StudioConcerte
StudioConcert#3 - Divertissement by Jean Françaix
Would you have known the differences between a French »basson« and a German »bassoon«? Featuring the principal basson player of the Gürzenich Orchestra, this podcast invites you to compare these two instruments. And finally you will learn how to pronounce correctly the name of the famous neoclassical composer Jean Françaix. Good entertainment for dark hours.
Jean Françaix
Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet (1942)
I. Vivace
II. Lento
III. Vivo assai
IV. Allegro
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II. Lento - version with basson
With Thomas Jedamzik (Bassoon and Basson), Alvaro Palmen (violin), Nikolai Ammann (violin), Öykü Canpolat (viola), Daniel Raabe (violoncello) und Jason Witjas-Evans (double bass)
Presenter: Patrick Hahn
studioconcert #2 - Prokofjews Hebräische Themen
New York had not been waiting for him when Sergei Prokofiev emigrated from Russia in the turmoil of the revolution in 1918. In America, he met the musicians of the Ensemble Zimro and wrote an extraordinary sextet for them, that gained him entry into the New York scene. Are the Hebrew melodies authentic? Or just well fabricated? The soloists of the Gürzenich Orchestra share their fascination for this music.
Blaž Šparovec - clarinet, Anna Heygster and Anna van der Merwe - violins, Felix Weischedel - viola, Georg Heimbach - cello and Stefan Irmer - piano. Presented by Patrick Hahn.
StudioConcert #1 - The Sextett by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's string sextet is a fascinating piece of music, written on an epoch threshold. Viennese idiom, sarcastic humor, romantic indulgence, but also the premonition of a turning point, he condenses in this chamber music with orchestral abundance. Before you experience the piece in full length, Patrick Hahn talks to the performers about Korngold's Opus 10, which the composer wrote when he was 17.
With Anna Heygster and Jana Andraschke - violin, Martina Horejsi-Kiefer and Antje Kaufmann - viola and Katharina Apel-Hülshoff and Daniel Raabe - cello. Moderation: Patrick Hahn.
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Episode 2 - Diana Rohnfelder, Kontrafagott
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