Taschenphilharmonie

Taschenphilharmonie
Chamber ensemble

Th ensemble at the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche with composer Graham Waterhouse (left) and conductor Peter Stangel on 20 November 2016
Founded 1995 (1995)
Location Munich, Germany
Principal conductor Peter Stangel
Website www.die-taschenphilharmonie.de

Taschenphilharmonie (Pocket philharmonic) is a German orchestra, founded in 2005 by Peter Stangel. The chamber ensemble plays symphonic works in three series, with most concerts held at the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche of the Munich Residenz. In addition to concerts which juxtapose classical and contemporary music, they address children in a second series and listeners interested in the making of a composition in a third. The ensemble has styled its name first as die taschenphilharmonie.

History and program

The ensemble continues a tradition that Arnold Schönberg began in Vienna in 1918 in Wien: the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen played chamber versions of orchestral works.[1] The format has been compared to the pocket book.[2] The ensemble has been called "das kleinste Sinfonieorchester der Welt" (the world's smallest orchestra).[3]

One concert series of the Taschenphilharmonie is called Abenteuer für die Ohren (Adventure for the ears), combining works by two or three composers, usually contrasting classical and contemporary.[4] A concert on 20 November contrasted Beethoven's 2nd symphony with Jan Václav Voříšek's Symphony in D and a work by Graham Waterhouse,[5] whose Concerto da camera they had premiered in 1911.[6] Another premiere was =11= by Alexander Strauch, played at the Black Box of the Gasteig.[7] The ensemble performed works such as Wilhelm Killmayer's Sinfonia 2 on the occasion of the composer's 80th birthday in 2007, Wilfried Hiller's Hamelin in 2008, Stravinsky's Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks" in 2009, Kurt Weill's Second Symphony in 2010, and Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw in 2015.[8]

A second series addresses children age four to nine. Große Musik für kleine Hörer (Great music for small listeners) introduces classical music to children focusing on a single composer, with the presentation of the music being embedded in a story with Stangel as the narrator.[9][10] Concerts are also played at kindergardens and schools.[2] The 2016 season began with a concert on Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel.[11] The concerts reach about thousand children per year in live concerts.[9] The series was awarded the Leopold in 2011, [9] Sommernachtstraum was in the "Bestenliste" (List of the best) of the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2013[12]

A third series is called Hörakademie (Listening academy), offering background information for one work with sound examples before intermission, the complete work afterwards.[4] In 2010, the topic were Mahler's Rückert-Lieder, performed with the baritone Wolfgang Wirsching at the Kleiner Konzertsaal of the Gasteig.[3]https://www.gasteig.de/veranstaltungen/die-hoerakademie-gustav-mahler-rueckert-lieder.html,v588 On 3 March 2016 they analysed and played Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony,[13] on 27 November 2016 Beethoven's 2nd symphony is explored.[14] The series is organized in collaboration with the Munich Volkshochschule[13] and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.[3] It was transferred to the Künstlerhaus in the Lenbachhaus beginning in 2016.[15][14]

Publications

Awards

References

  1. 10 Jahre taschenphilharmonie / Sinfonieorchester im Taschenformat (in German). WDR. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Ohne Konservierungsstoffe". Merkur (in German). 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Die Hörakademie: Gustav Mahler - Rückert-Lieder" (in German). Gasteig. 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Prechtel, Adrian (22 January 2016). "AZ-Interview mit Peter Stangel / Taschenphilharmonie: Wie tickt Beethoven?". Abendzeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. "Beethoven, Waterhouse & Voříšek" (PDF). Jahresprogramm (in German). Taschenphilharmonie. 2016. p. 9. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. "Abenteuer für die Ohren" (PDF) (in German). Taschenphilharmonie. 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. Strauch, Alexander. "Bio Alexander Strauch". Alexander Strauch. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  8. "Concerts by Taschenphilharmonie". Schott. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leopold 2011/2012 / Große Klassik für kleine Hörer / Die Zeit-Edition" (in German). Leopold. 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  10. Stangel, Peter (2013). Wie man Kindern Lust auf Klassik macht. Große Musik für kleine Hörer. Sport für die Grundschule (in German). Oldenbourg Schulbuchverlag.
  11. "Engelbert Humperdinck / "Hänsel und Gretel"" (PDF). Jahresprogramm (in German). Taschenphilharmonie. 2016. p. 15. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Der Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik ist in Deutschland die einzige unabhängige Auszeichnung für Tonträger.". Eßlinger Zeitung (in German). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  13. 1 2 MusikPodium – Musikverständnis (PDF) (in German). Münchener Volkshochschule. 2016. pp. 1,5. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur, op.36" (in German). Künstlerhaus. 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  15. "Näher dran / Das kleinste Sinfonieorchester der Welt" (PDF). Jahresprogramm (in German). Taschenphilharmonie. 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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