Contrast is part of life. We experience difference constantly: tension and release, light and shadow, movement and stillness. Music works in the same way. Differences in tempo, dynamics, register, texture and orchestration define musical form. Fast and slow, loud and soft, major and minor, solo and tutti — these oppositions…
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Music can never be completely silent (John Cage’s 4′33″ politely excluded), but it can approach silence. This playlist looks at moments where sound is reduced and dynamics are restrained. Like a city after fresh snowfall, familiar surroundings remain, but their character shifts as everything becomes muted. What emerges is a…
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Karajan’s commitment to Mahler’s symphonies concentrated on the numbers 4,5,6 and 9 and on the years 1973 – 1982...
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It is a well-known fact that Karajan’s engagemant with Mahler was an episode. Unlike other great symphonic composers, Mahler wasn’t regularly on Karajan’s programmes...
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Karajan’s approach to Mahler was a lengthy business. It may have taken so long not only for repertoire reasons but also because of a resemblance between the two men’s biographies...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!