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DW Festival Concerts

Fresh off the festival circuit in Germany: DW's picks of the season with host Rick Fulker.

There are those festivals that take place in the cities where the composers were born or worked and thus stake a special claim to authenticity: the Handel Festival in Halle, the Bach Festival in Leipzig and of course the Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Others capitalize on the beautiful surroundings or special atmosphere, like Heidelberg Spring and Tensions in Heimbach. But whatever the backdrop, the performances are all of electrifying artistry and the recordings of superb "made in Germany" quality. Rick Fulker loves nothing more than sharing the wealth, which includes the artists' own voices.

Jan 30  Stuttagart Music Festival

• Ensemble: Stile Antico presenting works by various composers, including The Lord’s Prayer, Purge Me How Are the Mighty Fallen, and A Stranger Here.

Feb 6    Kissingen Summer

• LISZT:  Mephisto Waltz No.1, "Dance in the Village Inn"
• BARTOK:  Piano concerto No. 3, Sz. 119
• DEBUSSY:  Steps in the Snow; Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
• BRAHMS:  symphony No. 2, in D, Op. 73

Feb 13   Russian National Orchestra Invites

• TCHEREPNIN:  The Descent of the Virgin Mary to Hell
• GOLOVANOV:  Hymns for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter, Op. 37; christmas Hymns and Liturgy, Op. 36; Suite, "Joy of All Who Sorrow," Op. 39

Feb 20   Salzburg Festival

• MOZART:  Divertimento in F, K. 247; Violoin concerto in d, K. 218; rondo in B-Flat for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269

Feb 27   Rheingau Music Festival

• RUZICKA:  Clouds
• SCHUMANN:  Piano concerto in a, Op. 54
• LISZT:  Liebestraum No. 3
• MAHLER:  Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"