KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Brecht Composers: A Musical Brecht-fest, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

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Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1986.11.10.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

130 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1986-11-10 | broadcast
| 1986-11-06 | created

Genres

Operas
Music Theater

Musical Selections

[music from the film “Niemandsland”] (1931) / Hanns Eisler -- Galathea [text by Frank Wedekind] (1901) / Arnold Schoenberg -- Hin und zurück (”There and Back”) [libretto by Marcellus Schiffer] (1927) / Paul Hindemith -- Jonny spielt auf (“Johnny strikes up the band”), Op. 45 [excerpt] (1925) / Ernst Krenek -- Concerto, for piano, orchestra, and male chorus, Op. 39 [excerpt] (1879) / Ferruccio Busoni -- Der Jasager [excerpt, text by B. Brecht, after Japanese noh play “Taniko”] (1930) / Kurt Weill -- Erwartung Op. 17 [excerpt, libretto by Marie von Pappenheim] (1909) / Arnold Schoenberg

Performers

Marnie Nixon, soprano (Galathea)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Hin)
Arthur Grüber, conductor. (Hin)
Barbara Miller, soprano (Hin)
Claus Bock, tenor (Hin)
Ulrich Schaible, baritone (Hin)
Helmur Kühnle, bass (Hin)
Evelyn Lear, soprano (Jonny)
Lucia Popp, soprano (Jonny)
Gerd Feldhoff, baritone (Jonny)
William Blankenship, tenor (Jonny)
Thomas Stewart, bass-baritone (Jonny)
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir (Jonny)
Vienna "Volksoper" Orchestra (Jonny)
Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor (Jonny)
John Ogdon, piano (Concerto)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Concerto)
Daniell Revenaugh, conductor (Concerto)
Joseph Protschka, boy soprano (Der Jasager)
Lys Bert, vocals (Der Jasager)
Willibald Vohla, vocals (Der Jasager)
Düsseldorf Children’s Chorus and chamber orchestra (Der Jasager)
Siegfried Kohler, conductor (Der Jasager)
Anja Silja, soprano (Erwartung)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Erwartung)
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor (Erwartung)

Subjects

Songs (High voice) with piano
Operas -- Excerpts
Music theater
Concertos (Piano)
Communism

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.