Program 734: Ernst Krenek (1900-1991), Part 2
KALW Broadcast Date: March 26, 2023 | Host: Richard Friedman
Richard Friedman presents a second program with the music of the Austrian/American composer Ernst Krenek (1900-1991). Born in Vienna, by the time he was 28 Krenek was infamous as part of the modernist avant-garde in Weimar Germany. Coming to the US in 1937 and settling in Los Angeles and eventually Palm Springs, Krenek composed over 240 works, including 5 symphonies, 8 string quartets, and 22 operas. In this program we’ll hear one of his most radical yet rarely performed works, Horizon Circled, from 1967, which demonstrates his unique mastery of serialism and complex structures and procedures. The second hour features his nearly hour-long Second Symphony, composed when he was 23 and a masterpiece of exuberance and originality.
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Title: Piano Concerto #4 (1950) op. 123
Composer: Ernst Krenek
Performers: Mikhail Korzhev, piano; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Recording Title: Ernst Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos, Vol Two
Record Label: Toccatta Classics
Catalog Number: TOCC 0392
Title: Horizont Umkreist (Horizon Circled) (1967) op 196
Composer: Ernst Krenek
Performers: Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien; Ulf Schirmer, conductor
Recording Title: Ernst Krenek
Record Label: Orfeo
Catalog Number: C076001A
Title: Little Concerto for Piano and Organ (1940) op 88
Composer: Ernst Krenek
Performers: Mikhail Korzhev, piano; Adrian Partington, organ; English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Recording Title: Ernst Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos, Vol Two
Record Label: Toccatta Classics
Catalog Number: TOCC 0392
Title: Symphony No 2 (1922) op 12
Composer: Ernst Krenek
Performers: Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR; Takao Ukigaya, conductor
Recording Title: Ernst Krenek: Symphony No 2
Record Label: CPO
Catalog Number: 999 255-2
