KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN – CENTER

With the musica viva concert series, Karl Amadeus Hartmann created a stage for music that had been banned during the Nazi era, starting in 1945. To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, soprano Stephanie Krug has launched a new music theatre project with the same intention. Under the title ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ (The Song of the Earth) Degenerate Music in the Nazi Era, compositions and texts that were considered ‘degenerate’ during the Nazi era are performed. Compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler, Max Bruch and others, as well as texts by Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger, Heinar Kipphardt and many others, will be performed and interpreted by actor Stefan Wilkening, dancer Alberto Pagani and the ensemble così facciamo, directed by Martina Veh.

The project will premiere on Wednesday, 19 November at 7:30 p.m. at the Kurhaus Bad Tölz. There will be another performance on Sunday, 23 November at 4 p.m. at the ‘Bergson Kunstkraftwerk’ in Munich, before it goes on tour throughout Germany.

The events are sponsored by the Bavarian Cultural Fund.

For the event in Bad Tölz: https://kurhaus-badtoelz.com/veranstaltungen/das-lied-von-der-erde/

For the event in Munich: https://bergson.com/event/das-lied-von-der-erde

More about the project: https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/panorama/sopranistin-aus-oberbayern-startet-projekt-%C3%BCber-entartete-musik-unterst%C3%BCtzer-bis-aus-monaco-und-new-york/ar-AA1PrfO2

Auf Youtube finden Sie einen Stream von Karl Amadeus Hartmanns 3. Symphonie in einer Aufführung des SWR Symphonieorchester unter der Leitung von Ingo Metzmacher aus der Stuttgarter Liederhalle vom 14. Februar 2025.

Programm:
György Ligeti: Lontano
Dmitrij Schostakowitsch: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 a-Moll op. 77
György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre (Fassung für Gesang und Kammerorchester)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Sinfonie Nr. 3

Mitwirkende:
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violine
SWR Symphonieorchester
SWR Experimentalstudio
Ingo Metzmacher, Dirigent

It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Center bids farewell to its long-standing member and former Chairman of the GEMA Board of Directors, Prof. Dr Reinhold Kreile, who passed away on Friday, 30 August 2024, at the age of 94. Reinhold Kreile was not only a committed member of our society, but also deeply connected to the musical legacy of Karl Amadeus Hartmann and the Hartmann family. Music was always at the centre of his work, and with his death Munich’s cultural life has lost an important personality. The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour Reinhold Kreile’s memory.

https://www.gema.de/de/w/gema-trauert-um-reinhold-kreile

It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre bids farewell to one of the most important contemporary composers. Wolfgang Rihm was a founding member of our society in 2004 and was closely associated with Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s musical legacy and with us personally. His works and his presence always enriched our concerts. The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour the memory of Wolfgang Rihm.   https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/wolfgang-rihm-komponist-gestorben-nachruf-100.htmlhttps://www.universaledition.com/News/Trauer-um-Wolfgang-Rihm/https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/musik-klassik/wolfgang-rihm-ist-tot-tonkuenstler-und-ermutiger-zum-eigensinn-100.html

On 20 July 2024, the Kollegienkirche offered an extraordinary concert programme with works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Karl Amadeus Hartmann as part of the Salzburg Festival. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, dressed in bright red, performed Hartmann’s ‘Concerto funebre’ together with the Camerata Salzburg with impressive vibrancy and energy. A detailed review of this special evening is linked below.
In 2023, Kopatchinskaja was made an honorary member of the Hartmann Society for her services to Karl Amadeus Hartmann and his work.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version) https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/salzburger-festspiele-ouverture-spirituelle-102.html