13th Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nuremberg 2014

Hans Werner Henze

Composer of our Time

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The 13th Festival in Nuremberg focussed on the great composer Hans Werner Henze. His music has been contrasted with that of Beethoven, Britten and Mahler, thus presenting also his idols, aesthetic standards and expressive skills.

Highly artificial songs for tenor (Three Auden Songs, Six Songs from the Arabian, Kammermusik 1958) alternated with instrumental music, whose motives derived from folk music (Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge), and a top event was Henze's collection of political songs, Voices, paired with Mahler's Lied von der Erde. (Henze himself once called his “Voices” like this). The Festival's most prominent participant was Mark Padmore, now world wide in great demand, who interpreted the songs for tenor with an elegant, yet highly expressive voice.

Another climax was the world premiere of Riccardo Panfili's 1st String Quartet, Januskopf. stimulated by the last self portrait of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

The audience as well as the critics were ravished by the rediscoveries (for Nuremberg), and the musicians were happy about the exciting pieces they could perform. So it was no surprise that the Festival of 2014 had a terrific success.

The Hans Werner Henze-Foundation was happy to help with

artistic consulting- support of Panfili's world premiere
support and moderating a panel discussion with Detlev Glanert (Henze's student), Ks. Frances Pappas (mezzosoprano), Peter Selwyn (conductor) and Andrew West (pianist)
finding musicians
moderation of the lunchtime concerts in the communal library

Artistic direction: Ks. Frances Pappas, Peter Selwyn, Andrew West

Eröffnungskonzert
Freitag, 12.09.2014, 20 Uhr
Rittersaal der Kaiserburg bei Kerzenlicht
Mozart – Klavierquartett
Henze – Three Auden Songs
Panfili – Januskopf (Streichquartett) – Uraufführung
BEETHOVEN – Rasumowsky-Streichquartett op. 59 Nr. 1

Liederabend
Samstag, 13.09.2014, 20 Uhr
Eppeleinsaal der Kaiserstallung (Burg)
Henze – Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen
Wagner, Janacek, Liszt – Liebeslieder Miniaturen für Klavier
Schumann – Dichterliebe

Podiumsgespräch
Sonntag, 14.09.2014, 17:30 Uhr
Eppeleinsaal der Kaiserstallung (Burg)
Detlev Glanert / Michael Kerstan / Frances Pappas / Peter Selwyn /Andrew West
im Gespräch über Werk und Wirken Hans Werner Henzes

Sonntagskonzert
Sonntag, 14.09.2014, 19 Uhr
Eppeleinsaal der Kaiserstallung (Burg)
Britten – Hölderlin-Fragmente
Beethoven – Rasumowsky-Streichquartett op. 59 Nr. 2
Henze – Kammermusik 1958 (über die Hymne von Hölderlin In lieblicher Bläue)

Galakonzert
Dienstag, 16.09.2014, 20 Uhr
Rittersaal der Kaiserburg bei Kerzenlicht

R. Strauss – Festmarsch, Ständchen, Arabischer Tanz für Klavierquartett
SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, HAYDN, MAHLER, RAVEL , BERIO – Volkslieder
Henze – Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge für Fagott. Gitarre und Streichtrio
Beethoven – Rasumowsky-Streichquartett op. 59 Nr. 3

Lesung mit Musik
Mittwoch, 17.09.2014, 20 Uhr
Eppeleinsaal der Kaiserstallung (Burg)
Briefwechsel: Ingeborg Bachmann / Hans Werner Henze

FestivalFinale
Freitag, 19.09.2014, 20 Uhr
Konzerteinführung 19 Uhr
Hubertussaal
Henze – Voices (Auswahl)
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Auswahl)