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"I can recall the name of [no other youthful composer] who was already a master of the most subtle musical idiom of his day and had at his command a fund of ideas that the best of living composers would not disdain to possess." - Ernest Newman |
Select Performances
It is impossible to keep track of every performance of Korngold's compositions. We cannot claim to list them exhaustively, but below are some highlights of upcoming performances that may be of interest or note.
The Korngold Project (South Africa)
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The South American record company TwoPianists Records tells us the following: For the past ten years, the University of Stellenbosch has hosted the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival. Three years ago, one of the evening Faculty Concerts at the Festival included one of Korngold’s chamber works. The audience and musician response was “…absolutely raving, so it was decided to include Korngold's chamber music in at least one of the faculty concerts every year.” In 2012, the musicians usually assigned the Korngold work decided “…to capture the extraordinary synergy of the group and Korngold's musical genius, so the Korngold Project was born.” |
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As the first part of a double-CD recording project, the musicians Daniel Rowland, Priya Mitchell (violins), Julian Arp (cello) and Luis Magalhaes (piano) will perform Korngold’s Piano Trio op.1 and the Suite op.23 this May on three consecutive nights. The programs also feature works by Mahler and Schubert, to highlight the Viennese connection between all three composers. These two works will be recorded for the first CD, with Korngold’s String Sextet op.10 and Piano Quintet op. 15 following in 2014. |
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24, 25, 26 May 2013 Concert information can be found here. TwoPianists Records website can be found here. |
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Drei Lieder, op 22
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Lenneke Ruiten (sop); Thom Janssen (piano) Thursday 23 May // details |
Performed together for the first time since 1936!
Violanta -&- Der Ring des PolykratesKorngold originally wrote his first two opera to be staged together - the comic Polykrates balanced by the verismo Violanta. For the first time in nearly 80 years, these two works are being paired again. 31 May 2013 // details |
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The rarely performed Symphony in F#, op. 40 (Prom 31)
& the suite from The Adventures of Robin Hood (Prom 59)
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Prom 31: Tuesday 6 August 7.30pm // Details Prom 59: Monday 26 August 7.30pm // Details |
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Die tote Stadt, Dallas, Texas, USMarch 21, 23(m), 26, 29 and April 6(m), 2014 The North Texas premiere of German composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s twentieth-century masterpiece, DIE TOTE STADT (“The Dead City”), in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. Based on Rodenbach's story and stage play, Die tote Stadt is the tale of one man’s dark obsession with the woman he loved and lost. This production features state-of-the-art projections and an extraordinary cast including tenor Jay Hunter Morris in the role of Paul, Danish soprano Ann Petersen in her American debut as Marietta; and baritone Morgan Smith, as Fritz. |
The following links provide additional listings of performances of Korngold's works. Links are provided purely for informational purposes only. This website makes no recommendations or ranks any given performance over any other.
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Things You May Have Missed...
Between Two Worlds Lara Downes, Piano Apr 14, 2013 4:00 PM Eliot Hall Chapel, Reed College |
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"A Late Quartet"
A forthcoming film to be released in 2012
To the Editor, from Kathrin Korngold Hubbard :
"An acquaintance just wrote to say he has learned that a friend who is a Music Supervisor in LA says she is going to be using Korngold's "Marietta's Lied" from Die tote Stadt for an upcoming film entitled A Late Quartet. The film is set for release in the fall." [The cast is to include Christopher Walken and Anne Sophie von Mutter, among others.]
WORLD PREMIERE ! - (Just passed)
Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing Suite
for String Quartet
An autograph manuscript of Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing for string quartet was recently acquired at an auction by the archives of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. The previously unknown version receives its world premiere in performance by the Steude Quartett on 8 May 2012 at Vienna's Musikverien Gläserner Saal/Magna Auditorium.
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Shakespeare's |
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) recently presented |
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Die tote StadtFirst staged performance in AustraliaDirected by Bruce Beresford The ground-breaking new production of Korngold's third opera that used holographic technology on stage and state-of-the-art cincematic surround sound ran from 30 June thru 18 July 2012. See our special webpage about this production here. |
Page last updated May 2013