Connect mdw celebrates 150 years of Schönberg at the Musikverein
Date: December 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM - 21:00
Registration Deadline: December 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Location: Gottfried von Einem Saal, Musikverein
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The mdw invites its alumni:ae on December 9, 2024 to the work introduction with reception and subsequent concert of the Webern Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein.
Meeting point: December 9, 2024 at 6.30 pm, Gottfried von Einem Hall, Musikverein
Moderation, Angelika Dorfer
Work introduction, Therese Muxeneder
Arnold Schönberg's
symphonic poem "Pelleas and Melisande" tells of soul mates and deep
love, of jealousy and death. The young composer's first major orchestral work
is Richard Wagner's leitmotifs as well as the variant technique of his teacher
Alexander Zemlinsky and the orchestration of Richard Strauss. However,
Schönberg also explores his sense of form and space in a highly independent
fuses nature and soul in post-romantic sound poetry. In the genesis, content
and aspects of the work premiered at the Musikverein in 1905.
Therese Muxeneder has been head of the collection at the Arnold Schönberg
Center in Vienna since 1998. Research activities on the Viennese School and
Schönberg. Author "Arnold Schönberg & Karl Kraus" (2024).
An event in cooperation with the Arnold Schönberg Center and the Orchestra Office of the mdw.
Concert: 7:30 pm, Great Hall,
Musikverein
The Webern Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Axel Kober
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas and Melisande. Symphonic poem op. 5
Axel Kober has been chief conductor of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 2019, General Music Director since 2019. Recurring guest conductorships have taken him to the Bayreuth Festival and the Vienna State Opera, among others, where he has conducted a diverse repertoire since his debut in 2016.
Registration: fully booked (limited number of participants, first come first serve)
Waiting list: taschler@mdw.ac.at
Reserved tickets can be collected from 6 p.m. at the ticket office of the Musikverein (Mr Mag.phil. Clemens Aigner, MAS).
Contact:
Mag.a Anita Taschler, MA
Alumni Relations - Office of the Rector
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna
T +43 1 711 55-6009
M +43 664 8414329
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