Even with the impact of the coronavirus on music life in Germany, we've been able to fill most of the programs with fresh concert recordings. But this time we're taking a ...
What is a hero? Some monumental, untouchable figure? Or maybe somebody more approachable, someone to emulate? Often we are impressed and awed by the heroes of everyday life. ...
The Quatour ebene, one of the world's most renowned string quartets, had to abort its plans to take all of Beethoven's quartets on world tour, but did make a stop in ...
"In Mysterious Company" is the name of a concert by the Belcea Quartet from England. At the Schwetzingen Festival, they played two of Beethoven's late string quartets, No. ...
Méhul, Holzbauer, Cherubini and Knecht were among the composers whom Ludwig van Beethoven esteemed – and emulated. The parallels between their works and Beethoven's Fifth ...
The charismatic Greek-Russian conductor Teodor Currentzis is a sure-bet for exciting concert programs, also with the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he's ...
"A true British gentleman with a heart, an unambiguous stance and much passion for music" is how the German press describes Robin Ticciati, the 38-year-old new principal of ...
The magical sound of Sharon Kam's clarinet. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and a piece he's been working on for forty years and still finds astonishing. Violinist Antje Haas ...
Most of the time, we reach out across Germany to bring you the best of the concert season, but sometimes it's good to take a look at what you've already got. Going through ...
This time we're taking you on a musical excursion to early 20th century Scandinavia: two early pieces by Nielsen, Intimate Voices and Intimate Miniatures by Sibelius and ...