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Schönberg 150

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Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 20:00
Hommage an einen Revolutionär. Mit einer visionären Filmmusik, die einst das hr-Sinfonieorchester uraufführte, fünf im Ausdruck verdichteten Charakterstücken und einem Kammerwerk der Rückbesinnung feiert das Forum N Schönbergs runden Geburtstag und bereichert ihn zudem um neue Schlagzeug-Klänge. Der große Repräsentant der Zwölftontechnik ist dabei mit einer faszinierenden Antithese zur aufkommenden Effektmusik des frühen Tonfilms zu erleben, die er für eine imaginäre Lichtspielszene der Zukunft schrieb, aber auch mit seiner frühen, noch tonalen 2. Kammersinfonie, die erst in reifen Jahren fertige... Read full text

Keywords: Film Music

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Musicians

Christoph SietzenDrums
André de RidderConductor

Program

Begleitmusik zu einer LichtspielszeneArnold Schönberg
Konzert für Schlagzeug und Orchester (Auftragswerk des hr – Deutsche Erstaufführung)Detlev Glanert
2. KammersinfonieArnold Schönberg
5 Orchesterstücke op. 16Arnold Schönberg
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