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Jan 18, 2024 · Kurt Weill’s work stands front and center in New York City during the first months of 2024. Carnegie Hall’s festival “ Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice ” includes a generous helping of the composer’s music.
6 days ago · The revaluation of works from Kurt Weill’s time in the United States, their relationship to the music he composed in pre-war Germany, and his broader impact on American musical culture have all been central concerns in recent Weill research. These issues dominate two substantial new contributions to English-language Weill scholarship.
Aug 12, 2024 · Joana Mallwitz conducts the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in Kurt Weill's two symphonies and “The Seven Deadly Sins”.
Aug 24, 2024 · British altoist Braysher turns to the lesser-known Kurt Weill (from his American period) and renders it mellifluous, swinging quartet jazz
Jul 31, 2024 · The Kurt Weill Album, set for release 2nd August, features both of those symphonies, played with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, along with his celebrated “sung ballet” The Seven Deadly Sins. “The two symphonies are not so often heard in concerts”, Mallwitz says. “We don’t really see Weill as a symphonic composer.
Jan 10, 2024 · When Kurt Weill died of cardiac arrest on April 3, 1950, in New York, his ambitions for American opera were not yet fulfilled. He had begun collaborating with Maxwell Anderson on a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and had dreams of turning Herman Melville's Moby Dick into an opera.
6 days ago · The Kurt Weill Edition. The Foundation is in the process of publishing Kurt Weill's musical legacy in newly-engraved full scores that uphold the highest scholarly and critical standards.
Jun 14, 2024 · Kurt Weill (1900–1950) wrote the “Berliner Symphonie” when he was 21, while studying in Berlin with Busoni. It was based on incidental music planned for a Festspiel by Johannes R. Becher and, for Mallwitz, reveals a young composer who “wants to do and say everything”.
Nov 12, 2023 · A world-premiere recording of Kurt Weill's “Prophets” -- originally intended as the last act of “The Eternal Road” -- with excellent singers, plus Thomas Hampson in Weill’s Walt Whitman Songs.
Oct 17, 2023 · Listen to music by Kurt Weill on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Kurt Weill including Speak Low (demo), 6 Songs: No. 1. Lost In the Stars and more.
