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Kurt Weill in The New York Times — "Unearthing a National Treasure. Finally."

Mar. 29, 2017

Kurt Weill in The New York Times — "Unearthing a National Treasure. Finally."

"One of [Germany's most significant and innovative composers ... a musical hero."
– The New York Times

Kurt Weill is receiving renewed attention following the recent publication of a full-page feature in The New York Times. The article, “Unearthing a National Treasure. Finally”, explores the change in reception of Weill’s music in Germany since reunification and the founding of the Kurt Weill Fest in Dessau 25 years ago. Times culture reporter Joshua Barone writes,

Slowly but surely, Germany has played catch-up with Weill’s music — in particular through the Kurt Weill Festival…[which] began as a fantasy and has since grown into a microcosm of the work Germany has done to restore the legacy of a musical hero.


Read the full interview at The New York Times:



Many notable performances of Weill’s music take place this month. On April 20, Osmo Vanskä conducts Weill’s Violin Concerto with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Erin Keefe. Conductor Jan Latham-König leads the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in a program of works based on the theme “Refugees,” including Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (April 22). The Sinfonieorchester Aachen performs Die sieben Todsünden (April 23), conducted by Kazum Abdullah, and starring Rebecca Jo Loeb, a past winner of the Lotte Lenya Competition, in the role of Anna I. At the end of the month, the Salzburger Landestheater presents Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, directed by Jacopo Spirei, in repertory April 20 through June 14. For something in an entirely different vein, German performance artist Sven Ratzke performs Weill songs at two of New York’s most venerated venues, Joe’s Pub on April 3 and Café Sabarsky on April 6.

For more information on Kurt Weill, including a complete list of performances, visit kwf.org.


Kurt Weill
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12 (1924)
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33’  

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) (1929)
suite from "Die Dreigroschenoper" for wind orchestra
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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
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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

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