Bayreuther Osterfestival
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The Bayreuther Osterfestival is an Easter
Festival
held at Bayreuth in Germany
. It has the three aims of raising money for cancer charities, providing experience and opportunities for young musicians, and the promotion of international understanding. It is connected with the work of the International Youth Orchestra Academy
, and was founded in 1994.
and Dr. Andreas Göldel in co-operation with director Prof. August Everding and the Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. The Festival, with its charity concerts for the benefit of children who suffer from cancer, takes place every year at Easter.
The festival started with the symphonic concerts of the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie and now its program ranges from symphonic and chamber orchestra concerts to organ music, festival brass, jazz and salonorchestra concerts. In 2007 the genre opera has been added to the festival’s program for the first time, with Antonio Salieri’s
“Prima la musica e poi le parole
”. Musical Director and conductor of the opera was Christoph Ulrich Meier.
The opera, the symphonic concerts and the festival brass (directed and conducted by Bob Ross
) take place at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth (Germany).
Musical director of the festival is Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert
. Responsible body of the Bayreuther Osterfestival is the social- and cultural foundation Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie. Administrative centre of the foundation is Playstein (Germany).
Besides the Bayreuther Osterfestival and the Osterfestival Nördliche Oberpfalz the foundation presents and organizes also the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie, a range orchestra of young musicians from all over the world who, in a two weeks workshop, study a symphonic program and since 2007, with a smaller orchestra, an opera. With this program the young musicians go on tour. In the last years the orchestra of the IJOA had guest performances in Bayreuth (Margravial Opera House), Weiden (Max-Reger-Halle), Selb (Rosenthal-Theater), Leipzig (Thomaskirche) und Bielefeld (Neustädter Marienkirche). (All those places are in Germany). Since 2004 Miguel Gómez-Martínez conducts the IJOA orchestra.
Sponsoring makes it possible for the Bayreuther Osterfestival to donate all the proceeds of the concerts for the benefit of children suffering from cancer at the children’s hospital in Bayreuth (Germany).
Main Sponsors of the Bayreuther Osterfestival are the VR Bank in Bayreuth (Germany), Motor Nützel Group Bayreuth (Germany) and the Arvena Congress Hotel.
Furthermore, the Bayreuther Osterfesival Society supports the festival.
To make the festival public the festival has local (Radio Mainwelle, Nordbayerischer Kurier, TMT Multimedia-Productions) and national (Bayerischer Rundfunk Studio Franken, Bayern 4 Klassik, Crescendo, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Müller Verlag) media partners.
Until now the charity concerts raised 200.000€ which could be donated to the children’s hospital in Bayreuth.
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
Festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
held at Bayreuth in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It has the three aims of raising money for cancer charities, providing experience and opportunities for young musicians, and the promotion of international understanding. It is connected with the work of the International Youth Orchestra Academy
Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie
The Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie , or International Youth Orchestra Academy, is an international range orchestra for young people, based in Pleystein, Bavaria. It has special associations with the Bayreuth Easter Festival...
, and was founded in 1994.
History
The Bayreuther Osterfestival was founded by Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. SchubertUlrich S. Schubert
Ulrich Sigmar Schubert is a professor of Chemistry at Jena University. He was born in Tübingen in 1969. He studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond . His Ph.D. work was performed under the supervision of Professor Eisenbach ...
and Dr. Andreas Göldel in co-operation with director Prof. August Everding and the Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. The Festival, with its charity concerts for the benefit of children who suffer from cancer, takes place every year at Easter.
The festival started with the symphonic concerts of the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie and now its program ranges from symphonic and chamber orchestra concerts to organ music, festival brass, jazz and salonorchestra concerts. In 2007 the genre opera has been added to the festival’s program for the first time, with Antonio Salieri’s
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
“Prima la musica e poi le parole
Prima la musica e poi le parole
Prima la musica e poi le parole , also called Prima la musica, poi le parole is an opera in one act by Antonio Salieri. It was first performed on February 7, 1786 in Vienna, following a commission by the Emperor Joseph II...
”. Musical Director and conductor of the opera was Christoph Ulrich Meier.
The opera, the symphonic concerts and the festival brass (directed and conducted by Bob Ross
Bob Ross
Robert Norman "Bob" Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He is best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a television program that ran for 12 years on PBS stations in the United States.-Personal life:Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and...
) take place at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth (Germany).
Musical director of the festival is Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich Sigmar Schubert is a professor of Chemistry at Jena University. He was born in Tübingen in 1969. He studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond . His Ph.D. work was performed under the supervision of Professor Eisenbach ...
. Responsible body of the Bayreuther Osterfestival is the social- and cultural foundation Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie. Administrative centre of the foundation is Playstein (Germany).
Besides the Bayreuther Osterfestival and the Osterfestival Nördliche Oberpfalz the foundation presents and organizes also the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie, a range orchestra of young musicians from all over the world who, in a two weeks workshop, study a symphonic program and since 2007, with a smaller orchestra, an opera. With this program the young musicians go on tour. In the last years the orchestra of the IJOA had guest performances in Bayreuth (Margravial Opera House), Weiden (Max-Reger-Halle), Selb (Rosenthal-Theater), Leipzig (Thomaskirche) und Bielefeld (Neustädter Marienkirche). (All those places are in Germany). Since 2004 Miguel Gómez-Martínez conducts the IJOA orchestra.
Sponsoring makes it possible for the Bayreuther Osterfestival to donate all the proceeds of the concerts for the benefit of children suffering from cancer at the children’s hospital in Bayreuth (Germany).
Main Sponsors of the Bayreuther Osterfestival are the VR Bank in Bayreuth (Germany), Motor Nützel Group Bayreuth (Germany) and the Arvena Congress Hotel.
Furthermore, the Bayreuther Osterfesival Society supports the festival.
To make the festival public the festival has local (Radio Mainwelle, Nordbayerischer Kurier, TMT Multimedia-Productions) and national (Bayerischer Rundfunk Studio Franken, Bayern 4 Klassik, Crescendo, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Müller Verlag) media partners.
Until now the charity concerts raised 200.000€ which could be donated to the children’s hospital in Bayreuth.
Selection of pieces played by the IJOA at the Bayreuther Osterfestival
- Mahler, Symphony No 1,4,5 and 8
- Mahler, Symphony No 2 (debut performance)
- Symphony, No 4
- Bruckner, Symphony No 7
- Tschaikowsky, Symphony 4, 5, and 6
- DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
, Symphony 8 and 9 - MendelsonFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
, Violin Concerto - Wagner, prelude and overture to Parsival, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser and Fliegender Holländer
- Grieg, Holbein Suite
- Vivaldi, Four Seasons
- Mozart, Violin Concert A major
- BachBạchBạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
, Brandenburgische Konzerte