Featured Music & Performing Arts

Schweitzer

Simone Schneider, Christoph Genz, Cyndia Sieden, Josef Wagner: vocal soloists Michaelstein Chamber Choir Concerto Köln Michael Hofstetter: conductor

An operatic event to celebrate the reopening of the Anna Amalia
library in Weimar. SCHWEITZER: Alceste (complete opera) Playable in all regions. Approx run time 156 min.

 

Oedo Sukeroku:J apanese Taiko Drum

Filmed by ten cameras and recorded live in 5.1 Dolby Digital, this DVD is the first of its genre. Famed the world over, Oedo Sukeroku is one of the finest exponents of the Japanese taiko drum. The incredible dynamism, wonderful sound, and excellent visual quality of this film make it an extraordinary experience! This DVD includes no commentary, in order to preserve the viewer’s enjoyment of the music. The accompanying booklet will help identify the scenes presented.

 

Schumann (Op. 48)

A special production featuring German actress Barbara Sukowa, who sings and performs the new song cycle adapted and re-composed for orchestra by Reinbert de Leeuw for the Schönberg Ensemble. Sukowa and de Leeuw have been a very successful team for twenty years, having performed, among others, Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai is a journey down a memory lane full of restless love and the powers of destiny, and is the first movement of the Dichterliebe (The Poet’s Love), the best-known song cycle of Robert Schumann (Op. 48).

 

 

Radiohead

Radiohead’s live performance in Germany in June 2001 was a masterpiece of aural symmetry. Beginning with the National Anthem, the band gave the audience nearly two hours of otherworldly experimentation in electronic rock. Filmed at the peak of their popularity, the concert conjures moods of loss and alienation in the modern world.