Am Freitag, den 28. Oktober, werden Joanna Talarkiewicz, Sojeong Son und Hanna Raniszewska meine Komposition Tiefes Herz nach Versen von Sarah Kirsch für Singstimme, Flöte und Klavier uraufführen. Das Stück erklingt in einer öffentlichen Liedmeisterklasse meiner lieben Kollegin Karola Theill, gemeinsam mit Musik von Lachner, Brahms, Saint-Saëns und Vaughan Williams. Es wird ein fragiles und zartklingendes Erlebnis – ich würde mich über eure Gegenwart im Saal freuen.
Events
Chorkonzert in der UdK
Kürzlich gab der Kammerchor der UdK Berlin, in dem ich begeisterter Mitwirkender bin, ein gut besuchtes Konzert mit Motetten von Johann Hermann Schein und Max Reger. Es darf gern hineingehört werden: Hier ist der Mitschnitt von Regers magischem Chorlied Die Nacht ist kommen, Op. 138 Nr. 3, eines meiner innigst geliebten Stücke der gesamten Chorliteratur.
Metner-Wettbewerb Sankt Petersburg
The First International Nikolai Karlovich Medtner Competition will be held at the end of November 2016 in St Petersburg, organised by Nota Bene Association. The competition is open for pianists, vocalists and musicological research and review in English or Russian language. Applications are accepted until 15 October. The submission guidelines can be found here; they didn’t announce them in translation for whatever reason, but I was told that contributions in English are welcome.
Update November 2016: The competition’s musicological research and review section was cancelled due to an insufficient number of contributions. This fact was communicated only upon request.
Klavierabend Eckardstein und Gurdal
Life is so full of contrasts. Only two days after appearing as a jury member in the OneBeat SampleSlam at Kantine am Berghain, gladly evaluating some amazing productions of electronic music, I was lucky enough to witness another outstanding Metner experience today. Severin von Eckardstein and Michèle Gurdal were playing his 3rd Piano Concerto at Piano Salon Christophori, leaving me completely stunned. Apart from enjoying one of the very rare occasions to hear this piece performed live, it has been an overwhelming encounter with intelligent, emotional, and simply breathtaking musicianship. Besides, eavesdropping on what people chat after listening to what they consider to be just another late-Romantic virtuoso concerto makes me feel even more grateful to belong to a curious species—a company of some assorted, enlightened, and inaugurated bastards acquainted with Nikolai Karlovich Metner’s music. Thank you for an unforgettable evening!
Symposium Digitalisierung in Detmold
Feels good to be back in Detmold again. Taking part in a symposium on digitalisation routines in teaching, performance, and research at music universities. Glad to be here, and looking forward to meeting some old Detmoldian acquaintances tomorrow!