Germany has more symphony orchestras and music festivals than the rest of Europe combined. There are those festivals that take place in the cities where the composers were born or worked and thus stake a special claim to authenticity: the Handel Festival in Halle, the Bach Festival in Leipzig and of course the Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Others capitalize on the beautiful surroundings or special atmosphere, like Heidelberg Spring and Tensions in Heimbach. But whatever the backdrop, the performances are all of electrifying artistry and the recordings of superb "made in Germany" quality. Rick Fulker loves nothing more than sharing the wealth, which includes the artists' own voices.
This season we’ll hear from the Schwetzingen Festival, Schumannfest, Weinberg, Bachfest Leipzig, Mozart in Wuerzburg, a Petrenko Premiere, the National Youth Orchestra of Germany, Beethoven Week and much more.
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Composed in 1817 as an opera semiseria, The Thieving Magpie is a comedy about a family and a case of mistaken identity. -
Ever since Kit Armstrong stepped onto the international stages nearly twenty years ago, he has fascinated the music world with his musical maturity and youthful boldness in his exceptional playing. -
The first hall for the Gewandhaus Orchestra owes its name to the place where it first performed in 1781 above the cloth store of the clothmakers’ guild the historic Neumarkt. Exactly 200 years later, in October 1981, the New Gewandhaus was inaugurated on Augustusplatz after a construction period of four years. -
Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv is one of her country's most famous cultural emissaries. Recognized internationally as a leading cultural representative of her homeland, Ukraine, in 2021 she became the first female to conduct at the renowned Bayreuth Festival. -
Beethoven's Rondo a capriccio, Rage Over a Lost Penny is one of his most dramatic piano compositions that is thrilling and enjoyable to listen to and to play! We'll hear it Dec 20th at 8pm -
The Rheingau Music Festival welcomes the return of full choirs and orchestras after two years, with a musical fairy tale by Dvorak and a choral symphony by Mendelssohn symbolize hope for Ukraine. (11/29) -
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Soft-spoken, 34-year old British conductor Robin Ticciati is the new chief conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, with plans to shake up his new…
