Musical Sunday

In the organizer's words:

With the tragédie lyrique Iphigénie en Tauride, the opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck reached the peak of his fame in 1779. The composer plumbed the psychological depths of the ancient drama with innovative musical means, in many respects overcoming traditional forms of music theater. He freed the orchestral writing from its purely accompanying function and transformed it into an additional sound layer with which he was able to make the unspoken audible. It is therefore not surprising that Richard Wagner became one of Gluck's great admirers in the 19th century.

Two music enthusiasts immerse themselves in the respective works with the audience: Marcus Imbsweiler is a writer and musicologist; Timo Jouko Herrmann composes, plays the violin and is guest conductor of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra. They published the conversations of the first twenty Musical Sundays in their joint book Beziehungszauber. Classical masterpieces under the magnifying glass (2024).

Price information:

Reduced € 9.90 Members € 6.90