symphony No. 2, his Resurrection Symphony. These days, Mahler’s Second ranks among his mo ...  عرض المزيد

Synopsis There’s a long list of composers ranging from Vivaldi to Messiaen who have incorporated bird song into their musical works. Today we make note of one of them. On this date in 1893, great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák was vacationing with his family in Spillville, Iowa, s ...  عرض المزيد

A special, short podcast honoring Mozart on his 254th birthday. Music includes Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from the Magic Flute and the first movement of the Piano Sonata 11 in A, K. 331. Performers include Gerhard Husch, Sir Thomas Beecham and Edwin Fischer. 

SynopsisOn today’s date in 2020, a new cello concerto by American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was given its premiere in Fort Lauderdale, by cellist Zuill Bailey the South Florida Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sebrina María Alfonso, the same performers who had commissioned the ...  عرض المزيد