Tag: Wolfgang Rihm
New recordings from classical culture
The code BWV, not to be confused with BMW, the car manufacturer, is one of the sacrosanct identifiers of the world of classical music. What is meant is the Bach…
Concerts for the 70th birthday of the composer Wolfgang Rihm – culture
Viola and cello entwine closely in the first double song of Wolfgang Rihm. Orchestral voices intertwine, entwine the two. Only the drums call for war and finally let the piece…
Wolfgang Rihm: Two new biographies about the composer – culture
Wolfgang Rihm’s musical thinking iis intellectually sharpened and his music is highly expressive and emotionally charged. It is therefore no wonder that two ambitious and very different Rihm monographs were…
Wolfgang Rihm turns 70: an interview about Putin, Ukraine, classic – culture
Interviewed by Reinhard J Brembeck Wolfgang Rihm is world-renowned as a composer of new music. His oeuvre is enormous, comprising several hundred works, including many operas, piano pieces, string quartets…
Heidelberg String Quartet Festival honors Wolfgang Rihm – culture
When the moderator Oliver Wille asks about the possible right or wrong when playing Wolfgang Rihm’s quartets, Rihm counters with a laugh: “I’m not the policeman of my grades!” The…