大象传媒

Fiona Talkington presents one of the highlights of the European concert season.

Vasily Petrenko conducts the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart in early 20th-century masterpieces, including Stravinsky鈥檚 Petrushka and Berg鈥檚 Seven Early Songs, with soprano Chen Reiss.

The first years of the 20th century were an era of change. Musical revolutionaries like Arnold Sch枚nberg or Igor Stravinsky appeared on the scene. Others stayed closer to tradition, like the fascinating sound magician Franz Schreker or the young Alban Berg. But they were all looking for new ways of expression. In the important musical centres of Europe - Vienna, Berlin and Paris - there was rumbling. There was a spirit of optimism in the air. Nobody knew where the journey was going, and this enormous range of music around 1910 still impresses today.

Schrecker: Prelude to a Drama
Berg: Seven Early Songs (version for soprano and orchestra):
Night (Carl Hauptmann)
Schilflied (Nikolaus Lenau)
Die Nachtigall (Theodor Storm)
Traumgekr枚nt (Rainer Maria Rilke)
In the room (Johannes Schlaf)
Liebesode (Otto Erich Hartleben)
Summer days (Paul Hohenberg)

Stravinsky: Petrushka

Chen Reiss, soprano
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Concert given in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, on 18/11/2022.