Freiheit und Übermalung: der hemmungslose Eigensinn des Wolfgang Rihm

By Michael Klier, 09 December 2020

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“mit einer schier unerschöpflichen Palette von Klangfarben erweckte Gerhaher den Text zum Leben”

Reviewed at Prinzregententheater, Munich on 8 December 2020

Rihm, Sphäre nach Studie for 6 instrumentalists

Rihm, Stabat Mater for viola and baritone

Rihm, Male über Male 2 for clarinet and 9 instrumentalists

Stanley Dodds, Conductor

Christian Gerhaher, Baritone

Tabea Zimmermann, Viola

Tamara Stefanovich, Piano

Jörg Widmann, Clarinet

Sophia Whitson, Harp

Magdalena Hoffmann, Harp

Hermann Menninghaus, Viola

Christiane Hörr-Kalmer, Viola

Uta Zenke-Vogelmann, Cello

Heinrich Braun, Double Bass

Frank Reinecke, Double Bass

Guido Marggrander, Percussion

Total Immersion with Boulez at the Barbican

Peter Quantrill, 30th March

A BBC day of talks and concerts yields delight and revelation in equal measure.

*****

Music against Death: Joana Mallwitz conducts Nono and Mahler in Berlin

David Grundy, 14th September

Joana Mallwitz pairs rare Luigi Nono with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at the Konzerthausorchester's Musikfest Berlin programme.

****1

Fiery performance of Stockhausen's earlier works

Vishnu Bachani, 2nd June

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, and Marco Stroppa came together in synergistic harmony to deliver a searing performance of Mantra

***11

Stockhausen marathon at the Musikfest Berlin

Sam Johnstone, 18th September

Over 10 years after his death, Karlheinz Stockhausen still occupies a complex and difficult place in the canon of contemporary composers. This year's Musikfest Berlin featured a Stockhausen focus, of which the "creation ceremony" Inori was the climax.

****1

The London Sinfonietta: celebrating 50 years of excellence

Chris Garlick, 24th January

A celebration of fifty years of the London Sinfonietta was a well-deserved pat on the back for this valuable institution.

****1

Raw and thrilling Mahler 6

Rohan Shotton, 7th May

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts an emotionally exhausting evening of Mahler and Bartók

*****

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.