Spannungen ("Tensions" or "Voltages") is an annual summer festival for chamber music in Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded by pianist Lars Vogt in 1998. It is subtitled Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach (Music in the Heimbach power plant). Performances take place over one week in the power station Kraftwerk Heimbach. Many of the concerts with friends and colleagues were recorded live, broadcast by Deutschlandfunk and recorded for label Avi.
| Spannungen | |
|---|---|
 Concert in the hall of Kraftwerk Heimbach in 2018 | |
| Genre | Chamber music |
| Begins | June |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Inaugurated | 1998 |
| Founder | Lars Vogt |
| Leader | Christian Tetzlaff |
| Website | www |
History
editLars Vogt, who appeared internationally as a soloist with renowned orchestras, was a dedicated chamber musician, focused on the repertoire of music from the classical period and the romantic era. He founded the festival Spannungen for chamber music in Heimbach in 1998, to perform annually with friends and colleagues in a historic power plant built in 1905.[1][2][3] The festival is held in June for one week.[4] The location, Kraftwerk Heimbach, is a hydro-electric power station in Jugendstil, with old turbines, brass features and Art Deco lamps. The festival is subtitled for its location: Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach.[4]
Artists of the first festival in 1998 included, besides Vogt, hornist Marie Luise Neunecker, clarinetist Michael Collins, violinists Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas, violists Tatjana Masurenko and Tabea Zimmermann, cellists Truls Mørk and Boris Pergamenschikow, and pianist Alexei Lubimov.[5]
The festival held world premieres such as Volker David Kirchner's Il Canto della Notte as a commission in the first season,[5] Jörg Widmann's Octet in 2004,[6] and in the 20th season in 2017 Erkki-Sven Tüür's Lichttürme, a piano trio commissioned for the festival.[7]
Many of the concerts were recorded live. Reviewer Jan Brachmann from the FAZ noted that Dvořák's Dumky Trio was played by violinist Christian Tetzlaff, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff and Vogt, as if the players took time for sinking together into moods ("für das gemeinsame Versinken in Stimmungen").[8]
In 2020 and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the performances were played, broadcast and recorded without audience.[9] The festival returned to performances with audience in 2022,[10] with the motto Liebe (love).[11] Vogt gave his last concert at the festival, playing in the final concert on 26 June 2022 with Christian Tetzlaff, Barbara Buntrock and Tanja Tetzlaff[12] the Piano Quartet No. 3 by Johannes Brahms.[13]
Since 25 June 2023, Christian Tetzlaff is the new artistic director of SPANNUNGEN.[14]
Performances
editPlayers
editAmong the more than 300 musicians[7][15][16] who have performed at Spannungen are:
- flute: Kornelia Brandkamp, Angela Firkins, Andrea Lieberknecht, and Radoslaw Szulc.
- clarinet: Sebastian Manz and Jörg Widmann[6]
- violin: Muriel Cantoreggi, Florian Donderer, Isabelle Faust, Gergana Gergova, Alina Ibragimova, Byol Kang, Isabelle van Keulen, Elizabeth Kufferath, Yura Lee, Wanzhen Li, Alissa Margulis, Anna Reszniak, Christian Tetzlaff, Hanna Weinmeister and Antje Weithaas.
- viola: Volker Jacobsen, Tatjana Masurenko, Diemut Poppen, Timothy Ridout and Rachel Roberts
- viola da gamba: Rainer Zipperling
- cello: Claudio Bohórquez, Alban Gerhardt, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Volker Jacobsen, Bartholomew LaFollette, Boris Pergamenschikow, Gustav Rivinius, Tanja Tetzlaff and Quirine Viersen
- harpsichord: Kirill Gerstein
- piano: Anna Rita Hitaj, Aaron Pilsan, Artur Pizarro, Gunilla Süssmann, Lars Vogt and Huw Watkins.
Recordings
editMany recordings were made live at the Spannungen festival by Deutschlandfunk for label Avi (or CAvi):
| Year | Title | Musicians |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Haydn: Trio in D minor, Hob. XV:23 Schubert: String Quartet, D. 956 Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2[17] |
Brandkamp, C. Tetzlaff, Faust, Masurenko, Poppen, T. Tetzlaff, Pergamenschikow, Rivinius, Vogt |
| 2008 | Schumann: Piano Quintet Elgar: Piano Quintet[18] |
C. Tetzlaff, Szulc, Masurenko, Rivinius, Weithaas, Bohórquez, Vogt |
| 2009 | Bach – Chamber Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in G minor, BWV 1029 Sonata for flute, violin and basso continuo in C minor, BWV 1079 Violin Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018[19] |
Firkins, C. Tetzlaff, Cantoreggi, Roberts, Zipperling, T. Tetzlaff, Viersen, Gerstein, Vogt |
| 2010 | Dvořák: String Sextet Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 110 Aribert Reimann: Solo für Klarinette[20][21] |
Widmann, Lieberknecht, C. Tetzlaff, Donderer, Keulen, Roberts, Rivinius, Viersen, Vogt, a. o. |
| 2011 | Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2[22] |
C. Tetzlaff, Weithaas, Masurenko, T. Tetzlaff, Rivinius, Vogt |
| 2012 | Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor Huw Watkins: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano[23] |
Weithaas, Hecker, Watkins Donderer, T. Tetzlaff, Vogt Manz, T. Tetzlaff, Watkins |
| 2013 | Lili Boulanger: Two pieces for piano trio. D'un soir triste; D'un matin de printemps Debussy: Violin Sonata Nadia Boulanger: Three pieces for cello and piano Debussy: Scherzo for cello and piano, L 27 Hindemith: String Trio No. 2[24] |
Li, T. Tetzlaff, Süssmann Ibragimova, Vogt Rivinius, Hitaj Rivinius, Hitaj C. Tetzlaff, Jacobsen, LaFollette |
| 2014 | Dvořák: Six pieces from Zypressen (nos. 1, 3, 9, 11 & 12), Piano Trio No. 1 Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1[25] |
C. Tetzlaff, Margulis, Kang, Masurenko, Hecker, Rivinius, T. Tetzlaff, Pilsan, Vogt |
| 2018 | Reinhold Glière: String Octet, Op. 5 Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11[26] |
Kang, Lee, Gergova, Donderer, Weinmeister, Ridout, T. Tetzlaff, Gerhardt Reszniak, Kufferath, Lee, Rivinius, Pizarro Kang, Lee, Gergova, Donderer, Weinmeister, Masurenko, T. Tetzlaff, Gerhardt |
References
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- ^ a b "Spannungen" (in German). Eifel. 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b Pannes, Matthias (October 1998). "Neues Musikfestival im Kraftwerk Heimbach". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Zum Tod von Lars Vogt – Jörg Widmann im Gespräch" (in German). SWR. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b Schäfer, Burkhard (September 2017). ""Auf ungewöhnliche Weise emotional mitreißend"". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Brachmann, Jan (7 September 2022). "Nahbar, gedankenvoll". FAZ (in German). Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Kammermusikfest Spannungen 2021 / Heimweh nach Heimbach" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 11 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Festival "Spannungen" aus dem RWE Kraftwerk Heimbach / Kammermusik zwischen Turbinen" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ ""Spannungen" steht ganz im Zeichen der Liebe". Aachener Zeitung (in German). 9 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Ein bewegender Abschluss des Festivals". Aachener Zeitung (in German). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Sonntag 26. Juni 2022 20 Uhr Abschlusskonzert" (PDF). Kammermusikfest 19.-26. Juni 2022 (in German). Spannungen. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Christian Tetzlaff ist neuer künstlerischer Leiter von SPANNUNGEN". SPANNUNGEN: MUSIK IM RWE-KRAFTWERK HEIMBACH (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Festivalvorschau: "Spannungen" im Wasserkraftwerk, Heimbach". klenkes.de (in German). 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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- ^ Rüdell, Norbert (1 October 2001). "CD-Besprechung". klassik-heute.de (in German). Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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- ^ Welsh, Jonathan (April 2020). "Reinhold Glière (1874-1956) / String Octet in D major ..." musicweb-international.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
External links
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- Official website
- Recordings of Spannungen Chamber Music Festival Discogs, 2022
- Pedro Obiera: Kammermusik mit Familienanschluss o-ton.online
- "Spannungen: Musik im RWE-Kraftwerk Heimbach" (in German). Kunstförderverein Kreis Düren. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- Spannungen: Musik im RWE-Kraftwerk Heimbach (2014) on YouTube