Episode 6: Paul Klee as a music critic

Episode 8: Paul Klee and the music of the 20th and 21st centuries

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life. And he regularly went to concerts and the opera, where he found inspiration for his artistic work. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it was musicians who were inspired to compose by Paul Klee's art and his thoughts on pictorial formation. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out why this is the case and what this contemporary music sounds like.   Music played (excerpts): Sandor Veress, “Alter Klang” [“Old Sound”] for orchestra Pierre Boulez, “Structures I” for 2 pianos Harrison Birtwistle, “Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum” for orchestra Theo Brandmüller, “Konzert auf dem Zweig“ [“Concert on the Branch“] for Viola solo Tzvi Avni, “Fuge in Rot“ [“Fugue in Red“] for mixed choir, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion Jim McNeely, “Übermut“ [“Exuberance“] for Big Band   Speaker: Marianne Keller Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller Production: Mario Reinhard Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org [archiv+forschung@zpk.org]

Episode 7: Music in the classroom by Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, he liked to explain certain principles of pictorial formation using examples from music: beat, rhythm and polyphony are terms that occur frequently. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out exactly what this is all about. Music played (excerpts): Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 6 in G major BWV 1019c Johann Sebastian Bach, Fugue from “Toccata and Fugue” in D minor BWV 565 Johann Sebastian Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier, Fugue in C minor BWV 847 Speaker: Marianne Keller Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller Production: Mario Reinhard Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org [archiv+forschung@zpk.org]

Episode 6: Paul Klee as a music critic

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a young man, he wrote music reviews for the Berner Fremdenblatt for three years and was not at all squeamish about the singers and soloists. Find out what he had to praise and criticise in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist” Works played (excerpts): Gaetano Donizetti, “La fille du régiment“ Ludwig van Beethoven, Ouverture from the opera “Fidelio“ Engelbert Humperdinck, Interlude from the opera “Hänsel und Gretel“ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade No. 13 KV 525, A Little Night Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, String Quartet in D minor KV 421 Speaker: Marianne Keller, Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller Production: Mario Reinhard Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org

Episode 5: Opera above all else!

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. The productions provided him with inspiration for his artistic work and numerous characters found their way into his work. In this episode of ‘Paul Klee's Playlist’, you can find out which operas he particularly enjoyed and what annoyed him about performances. Music played (excerpts): Giuseppe Verdi, Aria of Leonore from the opera “Il Trovatore” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aria of Blonde from the opera “Abduction from the Seraglio” Giuseppe Verdi, Aria “La donna è mobile” from the opera “Rigoletto” Speaker: Marianne Keller Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller Production: Mario Reinhard Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org

Episode 4: Paul Klee and the music of his contemporaries

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. He was particularly fond of classical and romantic music, but he also enjoyed the music of some of his contemporaries: he greatly appreciated Hindemith and Stravinsky, while Schoenberg and Webern did not seem to have particularly interested him. You can find out more about this in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”. Music played (excerpts): Igor Stravinsky, Petrushka Paul Hindemith, Violin Sonata in E flat major op. 11 Nr. 1 Ferruccio Busoni, Album page BV 272 Nr. 1 Ferruccio Busoni, Ouverture from the opera “Arlecchino” Max Reger, Violin Sonata in C major op. 72 Speaker: Marianne Keller Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller Produktion: Mario Reinhard Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org