Wolfgang Rihm 1952-2024

[CallMePaul]

Catching-up after a few days offline, I noticed this sad news on the Presto site: https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...rihm-1957-2024

Presto has got his daye of birth wrong, but the obituary correctly states that he was 72.

RIP Wolfgang.

[kuligin]

I noticed this news on the Bavarian Radio site, my preferred listing at breakfast, a statement by the Bavarian minister of culture no less. His output is so large it is hard to know where to start. I was deeply impressed by 2 quartets played at Huddersfield and recently discovered his Requiem which is also very impressive

[oliver sudden]

I’ve played quite a lot of Rihm over the years but what impressed me the most was Jakob Lenz.

For what it’s worth he was a very important teacher for my partner and a couple of years ago she asked for the score of Tutuguri as either a birthday or Christmas present (I forget which). So I guess now would be a fitting if sad time to investigate that for myself…

[Pulcinella]

I’ve played quite a lot of Rihm over the years but what impressed me the most was Jakob Lenz.

For what it’s worth he was a very important teacher for my partner and a couple of years ago she asked for the score of Tutuguri as either a birthday or Christmas present (I forget which). So I guess now would be a fitting if sad time to investigate that for myself…

https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/search?search_query=Tutuguri

[Petrushka]

My first encounter with the music of Rihm was when Claudio Abbado and the LSO played Dis-Kontur as a substantial prelude to the Mahler 'Resurrection' in 1985 as part of their Mahler, Vienna and the 20th Century series.

I can't forget those almighty thwacks on the bass drum that begin the piece and I eventually sought out a recording, with other Rihm works, by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

[oliver sudden]

https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-mu...query=Tutuguri

Thanks! But we don’t need another one, I know where she keeps it…

[Pulcinella]

Thanks! But we don’t need another one, I know where she keeps it…

Ah! I misunderstood your message: I thought that she'd never been given the requested present!

[Mandryka]

I’ve played quite a lot of Rihm over the years but what impressed me the most was Jakob Lenz.

For what it’s worth he was a very important teacher for my partner and a couple of years ago she asked for the score of Tutuguri as either a birthday or Christmas present (I forget which). So I guess now would be a fitting if sad time to investigate that for myself…

That's quite a long haul. There's a memorable bit where someone screams from the audience.

The thing to know about Rihm at this period is that he was inspired by Antonin Artaud. Music as theatre of cruelty.

[Mandryka]

I noticed this news on the Bavarian Radio site, my preferred listing at breakfast, a statement by the Bavarian minister of culture no less. His output is so large it is hard to know where to start. I was deeply impressed by 2 quartets played at Huddersfield and recently discovered his Requiem which is also very impressive

Last year someone asked me about Rihm's music which I've enjoyed . This is what I came up with


The Netherlands Trio recording of Music for Three Stringed Instruments
Klangbeschreibung II
Blick auf Kolchis
Gesänge op 1 (on an MDG CD called Hommage à August Stramm)
Kein Firmament
Jakob Lenz (there's a DVD of the opera)
Anlitz
Fremde Szenen
Mivos Quartet performance of Quartettstudie
Epilog
Akt und Tag (on Donaueschenger Musiktage 2006 -- which is a nice CD)
Hölderlin-Fragmente with piano
Das Rot -- I think generally the lieder with piano are very enjoyable, tell me if this sort of music interests you and I'll think about some more things which interest me.
Tutuguri (Beware -- this is a bit like recommending the whole of Klang!)