Classical Concerts in

Stuttgart

Linie 2: 100 Jahre Pierre Boulez

At the start of the Boulez Year, the Wizemann in Stuttgart will host a unique concert workshop. Conductor Oscar Jockel will introduce Boulez's "Polyphonie X," explaining it with excerpts played by the SWR Symphony Orchestra. This piece, a bridge between Boulez's early and later styles, caused a scandal at its 1951 premiere. The concert also includes Webern's arrangement of Bach's "Fuga Ricerata" and Webern's Symphony Op. 21, both relevant to Boulez's work, and concludes with a second performance of "Polyphonie X."

Familienkonzert: Von Klängen und Geschichten

Familienkonzert: Von Klängen und Geschichten

Mittagskonzert: Kirill Karabits dirigiert Saint-Saëns und Tschaikowsky

Kirill Karabits dirigiert Werke von Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Walton und Tschaikowsky

Kammerkonzert: 1933-1945

The chamber concert program complements the "Graphics for the Dictatorship" exhibition at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, exploring art created during Germany's darkest period. It questions the possibilities of art under oppression, the fate of composers deemed degenerate or exiled, and the themes they tackled amidst censorship. It also examines the proximity of some artists to the regime, and how they may have benefited from it. Concert tickets are available from January 1, 2025.

ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart

ECLAT

Comfort, critique, experimentation, and harmony define contemporary composing. Agata Zubel's choral piece, inspired by Gerhard Richter's societal critiques, joins Ulrich Kreppein's work based on Federico García Lorca's poetry. Younghi Pagh-Paan's piece offers solace through biblical texts. The ECLAT Festival also features instrumental debuts by Zeynep Toraman and Arne Gieshoff, performed by the experimental Duo Saviet/Houston.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja spielt Schostakowitsch, Ligeti und Hartmann

Fin de Siècle

This Liederabend pays tribute to Clytus Gottwald, who transformed fin de siècle music, including piano songs and orchestral pieces, into choral works. While composers like Richard Strauss briefly experimented with vocal music, Gottwald combined Strauss's instrumental approach with Ligeti's vocal techniques, creating a new genre of over 100 transcriptions, starting with pieces by Ravel, Berg, and Mahler.

Mittagskonzert: Giuseppe Mengoli dirigiert Skrjabin und Tschaikowsky

Kammerkonzert: Werke von Glasunow, Lang, Žuraj, Fries und Reich

Fit fürs Abi

A young man is deeply in love in Wilhelm Müller's poem cycle "Die schöne Müllerin." Although the story begins with butterflies in the stomach, it takes an unhappy turn and ends badly. Franz Schubert's music captures the soul drama of the unhappily in love. "Fit fürs Abi" offers a concert experience with an introduction to the work.

Bruckner: Messe

In 1867, Anton Bruckner, recovering from a nervous ailment, began composing his large-scale Mass No. 3. Twenty-five years later, he quoted it in his unfinished 9th Symphony as a gesture of thanks to God.

Pablo Heras-Casado dirigiert Anton Bruckners f-Moll-Messe

After personal and professional setbacks drove Bruckner to the brink of madness in 1867, the organist suffered a nervous breakdown. Recovering in an asylum, he returned to composing and created his "Great" f-minor Mass, a work of symphonic scale and profound expressiveness. The SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, and SWR Symphonieorchester reunite with conductor Pablo Heras-Casado this season for a performance of Bruckner's final mass setting.

Bruckner: Messe

In 1867, Anton Bruckner, recovering from a nervous ailment, began composing his large-scale Mass No. 3. Twenty-five years later, he quoted it in his unfinished 9th Symphony as a gesture of thanks to God.

Pablo Heras-Casado dirigiert Anton Bruckners f-Moll-Messe

After personal and professional setbacks drove Bruckner to the brink of madness in 1867, the organist suffered a nervous breakdown. Recovering in an asylum, he returned to composing and created his "Great" f-minor Mass, a work of symphonic scale and profound expressiveness. The SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, and SWR Symphonieorchester reunite with conductor Pablo Heras-Casado this season for a performance of Bruckner's final mass setting.

Linie 2: Radiomusiken

The 1920s marked the beginning of radio broadcasting in Germany. The "Linie 2" program highlights this era of technological and musical innovation from nearly a century ago. Prominent composers created music for the radio without strict genre boundaries. Pavel Haas's "Radio Overture" and Hanns Eisler's piano song capture the significance of radio in different contexts. Works by Braunfels and Toch, commissioned by predecessors of WDR and SWR, also showcase the stylistic diversity of this period.

Gastkonzert: Natur und Mensch

Man's relationship with nature is complex: a place of longing, a role model, and a victim. Nørgård uses Rilke's texts to find this connection in sound. Mason composes based on swarm intelligence, mirroring fish and birds' survival strategies. Staud's choir remembers death marches witnessed by willows. Pagh-Paan tells of Korea's exploitation and societal upheaval leading to a "loss of soul".

Musikvermittlung: Kinderkonzert

The four singers of the SWR Vokalensemble and their pianist, dressed in tails and top hats, invite their young audience to listen, sing along, dance, and puzzle over the hits of the Comedian Harmonists and evergreens like "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus." As the sing-along song says: "Singing is fun, singing is good for us, singing makes us smart and is healthy!"

Kammerkonzert: Hebet die Gläser

In 2025, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart celebrates two anniversaries: 100 years of its collection and 20 years of its new building. A special concert will commemorate these milestones, featuring composers and compositions also celebrating anniversaries in 2025, and incorporating the museum's special exhibition.