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Kurt Weill at the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Jan. 03, 2017

Kurt Weill at the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

The new year kicks off with a wealth of Kurt Weill performances, starting with three performances of Weill’s Kleine Dreigroschenmusik by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by music director Alan Gilbert (January 5-7). Following that, the Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn performs Die Sieben Todsünden on January 18 and a new production of Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny opens at Oper Halle on January 21, which runs in repertory through May 19.

Later in the month, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra holds a three week festival, titled “Lift Every Voice,” dedicated to the lives and work of Weill, human rights activist Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and Martin Luther King, Jr. On January 21 and 22, Storm Large performs The Seven Deadly Sins, and violinist Daniel Hope gives the US premiere of the Song-Suite for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Bateman), conducted by Jeffrey Kahane. The festival also includes a chamber concert featuring Weill’s String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 (January 15), as well as a fully staged production of Lost in the Stars (January 28 and 29).

To see the complete list of performances coming up this month, view the performance calendar on kwf.org.

Kurt Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) (1929)
suite from "Die Dreigroschenoper" for wind orchestra
2(pic).2.asax.tsax.sax(ssax).2-2.0.1.1-timp.perc-bnj.gtr(or harp).acc.pno
22’

Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1933)
ballet chanté in nine scenes
lyrics (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht


for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, dancer and corps de ballet


2(2pic).1.2.1-2.2.1.1-timp.perc-hp.pno.bnj(gtr)-str


35'

​Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1927/29)
opera in three acts
text (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Jeremy Sams
S, Mz, 3T, 2Bar, B; chorus and orchestra
2(2pic)1.1.ssax.asax.tsax.2(cbsn)-2.3.2.1-perc.timp-pno.harm ad lib.banjo.bass gtr.bandoneon-str
Stage orchestra: 2(2pic).2.3sax(ssax, asax, tsax).2-2.2.2.1-perc-pno.zither or xyl.banjo.bandoneon-3 vn
full evening

Song-Suite for Violin and Orchestra
version for violin and chamber orchestra
arranged by Paul Bateman
2.1.2.1-2.2.1.1-timp.perc.glsp-hp.gtr-str
19'

String Quartet No 1, Op. 8 (1922-1923)
10’

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