Open Your Ears

Based on Albrechts' conviction that people should understand the music and comprehend the composers' ideas, he developed his analytical educational concerts. In cooperation with the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin the TV series "Wege zur Neuen Musik" (Paths to New Music) was established, which has been relaunched in the years 2010-2012 in cooperation with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Contemporary composers would get a chance to speak, talk about their creations, the way they work and their musical concerns. This edition combines six conversation concerts conducted by Gerd Albrecht. DVD 1: Conversation concert with KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Partita for concert cembalo, electric guitar, bass guitar, harp, double bass and orchestra (1971, rev. 1991) | Cembalo Elzbieta Stefanska-Lukowicz · Bass guitar Thomas Schiedel · Electric guitar Wilfried Grünberg · Harp Mariana Schmidt · Double bass Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, 29.11.1986 DVD 2: Conversation concert with HANS WERNER HENZE Barcarola for a large orchestra (1979) Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, 28.03.1987 DVD 3: Conversation concert with GYÖRGY LIGETI San Francisco Polyphony for orchestra (1973-1974) Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, 27.05.1988 DVD 4: Conversation concert with MAURICIO KAGEL Quodlibet for a female voice and orchestra after French chanson lyrics from the XV. century (1986-1988) | Singer Martine Viard Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, 22.02.1989 DVD 5: Conversation concert with ISANG YUN Muak - Dance fantasy for a large orchestra (1978) Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the Sender Freies Berlin, 07.11.1991 DVD 6: Conversation concert with JÖRG WIDMANN Elegie for clarinet and orchestra (2006) | Clarinet Jörg Widmann Recording from the Große Sendesaal of the RBB, 20.01.2011