Works by Schönberg on the occasion of his 150th birthday: “Transfigured Night”, and works by four other composers of this period.
Two concerts in tribute to Arnold Schönberg:
Saturday, November 16 at 6 p.m. at the Saessolsheim multipurpose hall, piano recital by Michel Gaechter: works by Schönberg ("Transfigured Night"), and 4 other composers from this period
Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Saessolsheim multipurpose hall: Voice-piano recital, Hélène Le Corre (soprano), Michel Gaechter (piano). Works by Debussy, Ravel, Berg, Schönberg (The Book of Hanging Gardens)
Blüthner piano from 1877, restored by Benjamin Renoux.
Free admission - free participation (platform).
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Arnold Schönberg (whose 150th birthday is this year) is one of the major figures of music in the first half of the 20th century, he made his career in Vienna, Berlin and then in the United States.
On Saturday, November 16 at 6 p.m., Michel Gaechter will give a piano recital with, among other things, the transcription he made of the famous Transfigured Night (Verklärte Nacht), as well as works by Debussy and Bartók, Wagner and Brahms.
On Sunday, November 17 at 4:30 p.m., Hélène Le Corre (soprano) and Michel Gaechter will give a voice/piano recital, including one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of Lied, Schönberg's The Book of Hanging Gardens (Das Buch der hängenden Gärten), as well as works by Debussy, Ravel and Alban Berg.
These two concerts will allow you to hear a magnificent Blüthner piano from 1877.
About the artists:
Michel Gaechter studied in Paris Freiburg, he teaches at the Strasbourg Conservatory. He recorded the complete piano works of Schönberg, then produced and recorded a transcription for solo piano of the Transfigured Night, which attracted the interest of the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna. Hélène Le Corre studied in Paris and Vienna (Austria). She was part of the troupe at the Opéra National de Lyon and the Opéra de Bern, and is currently pursuing a career as a soloist.
If you would like to participate in a carpool, as a passenger or driver, contact the Association des Amis de l’Orgue de Saessolsheim, who will try to organize it. Carpooling is: saving money, a good approach for the environment, simplifying parking, maybe meeting nice people…
Information, reservations: ASAMOS, by phone: 03 88 70 52 75 – 06 88 12 54 79; e-mail: asamos@orange.fr; website: http://asamos.org - https://www.facebook.com/SaessolsheimConcerts