Podcasts about hk gruber

Es gibt eigentlich nichts, was er nicht kann, der österreichische Komponist, Dirigent, und Chansonnier HK (Heinz Karl) "Nali" Gruber. Die Musik, die er schreibt, spielt oder singt, kann eigenartig und verrückt klingen. Nur eines darf sie nicht: einen Einführungsvortrag brauchen, damit sie verstanden wird. Diese Prämisse bezieht sich auf seine eigenen Werke, vom Pandämonium Frankenstein!! bis zur Oper Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald. Und sie gilt genauso für seine persönlichen Favourites, die er heute vorstellt: Musik der Moderne von Strawinsky, Eisler und Weill. Außerdem Aktuelles von John Adams, Hans Bernhard Deutsch und natürlich: HK Gruber.

Das diesjährige Mainzer Komponist*innenportrait, das vom 26. bis 28. Januar 2024 im Staatstheater Mainz sowie in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz stattfindet, widmet sich HK Gruber. Der österreichische Künstler feiert international große Erfolge: als Dirigent, Chansonnier und Komponist, der sich stilistisch zwischen allen Sprachen gekonnt bewegt. Sabine Fallenstein über ein Wochenende, bei dem man dem Komponisten ganz nahekommen kann.

Was der Komponist mit Grafenegg verbindetDas Grafenegg Festival 2023 lässt zeitgenössische Musik heuer hochleben wie kaum in einem anderen Jahr zuvor. Ein Vertreter sticht dabei besonders hervor: HK Gruber, der kürzlich seinen 80. Geburtstag feierte und Grafenegg äußerst verbunden ist.  Im Podcast spricht er über seine Zeit als Kontrabassist im Tonkünstler-Orchester, über die Anfänge des Grafenegg Festival, den Wert der Nachwuchsförderung und vieles mehr – und nimmt uns dabei mit auf eine Zeitreise durch die Geschichte Grafeneggs. grafenegg.com/podcast Gestaltung: Miriam Steiner

Synopsis In Austrian culture there is a theatrical tradition that pokes fun at anything somber and serious. Mozart's opera “The Magic Flute” taps into this in the person of Papageno, and in the 19th century the Austrian actor Johann Nestroy deflated pomposity in his satirical plays, including one wicked sendup of Wagner's opera “Tannhauser.” In our own time, this tradition is alive and well – and even Mozart is not immune. How else do you explain a 1991 Austrian film titled: “Bring Me the Head of Amadeus!” – a work ostensibly released in honor of the 200th anniversary of the composer's death? That film's soundtrack was written by a musical jack-of-all-trades named H.K. Gruber, who was born in Vienna on today's date in 1943. Gruber has composed what might be called “normal” concertos and such but is best known for “abnormal” works, including a piece he describes as a “pandemonium” for voice and chamber ensemble titled “Frankenstein!” “Frankenstein!” is a musical setting of some very macabre poems by a fellow Austrian named H.C. Artmann. Oddly enough, its bizarre Viennese humor translates well with audiences worldwide. As Gruber puts it: “The poems evokes in each culture a unique set of metaphors and associations. The gloomy Russian temperament, for example, seems to find our ‘Frankenstein' particularly amusing!” Music Played in Today's Program HK Gruber (b. 1943) Three Mob Pieces London Mob Ensemble; HK Gruber EMI 56441 HK Gruber (b. 1943) Frankenstein!! HK Gruber, singer (?); Salzburg Camerata; Franz Welser-Most, conductor. EMI 56441

Jess Gillam and composer Daniel Elms swap the tracks they love. Daniel's choices include a string quartet by Thomas Adès, a song by My Bloody Valentine, and the crazy cabaret of HK Gruber; Jess brings lush orchestral scores by Prokofiev and Sibelius, and a souful song from Lorraine Ellison. Playlist: DANIEL ELMS: Consolations in travel [BBC Concert Orchestra/Robert Ames] THOMAS ADES: Arcadiana - VI: "O Albion" [Endellion String Quartet] PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet: Act 3, XLVII: Juliet alone [Oslo Philharmonic/Vassily Petrenko] MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Sometimes DONNY McASLIN: Body blow HK GRUBER: Frankenstein!! - Rat song and Crusoe song [BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber] SIBELIUS: The Bard [Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi] KITAMURA MASASHI & PHONOGENIX: 'Variation III' LORRAINE ELLISON: Stay with me, baby

Synopsis It was on today's date in 1926, an avant-garde musical piece entitled “Ballet Mechanique,” scored for multiple pianos and percussion, had its PUBLIC premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Its composer was a 25-year old American named George Antheil. But Antheil's piece had its PRIVATE premiere earlier that year at the palatial Parisian home of a very beautiful – and very rich – young American who wanted to break into elite European society. Antheil suggested that the lure of cutting edge music and buckets of free champagne would win over her specially invited audience of Parisian bluebloods. Antheil described the scene as follows: “8 grand pianos filled up the giant living room completely and without an extra inch of room, while the xylophones and percussion were located in the side room and on the giant staircase. [The conductor] stood at the top of the piano in the center. To this already jammed-packed house, add 200 guests!" Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the champagne, but it did the trick. “The last we saw of our beautiful young hostess that day,” Antheil recalled, “she was being thrown up and down in a blanket by two princesses, a duchess, and three Italian marchesas.” Music Played in Today's Program George Antheil (1900 - 1959): Ballet Mecanique (Ensemble Modern; HK Gruber, cond.) RCA 68066

Synopsis It was on today's date in 1926, an avant-garde musical piece entitled “Ballet Mechanique,” scored for multiple pianos and percussion, had its PUBLIC premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Its composer was a 25-year old American named George Antheil. But Antheil's piece had its PRIVATE premiere earlier that year at the palatial Parisian home of a very beautiful – and very rich – young American who wanted to break into elite European society. Antheil suggested that the lure of cutting edge music and buckets of free champagne would win over her specially invited audience of Parisian bluebloods. Antheil described the scene as follows: “8 grand pianos filled up the giant living room completely and without an extra inch of room, while the xylophones and percussion were located in the side room and on the giant staircase. [The conductor] stood at the top of the piano in the center. To this already jammed-packed house, add 200 guests!" Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the champagne, but it did the trick. “The last we saw of our beautiful young hostess that day,” Antheil recalled, “she was being thrown up and down in a blanket by two princesses, a duchess, and three Italian marchesas.” Music Played in Today's Program George Antheil (1900 - 1959): Ballet Mecanique (Ensemble Modern; HK Gruber, cond.) RCA 68066

Belgian trumpeter Jeroen Berwaerts is a musical force to be reckoned with, whose all-embracing love of music knows no genre boundaries. Praised for his outstanding technical capabilities and sensitive musicality, his repertoire encompasses every epoch, from baroque to contemporary music and jazz.  Placing the standard repertoire for trumpet in ingenious programmes and unusual contexts has become Jeroen Berwaerts’ calling card. One such programme places Handel’s Feuerwerksmusik and dances from Rameau’s opera Dardarus alongside chansons by Jacques Brel. The singing roles in such programmes is generally taken up by Jeroen Berwaerts himself, who – alongside his active career as a trumpeter – completed jazz vocal studies at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent  Jeroen Berwaerts’ extraordinary commitment to contemporary music is evident in the numerous world premieres he has given, including Toshio Hosokawa’s second trumpet concerto Im Nebel and Francesco Filidei’s Carnevale. After Håkan Hardenberger he was the second trumpeter worldwide to add HK Gruber’s Busking (2007) to his repertoire.   In 2017, Jeroen Berwaerts’ discography was complemented by the album Signals from Heaven, recorded with Salaputia Brass, with whom he is trumpeter, jazz-vocalist and ensemble director. His recording of Paul Hindemith’s trumpet sonata with Alexander Melnikov was released on Harmonia Mundi in 2015. In 2012 he recorded Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra under Teodor Currentzis with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the same year he recorded Toshio Hosokawa’s Voyage VII with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.  Jeroen Berwaerts studied in Karlsruhe with the celebrated trumpet virtuoso Reinhold Friedrich. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover. Jeroen Berwaerts is Professor in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is an official Yamaha Artist.   

«NOTEN & SCHLÜSSEL»Konzerteinführungen aus Grafenegg, die Ohren öffnenEmilia Pelliccia über  das Programm des Konzerts in Grafenegg am 24. Oktober. InterpretenEUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRAHÅKAN HARDENBERGER, TrompeteMARIN ALSOP, Dirigentin   ProgrammAARON COPLAND«Fanfare for the Common Man»JOAN TOWER«Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman»HK GRUBER«Aerial» Konzert für Trompete und OrchesterIGOR STRAWINSKISuite aus dem Ballett «Der Feuervogel» (Fassung 1919) grafenegg.com/podcast

„Wenn der Komponist noch lebt, ist Vorsicht geboten“ – das Gerücht hält sich ziemlich hartnäckig. In manchen Fällen mag das stimmen, aber es gibt auch Gegenbeispiele: Zeitgenössische Musik, die überhaupt nicht elitär und schmerzhaft für die Ohren ist, sondern ziemlich zugänglich und unterhaltsam. Ein lebendes Beispiel dafür ist der österreichische Komponist HK Gruber.Der Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/saitenwechsel-hk-gruber

„Wenn der Komponist noch lebt, ist Vorsicht geboten“ – das Gerücht hält sich ziemlich hartnäckig. In manchen Fällen mag das stimmen, aber es gibt auch Gegenbeispiele: Zeitgenössische Musik, die überhaupt nicht elitär und schmerzhaft für die Ohren ist, sondern ziemlich zugänglich und unterhaltsam. Ein lebendes Beispiel dafür ist der österreichische Komponist HK Gruber.Der Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/saitenwechsel-hk-gruber

Bekannte und unbekannte Musik von Kurt Weill stellt das Ensemble Modern mit HK Gruber auf seinem neuen Album vor. Mit dabei ist auch das Vokalensemble amarcord.

Es ist ein besonders gerne und oft aufgeführtes Werk zeitgenössischer Musik und damit ähnlich beliebt wie sein filmischer Verwandter: "Frankenstein!!" des österreichischen Komponisten HK Gruber. Beim Konzert des Münchener Kammerorchesters am 21. März wird er selbst den Chansonnier geben. Welche Schreckensfiguren in seinem Pandämonium so unterwegs sind, erzählt HK Gruber gleich zu Beginn des Gesprächs.

Composer HK Gruber and trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger compare notes.

Andrew McGregor explores recordings of music by the many-faceted composer HK Gruber

Cellist Matthew Barley talks to Sean Rafferty about HK Gruber's hugely challenging cello concerto which he will perform at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall this Friday (17th April) with the BBC Philharmonic and Gruber himself conducting.

Writer and critic Paul Driver explains why Maxwell Davies’s 8 Songs For A Mad King is so uniquely important in the development of music theatre; and the Viennese composer and chansonnier HK Gruber describes the work from the inside, as a performer who has sung the taxing part of the King many times.