Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
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The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (North West German Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra
based in Herford
. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestras (Landesorchester) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
. The orchestra has been shaped by conductors such as Wilhelm Schüchter
, Hermann Scherchen
, Toshiyuki Kamioka
and Andris Nelsons
, has regularly served several cities in northwest Germany, toured internationally and recorded unusual repertory. Since 2010 the conductor is Eugene Tzigane
.
by members of the former Linzer Reichs-Bruckner-Orchester and the Prager Deutsche Philharmonie. In 1950 this orchestra merged with the Herforder Sinfonisches Orchester. The new orchestra was first named Städtebund-Symphoniker, but in 1951 Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.
and an association of communities in the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe
. Members of the association are the cities Bad Salzuflen
, Bünde
, Detmold
, Herford, Lemgo
, Minden
and Paderborn
and the districts Herford und Lippe
.
, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Großes Festspielhaus
in Salzburg
.
The orchestra collaborates with the public radio station WDR3
. They recorded more than 200 records and CDs. The orchestra has accompanied singers such as Anna Netrebko
, Jose Cura
, Placido Domingo
, Luciano Pavarotti
und Renée Fleming
. The players are engaged in pedagogical programs for schools and young listeners, reaching more than 12,000 children a year.
The orchestra conducts an international summer academy, in 2010 with Fabio Bidini
.
performed in German, with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the chorus of the Landestheater Hannover, Erna Berger
, Rudolf Schock
, Gottlob Frick
, Hanns-Heinz Nissen, Christa Ludwig
, Theodor Schlott and Marga Höffgen.
In 1960 Hermann Scherchen recorded works of Max Reger
with alto Margarete Bence and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, including Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture), Serenade for orchestra, Romantic Suite for orchestra, An die Hoffnung, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven and Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
.
Werner Andreas Albert conducted the orchestra in a recording of Robert Volkmann
's orchestral works, two ouvertures, two symphonies and a cello concerto with soloist Johannes Wohlmacher.
The orchestra, conducted by Erich Bergel, accompanied pianist Volker Banfield
on a recording of Les Djinns, a symphonic poem for piano and orchestra of César Franck
.
János Kulka conducted the orchestra for a recording of works of Franz Liszt
, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
, Two Episodes of Lenau's Faust and Hunnenschlacht
.
Alun Francis conducted a recording of Carl Reinecke
's four piano concertos with pianist Klaus Hellwig.
Conducted by Michail Jurowski, they played in 1995 the premiere recording of Dmitri Shostakovich
's unfinished opera The Gamblers after Nikolai Gogol
, completed by Krzysztof Meyer
in 1981, sung in Russian by soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre
.
Toshiyuki Kamioka conducted Einojuhani Rautavaara
's Symphony No.7 (Angel of Light)
in January 2000 in Detmold, Paderborn, Herford, Bad Salzuflen and Minden.
Max Reger
's monumental Der 100. Psalm was performed in the Reinoldikirche
in Dortmund
as part of the Max-Reger-Wochen 2004 in a collaboration with four choirs: Chor der Hochschule für Musik Herford, Westfälische Kantorei, Münsterchor Herford, and Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins Hamm.
In 2004 Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
was performed in the Mainz Cathedral
in a collaboration with Joshard Daus and the EuropaChorAkademie.
In August 2006 Frank Beermann conducted Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Philharmonische Chöre Siegen und Brühl in the Alfred-Fischer-Halle in Hamm
.
In November 2006 the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducted by Andreas Delfs
, accompanied Renée Fleming
in the Berlin Philharmonie. With the EuropaChorAkademie the orchestra played there Francis Poulenc
's Stabat Mater
and Anton Bruckner's Mass in F minor
.
Andris Nelsons conducted Bartok's Viola Concerto
, with soloist Hermann Menninghaus, and Mahler's Fifth Symphony
in Herford in the final concert with his orchestra in May 2009.
A program of orchestral Lied
er and works of Hans Pfitzner
and Richard Strauss
with baritone
Hans Christoph Begermann and conductor Otto Tausk was also performed in Witten
.
Eugene Tzigane conducted two concerts in the Tonhalle Zürich
, works of Dvořák
and Tschaikovsky
on 3 May 2010, and Carl Maria von Weber's ouverture to Der Freischütz
, Mozarts Clarinet concerto
with Sebastian Manz
, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
on 4 May 2010. Tzigane conducted the concerts marking the orchestra's 60th anniversary in October 2010, Don Juan
of Richard Strauss, the Violin Concerto
of Erich Korngold, with soloist Philippe Quint
, and the Symphony in D minor
of César Franck
.
In November 2010 the orchestra took part in a performance in the Berlin Philharmonie of Hans Krása
's: Die Erde ist des Herrn... and Ein deutsches Requiem
of Brahms.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
based in Herford
Herford
Herford is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford.- Geographic location :...
. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestras (Landesorchester) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
. The orchestra has been shaped by conductors such as Wilhelm Schüchter
Wilhelm Schüchter
Wilhelm Schüchter was a German conductor. He was Generalmusikdirektor in Dortmund and left a legacy of opera recordings.-Professional career:...
, Hermann Scherchen
Hermann Scherchen
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor.-Life:Scherchen was originally a violist and played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens...
, Toshiyuki Kamioka
Toshiyuki Kamioka
Toshiyuki Kamioka is a Japanese conductor and pianist, who lives and works predominantly in Germany since 1984.-Professional career:Toshiyuki Kamioka studied from 1979 to 1983 conducting, composition, piano and violin at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was awarded...
and Andris Nelsons
Andris Nelsons
Andris Nelsons is a Latvian conductor.Nelsons was born in Riga. His mother founded the first early music ensemble in Latvia, and his father was a choral conductor, cellist, and teacher...
, has regularly served several cities in northwest Germany, toured internationally and recorded unusual repertory. Since 2010 the conductor is Eugene Tzigane
Eugene Tzigane
Eugene Tzigane is an American conductor who is currently Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie of Herford, Germany....
.
History
A predecessor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie was founded in 1946 under this name in Bad PyrmontBad Pyrmont
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by members of the former Linzer Reichs-Bruckner-Orchester and the Prager Deutsche Philharmonie. In 1950 this orchestra merged with the Herforder Sinfonisches Orchester. The new orchestra was first named Städtebund-Symphoniker, but in 1951 Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.
Funding
The orchestra is funded partly by the state of North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
and an association of communities in the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Ostwestfalen-Lippe , abbreviation OWL, is a region in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a 2,000-years-old history and culture. Ostwestfalen-Lippe is the eastern part of the region of Westphalia, joined with the Lippe region. Translated to English, the name would be East...
. Members of the association are the cities Bad Salzuflen
Bad Salzuflen
Bad Salzuflen is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2006 it had 54415 inhabitants.-Details:Bad Salzuflen is a spa town and is known for its saltwater springs and thermal baths. In former times the town profited from the salt trade...
, Bünde
Bünde
Bünde is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Bünde is situated between Osnabrück , Hannover and Bielefeld .- Waterways :...
, Detmold
Detmold
Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...
, Herford, Lemgo
Lemgo
Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...
, Minden
Minden
Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...
and Paderborn
Paderborn
Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...
and the districts Herford und Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe....
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Activities
The 78 musicians play about 120 concerts per year, mainly in the cities which support the orchestra, but also on international tours to the United States and Japan, among others. The have played in concert halls such as the Berliner PhilharmonieBerliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture....
, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Großes Festspielhaus
Großes Festspielhaus
The Großes Festspielhaus was designed by the architect Clemens Holzmeister in 1956 for the Salzburg Festival in Austria...
in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
.
The orchestra collaborates with the public radio station WDR3
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
. They recorded more than 200 records and CDs. The orchestra has accompanied singers such as Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko is an Russian operatic soprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna. She has been nicknamed "La Bellissima" by fans.-Biography:...
, Jose Cura
José Cura
José Cura is a prominent operatic tenor known for his intense and original interpretations of his characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson, as well as for his unconventional and innovative concert performances. He is also able to perform high baritone roles with the extended...
, Placido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
, Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
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und Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming is an American soprano specializing in opera and lieder. Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice.Fleming has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano repertoires. She has sung roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English. She also...
. The players are engaged in pedagogical programs for schools and young listeners, reaching more than 12,000 children a year.
The orchestra conducts an international summer academy, in 2010 with Fabio Bidini
Fabio Bidini
Fabio Bidini is an Italian pianist. He was a finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth in 1993. In addition, he teaches at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany.-External links:***...
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Conductors
- 1950–1952: Rolf AgopRolf AgopRolf Agop was a German conductor and academic.-Professional career:After his studies of music in Munich Agop worked first for the Bayerische Landesbühne, a touring theatre, and then for three years as Kapellmeister and choir director at the Kärntner Grenzland-Theater in Klagenfurt...
- 1952–1953: Eugen Pabst
- 1953–1955: Wilhelm SchüchterWilhelm SchüchterWilhelm Schüchter was a German conductor. He was Generalmusikdirektor in Dortmund and left a legacy of opera recordings.-Professional career:...
- 1955–1956: Albert Grünes
- 1956–1961: Kurt Brass
- 1959–1960: Hermann ScherchenHermann ScherchenHermann Scherchen was a German conductor.-Life:Scherchen was originally a violist and played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens...
- 1961–1963: Hermann Hildebrand
- 1963–1969: Richard Krauss
- 1969–1971: Werner Andreas AlbertWerner Andreas AlbertWerner Andreas Albert is a German conductor.He began his studies in musicology and history, and later studying conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Hans Rosbaud. After his 1961 debut with the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, he became chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie...
- 1971–1974: Erich BergelErich BergelErich Bergel was a conductor from Transylvania .-Professional career:Bergel was a flutist of the Hermannstädter Philharmoniker age 18. From 1950 to 1955 he studied conducting, organ and composition at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca...
- 1975–1987: János KulkaJános KulkaJános Kulka was an Hungarian conductor and composer.-Professional career:...
- 1987–1991: Alun FrancisAlun FrancisAlun Francis is a Welsh conductor.-Professional career:Francis was the principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra from 1966 for ten years...
- 1992–1998: Michail Jurowski
- 1998–2006: Toshiyuki KamiokaToshiyuki KamiokaToshiyuki Kamioka is a Japanese conductor and pianist, who lives and works predominantly in Germany since 1984.-Professional career:Toshiyuki Kamioka studied from 1979 to 1983 conducting, composition, piano and violin at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was awarded...
- 2006–2009: Andris NelsonsAndris NelsonsAndris Nelsons is a Latvian conductor.Nelsons was born in Riga. His mother founded the first early music ensemble in Latvia, and his father was a choral conductor, cellist, and teacher...
- from 2010: Eugene TziganeEugene TziganeEugene Tzigane is an American conductor who is currently Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie of Herford, Germany....
Music
Wilhelm Schüchter conducted in 1955 a recording of Smetana's opera The Bartered BrideThe Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the...
performed in German, with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the chorus of the Landestheater Hannover, Erna Berger
Erna Berger
Erna Berger , was a prominent German coloratura lyric soprano. She is most famous for her Queen of the Night and her Konstanze....
, Rudolf Schock
Rudolf Schock
Rudolf Johann Schock was a German tenor.He sang a wide repertory from operetta to Lohengrin, recording among others opera and lieder, doing television, radio and film work. Slim and handsome, he made many films.His voice fell almost into the heldentenor fach but was smaller and more...
, Gottlob Frick
Gottlob Frick
Gottlob Frick was a German bass who sang in opera. He was known for his wide repertory including Wagner and Mozart roles, as well as those of Nicolai and Lortzing.-Career:...
, Hanns-Heinz Nissen, Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig is a retired German mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio and other major religious works like masses and passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature...
, Theodor Schlott and Marga Höffgen.
In 1960 Hermann Scherchen recorded works of Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
with alto Margarete Bence and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, including Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture), Serenade for orchestra, Romantic Suite for orchestra, An die Hoffnung, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven and Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132, is a set of variations for orchestra composed in 1914 by Max Reger; the composer conducted the premiere in Berlin on February 5, 1915.-Description:...
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Werner Andreas Albert conducted the orchestra in a recording of Robert Volkmann
Robert Volkmann
Friedrich Robert Volkmann was a German composer.-Life:He was born in Lommatzsch, Saxony, Germany. His father was a music director for a church, so he trained his son in music to prepare him as a successor...
's orchestral works, two ouvertures, two symphonies and a cello concerto with soloist Johannes Wohlmacher.
The orchestra, conducted by Erich Bergel, accompanied pianist Volker Banfield
Volker Banfield
Volker Banfield is a German pianist.He studied at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in Detmold, beginning at age 14. Afterward he moved to the United States and studied at the Juilliard School and at the University of Texas . He then returned to live in Germany and toured extensively...
on a recording of Les Djinns, a symphonic poem for piano and orchestra of César Franck
César Franck
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
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János Kulka conducted the orchestra for a recording of works of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major is the sixth work of the 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies composed by Franz Liszt. This work was dedicated to Count Antoine of Appony and uses the form of Lassan and Friska like many other rhapsodies...
, Two Episodes of Lenau's Faust and Hunnenschlacht
Hunnenschlacht (Liszt)
Hunnenschlacht , S.105, is a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt, written in 1857 after a painting of the same name by Wilhelm von Kaulbach.The painting depicts the battle of the Catalaunian Fields in 451 AD, where the Hun armies led by Attila fought a savage battle against a Roman coalition led by Roman...
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Alun Francis conducted a recording of Carl Reinecke
Carl Reinecke
Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist.-Biography:Reinecke was born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany; until 1864 the town was under Danish rule. He studied with his father, Johann Peter Rudolph Reinecke, a music teacher...
's four piano concertos with pianist Klaus Hellwig.
Conducted by Michail Jurowski, they played in 1995 the premiere recording of Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
's unfinished opera The Gamblers after Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
, completed by Krzysztof Meyer
Krzysztof Meyer
Krzysztof Meyer is a Polish composer, pianist and music scholar.-Biography:Meyer was born in Cracow. As a boy he played piano and organ. He began his composition study early – in 1954, with Stanisław Wiechowicz...
in 1981, sung in Russian by soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...
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Toshiyuki Kamioka conducted Einojuhani Rautavaara
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Einojuhani Rautavaara is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music, and is one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius.-Life:...
's Symphony No.7 (Angel of Light)
Symphony No. 7 (Rautavaara)
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote his Symphony No. 7, subtitled Angel of Light, in 1994. It belongs to his Angel Series, inspired by childhood dreams and revelations. The symphony has won wide popularity for its deep spirituality. The premiere recording by Segerstam has won a Grammy...
in January 2000 in Detmold, Paderborn, Herford, Bad Salzuflen and Minden.
Max Reger
Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
's monumental Der 100. Psalm was performed in the Reinoldikirche
Reinoldikirche
The Protestant St. Reinoldi-church is, according to its foundation date, the oldest extant church in Dortmund, Germany; it is dedicated to Saint Reinoldus, the patron of the city. The church was built as a palatinate church in the Ottonian era. The present building is a late Romanesque church with ...
in Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
as part of the Max-Reger-Wochen 2004 in a collaboration with four choirs: Chor der Hochschule für Musik Herford, Westfälische Kantorei, Münsterchor Herford, and Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins Hamm.
In 2004 Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
War Requiem
The War Requiem, Op. 66 is a large-scale, non-liturgical setting of the Requiem Mass composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed January 1962. Interspersed with the traditional Latin texts, in telling juxtaposition, are settings of Wilfred Owen poems...
was performed in the Mainz Cathedral
Mainz Cathedral
Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral is located near the historical center and pedestrianized market square of the city of Mainz, Germany...
in a collaboration with Joshard Daus and the EuropaChorAkademie.
In August 2006 Frank Beermann conducted Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. Apart from the Eighth Symphony, this symphony was Mahler's most popular and successful work during his lifetime. It is his first major work that would eventually mark his...
the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Philharmonische Chöre Siegen und Brühl in the Alfred-Fischer-Halle in Hamm
Hamm
Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway...
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In November 2006 the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducted by Andreas Delfs
Andreas Delfs
Andreas Delfs is a German conductor. He is the conductor laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Honolulu Symphony.-Biography:...
, accompanied Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming is an American soprano specializing in opera and lieder. Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice.Fleming has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano repertoires. She has sung roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English. She also...
in the Berlin Philharmonie. With the EuropaChorAkademie the orchestra played there Francis Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les six. He composed solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, choral music, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music...
's Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater (Poulenc)
Stabat Mater is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence composed by Francis Poulenc in 1950. Poulenc composed the piece in response to the death of his friend, artist Christian Bérard; he considered writing a Requiem for Bérard, but, after returning to the shrine of the Black Virgin of...
and Anton Bruckner's Mass in F minor
Mass No. 3 (Bruckner)
The Mass No. 3 in F minor WAB 28 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ. After the 1867 success of Bruckner's Mass No...
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Andris Nelsons conducted Bartok's Viola Concerto
Viola Concerto (Bartók)
Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 was written in July – August 1945, in Saranac Lake, New York, while he was suffering from the terminal stages of leukemia. It was commissioned by William Primrose. Along with the Piano Concerto No. 3, it is his last work, and he left it incomplete at...
, with soloist Hermann Menninghaus, and Mahler's Fifth Symphony
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor by Gustav Mahler was composed in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at Mahler's cottage at Maiernigg. Among its most distinctive features are the funereal trumpet solo that opens the work and the frequently performed Adagietto.The musical canvas and...
in Herford in the final concert with his orchestra in May 2009.
A program of orchestral Lied
Lied
is a German word literally meaning "song", usually used to describe romantic songs setting German poems of reasonably high literary aspirations, especially during the nineteenth century, beginning with Carl Loewe, Heinrich Marschner, and Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf...
er and works of Hans Pfitzner
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.-Biography:Pfitzner was born in Moscow, Russia, where his...
and Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
with baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
Hans Christoph Begermann and conductor Otto Tausk was also performed in Witten
Witten
Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...
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Eugene Tzigane conducted two concerts in the Tonhalle Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, works of Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
and Tschaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
on 3 May 2010, and Carl Maria von Weber's ouverture to Der Freischütz
Der Freischütz
Der Freischütz is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin...
, Mozarts Clarinet concerto
Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)
Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 was written in 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler.It consists of the usual three movements, in a fast–slow–fast form:# Allegro# Adagio# Rondo: Allegro...
with Sebastian Manz
Sebastian Manz
Sebastian Manz is a German clarinetist.Manz began studying clarinet at Musikhochschule Lübeck in 1997. He won first place in Jugend musiziert in 1994 and 1999-2003. He was the first clarinetist in 40 years to win first prize in the ARD International Music Competition in Munich...
, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, in 1811, was the seventh of his nine symphonies. He worked on it while staying in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice in the hope of improving his health. It was completed in 1812, and was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries.At its debut,...
on 4 May 2010. Tzigane conducted the concerts marking the orchestra's 60th anniversary in October 2010, Don Juan
Don Juan (Strauss)
Don Juan, Op. 20 is a tone poem for large orchestra by the German composer Richard Strauss, written in 1888. The composer conducted its premiere on 11 November 1889 with the orchestra of the Weimar Opera, where he served as Court Kapellmeister....
of Richard Strauss, the Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto (Korngold)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, in 1945.-Instrumentation:Working in the lush, lyrical idiom reminiscent of fin de siècle Vienna, Korngold scored the concerto for elaborate instrumental forces...
of Erich Korngold, with soloist Philippe Quint
Philippe Quint
-Biography:Quint, whose surname is of Italian origin, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at Moscow's Special Music School for the Gifted with Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov and made his orchestral debut at the age of nine. After emigrating to the United States in 1991, he earned both...
, and the Symphony in D minor
Symphony in D minor (Franck)
The Symphony in D minor is the most famous orchestral work and the only symphony written by the 19th-century Belgian composer César Franck. After two years of work, the symphony was completed 22 August 1888. It was premiered at the Paris Conservatory on 17 February 1889 under the direction of ...
of César Franck
César Franck
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
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In November 2010 the orchestra took part in a performance in the Berlin Philharmonie of Hans Krása
Hans Krása
Hans Krása was a Czech composer who was killed in the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.-Life:...
's: Die Erde ist des Herrn... and Ein deutsches Requiem
Ein deutsches Requiem
A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest...
of Brahms.
External links
- Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie website (in German)
- Entries for the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...