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RIHM
Three decades
of music
The coming months have in store a
decidedly divers selection of
Wolfgang Rihm's rich oeuvre. Few
contemporary composers have
been able to enjoy seeing their
music become part of the concert
repertoire to such an extent. Indeed,
conductors and ensembles
now turn to Rihm's compositions
as a matter of course, thus contributing
to a living tradition of interpretation.
Christoph Eschenbach is to conduct
Musik für Klarinette und Orchester
(soloist: Jörg Widmann) on
17 and 18 Dec in Hamburg; Marek
Janowski will lead a performance
of Sotto voce with the RSB and Majella
Stockhausen (piano) in Berlin
(13 Jan); Ensemble Modern will present
Jagden und Formen to the
Irish public on 20 Feb in Dublin;
Peter Rundel is to conduct the
string orchestra pieces Ländler and
Erscheinung with the Jonge Filharmonie
in Courtrai/B on 12 March;
the Minguet Quartet will be playing
String Quartet No. 3 in Duisburg
on 27 Feb 2005; Ensemble Recherche
will bring Drei Vorspiele zu
einer Insel (flute, violin, percussion)
back to Freiburg, the city where it
was premièred, on 7 Dec.
We can also look forward to three
Rihm premières: the Basel Sinfonietta
commissioned an orchestration
of the songs for tenor entitled
Rilke: Vier Gedichte (2000); soloist:
Christoph Prégardien, conductor:
Emilio Pomarico (10 Dec), the Philharmonie
Köln has commissioned
Trio for flute, violine and cello (20
January), and Über-Schrift for 2 pianos
will be premiered at the Vienna
Konzerthaus on 16 January 2005.
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