Neoquartet - Neoquartet - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Scottish & Italian Symp [COMPACT DISCS] Jewel Case Packaging date 08/14/2012

Following Periods of Study in Composition and Viola in the 1990S, Aleksander Kosciow (B. 1974) Obtained the Degree of Doctor of Arts in Composition in 2007. His Works Have Been Performed in Throughout Europe Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea and the Us. He Is a Faculty Member at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. This Dux Features Five of Mr. Kosciow's Quartets for Strings. The Neoquartet, Academy Graduates from Gdan?Sk, Warsaw, and Lucerne, Specializes in the Performance of New Music, and Takes As It's Chief Goal the Promotion of Works By Young Composers.

The Freischütz counts as a milestone in the history of German opera. Created in 1821 under the impression of the liberation wars against Napoleons, the so-called National Opera expresses the Germans' desire for cultural identity. The librettist Johann Friedrich Kind temporally places the plot in the vicinity of the Thirty Years' War. Here people in a society are shaped by religious power struggles, war and outdated rituals. This shows the blurring of reality and an apparently perfect world. According to old custom, the huntsman Max is allowed to take his beloved Agathe as his wife and inherit a hereditary forester if his only test shot succeeds. But Kaspar tries to get Max into a pact with the devil. There should be seven free bullets for Max, who will not miss their goal in the Wolfschlucht... The premiere took place on December 8th, 2018 with the Essen Philharmonic under Tomaš Netopil in the Aalto Theater Essen. There will be another performance in April 2020.