Bach,J.S. / Beethoven / Faure / Peled / Polera - Casals Homage - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bach,J.S. / Sergey - Hommage a Ysaye [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/20/2017

Opening a confident new chapter in his career, the former Tribes frontman returns in 2019 to a stately new solo album'Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds', out 3 May 2019 on Xtra Mile Recordings. Rich with personal renovations and revelations inspired by a whirlwind of changes in Johnny's life over the past few years, the intimate and mature songs of the album tackle growth, getting sober and becoming a father, in a record that earnestly witnesses this songwriter enter back into the spotlight and truly come of age.

The present pays tribute to Kurt Redel. Redel studied conducting and flute at the Breslau Conservatory. In 1938, when he was still quite young, he received a professorship for flute at the Salzburg Mozarteum. In 1941 he joined the Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich as solo flautist. From 1946 to 1956 he was professor of flute at the Hochschule fur Musik Detmold. In 1952 Redel founded the Kammerorchester Pro Arte Munchen in Munich, with which he gave numerous concerts worldwide and made award-winning recordings, especially with works by Bach, Telemann, Haydn, and Mozart. For twenty years he directed the Easter Festival of Lourdes in France, which he also founded. He received numerous awards, including the Grand Prix du Disque, the Prix Orphee of the Paris Opera, and the German Federal Merit Class Prize.