Interview
Kirill Petrenko in conversation with Martin Menking “The Golden Twenties”: Kirill Petrenko conducts Weill and Stravinsky
Kirill Petrenko brings the 1920s to life again with an early work by Kurt Weill. The influence of Liszt, Mahler and Strauss on Weill can be heard in his rarely performed Symphony in One Movement. The music is captivating, brash and brilliant, but also features delicate, chamber music-like passages. We also hear Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio Oedipus rex, composed in 1927 and set in ancient Greece. Its music is crystal-clear neoclassicism – how could it be otherwise?
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko
Michael Spyres
Ekaterina Semenchuk
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