SOUNDBRIDGES
Chen Reiss | Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Frauenkirche Dresden
"Shimmering gold and shadows" programme
Alfred Grünfeld Little Serenade
Alexander Zemlinsky Waltz Songs
Gustav Mahler Piano Quintet (version for chamber orchestra)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Nine Shakespeare Songs
Gustav Mahler Adagio from the 10th Symphony (version for chamber orchestra)
Soprano Chen Reiss
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
. Symphony (version for chamber orchestra)
Soprano Chen Reiss
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Conducted by Daniel Grossmann
Vienna's heyday from 1900 to 1938 was significantly characterised by Jewish artists such as Gustav Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the now forgotten Alfred Grünfeld and many others. Surprising connections emerge between these names: Mahler lived as a grammar school student in 1871/72 as a lodger with the Grünfeld family. The nine-year-old Korngold played Mahler a cantata he had composed himself - he sent the young composer-to-be to lessons with Alexander Zemlinsky... These and other anecdotes come to life in today's concert programme. Conductor Daniel Grossmann explains, for example, how Mahler's 10th Symphony is connected to Alma Mahler - and how Korngold's fascination with Shakespeare blossomed in exile.
About the organiser
The Frauenkirche Dresden Foundation was established in 1994 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, the Free State of Saxony and the state capital of Dresden.
Until the completion of the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche, the main task was the reconstruction of the historic building; since 2005, the Frauenkirche Dresden Foundation has been responsible for organising life in the church and maintaining the church building.