Iveta Apkalna, Celebration concert 140 years cathedral organ in Riga
As a tribute to the magnificent organ of Riga Cathedral, the renowned Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna and the Latvian State Choir have put together a programme that fluently combines the great classical organ literature with works of contemporary compositions and thus makes the majestic sound of this remarkable instrument impressively audible. Iveta Apkalna, organLatvija State […]
Rilke – You have to change your life
Lady Gaga has his verses tattooed on her upper arm, Bono quotes him in his songs, a CD series with his poems recently achieved gold status three times in a row: Rainer Maria Rilke is now much more than just one of the most important poets in literary history; with his ‘Duino Elegies’ in particular, […]
Lucienne Renaudin Vary plays Vivaldi und Piazzolla
Baroque sounds at the Schlewsig-Holstein Musik Festival 2024. 24-year-old trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary impressively demonstrates her instrument together with the ensemble I Solisti Veneti. With works by Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni and Alessandro Marcello, the musicians will conjure up Venetian sounds in the north of Germany. The concert is not just a treat for the […]
The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2024
Together with host Asya Fateyeva, we meet world-class musicians in barns, churches and shipyards. Embedded in the landscape of Schleswig-Holstein, we experience first-class concerts, festival history and extraordinary people in the ‘land between the seas’. WithAsya Fateyeva, Avi Avital, Anastasia Kobeikna, Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Axel Milberg, Matthias Loibner, Emil Kuyumcuyan and Bo WigetVenice Baroque […]
Terribly Beautiful Eyesores
Building sins – they disturb, annoy and fascinate. In each episode, the four-part TV series ‘Pretty Architectural Crimes’ shows outstanding examples of architecture that is both loved and hated. Because the seemingly monstrous buildings can also be seductive. From brutalist concrete blocks to gigantic megastructures and consumer temples to prefabricated paradises – the series reveals […]
Terribly Beautiful Eyesores – Brutalist Monsters
Building sins! They disturb, annoy, fascinate. Architects categorise their concrete monsters as ‘brutalism’. Le Corbusier’s ‘La Tourette’ monastery is one such monster, but Charles Desjobert, a Domenican friar and architect, infects us with his enthusiasm for it. The National Theatre in London is disturbing – before revealing its soul as a theatre factory. And the […]
