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Janáček + Hindemith Concert – Two 20th Century greats in one concert – This evening at the Philharmonie Berlin – 2000 Hrs

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Philharmonie Berlin
20.11.2010 20:00 Uhr

Paul Hindemith: Sinfonie “Mathis der Maler”
Leos Janácek: Glagolitische Messe für Soli, Chor, Orgel und Orchester
(Erstfassung von 1926/27, Herausgeber: Paul Wingfield)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Choir leader : Simon Halsey
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Aga Mikolaj, Sopran
Iris Vermillion, Alt
Stuart Neill, Tenor
Arutjun Kotchinian, Bass
Iveta Apkalna, Orgel

Two great masterpieces from the 20th century, this evening in Berlin at the Philharmonie – the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin will be [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: Glagolitic Mass, Glagolitische Messe, Hindemith, leos janacek, Mathis der Maler
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‘OTA-Berlin Czech Composers Building’ Poster Published

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

OTA-Berlin Czech Composers Building Poster Published
The six Czech composers, which we chose to name our apartments on the Zehdenicker Strasse in Berlin Mitte after, have now been made into a poster which we will hang in the apartments.

In each apartment, a short biography of the composers already is posted just inside the front hallway as one enters the apartment.

These were great artists who [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Bohuslav Martinů, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, leos janacek, OTA-Berlin Czech Composers Building Poster Published, Viktor Ullmann
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Authority on Czech music & frequent visitor to Berlin – Conductor Charles Mackerras dies in London

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Berlin / London 15-07-2010

Charles Mackerras, the Australian conductor who guest conducted the ‘Berliner Philharmoniker’ orchestra on several occaisions, and was one of the first in the West to fully appreciate and promote the genius of Leos Janacek outside of his native Czechoslovakia, as it then was called, has died aged 84.

All through his long career he promoted the merits of the operas [...] Continue Reading…

Tags: Charles Mackerras, leos janacek
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