Federal Youth Orchestra

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The Federal Youth Orchestra (BJO) is the national youth orchestra of the Federal Republic of Germany based in Bonn . It works as a symphony orchestra for people between the ages of 14 and 19 and is supported by the project society of the German Music Council .

Young up-and-coming musicians from Germany play in the orchestra under the direction of well-known conductors such as Herbert von Karajan , Kurt Masur , Gerd Albrecht , Carl St. Clair , Steven Sloane , Eiji Ōue , Kirill Petrenko and Sir Simon Rattle . The musicians qualify for membership with an audition in front of a jury. During the working phases, the orchestra works under the guidance of lecturers, including the Berlin Philharmonic , and the respective conductor. The program includes classical and romantic orchestral music, contemporary works by composers such as Hans Werner Henze or Karl Amadeus Hartmann, as well as world premieres by Peter Ruzicka and Bernd Franke, among others .

Every year three to four weeks of work are carried out followed by a concert tour. Changing conductors hold the artistic direction. There are also short-term special projects.

Many former members now play in professional orchestras or have become well-known soloists.

On June 13, 2013, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Federal Youth Orchestra signed a sponsorship certificate, which enables the youth orchestra to receive extensive funding.

history

The orchestra was founded in 1969 by Volker Wangenheim and Peter Koch in the German Music Council to promote young musicians and award winners of the “ Jugend musiziert ” competition .

In 1970 the orchestra took part in the 1st International Youth Orchestra Meeting under the direction of Herbert von Karajan and was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Medal. In 1972 a tour took place in Romania at the invitation of the Communist Youth Association. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of German immigration in Brazil , the orchestra gave eleven concerts there in 1972. In 1976, the orchestra toured as part of the German-Israeli youth meeting Spring in Jerusalem with live broadcast on Israeli television by Israel . The Südwestrundfunk turned a year later a documentary about the orchestra, which is broadcast in 40 countries. In 1978 there were 14 concerts in England as part of the Children's Concerts, among others under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini . In 1981 the orchestra received the German Music Prize (the following winners include Peter Maffay , Udo Jürgens and Die Prinzen ). In 1984 Daimler-Benz AG, today Daimler AG , got involved financially and became one of the main sponsors of the Federal Youth Orchestra. In 1985 Richard von Weizsäcker invited the orchestra to a reception after a concert to mark the opening of the European Year of Music in the Beethoven Hall .

This was followed by a concert tour through Spain at the invitation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and in 1986 another tour through Israel under the direction of Gary Bertini . The final concert took place in the Henry Crown Symphony Hall in Jerusalem in the presence of Israeli President Chaim Herzog .

Federal Youth Ballet and Federal Youth Orchestra

In 1987 Gerd Albrecht led the orchestra for the first time on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin with live broadcast. In the same year the orchestra made a concert tour through the GDR as part of the BRD / GDR cultural agreement . In 1989 there was a tour of Germany on behalf of the Federal Government on the occasion of "40 Years of the Federal Republic". A year later the orchestra gave two concerts in Moscow as part of the “Festival with New German Music in the Soviet Union”. In 1992 the orchestra recorded the European anthem ( joy of beautiful gods' spark ) for ZDF , which was broadcast daily at the end of the broadcast. In 1995 the orchestra gave concerts in collaboration with the IPPNW on the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Under the direction of Gerd Albrecht was 1997 Missa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi at the former concentration camp Theresienstadt listed. A year later, the orchestra traveled to America and gave under the motto Thank you America. 50 Years of Airlift Concerts conducted by Kurt Masur in Washington DC, New York and Boston.

In 2000 there was a tour called Poland and Germany Together in the Heart of Europe under the patronage of Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Johannes Rau through Poland and Germany. In 2001 the orchestra made the first concert tour of a western orchestra through the former Yugoslavia and gave concerts in Belgrade, Slavonski Brod and Zagreb. In the same year, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and Atlantik-Brücke organized a benefit concert for the victims of September 11, 2001 . A cooperation project with the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra took place in 2003. The program was Night Creature by Duke Ellington , directed by Gunther Schuller .

The 100th work phase of the Federal Youth Orchestra was carried out under the direction of Bernhard Klee . The West German Broadcasting made a documentary on this anniversary working phase. In 2005 the orchestra gave concerts and concerts on behalf of the Goethe Institute and the Foreign Office as part of “Germany in Japan 2005/06”. a. in Anjyo, Hamamatsu and Tokyo. In 2006 a Venezuela tour took place. In 2007 the orchestra gave concerts in Great Britain, Central and Southeastern Europe under the direction of Jac van Steen and Marc Piollet on the occasion of the German EU Council Presidency . In January 2008 the orchestra worked for the first time with John Neumeier and his theater class and dancers from the Hamburg Ballet . After 21 years, it appeared again in the Berlin Philharmonic for the first time in March of the same year . In this context, Sir Simon Rattle conducted a rehearsal of the orchestra for the first time. In January 2009 concerts a. a. in the Wiener Musikverein and again in the Berlin Philharmonie. At Easter 2009 a CD with works by Berg, Neuwirth and Schönberg was recorded under the direction of Peter Hirsch . In 2009 there was a tour with the Federal Jazz Orchestra to South Africa with concerts in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. In autumn 2009 the orchestra recorded the music by the Lebanese composer Rabih Abou-Khalil for the silent film of the same name from 1922 as part of the special project "Nathan the Wise" . The premiere took place in Munich's Gasteig , the first broadcast took place on May 31, 2010 on arte .

Sting and the Federal Youth Orchestra

At Easter 2010 a CD with works by Janáček, Bach / Schönberg and Bartók was recorded under the baton of Mario Venzago, followed by concerts in Cologne, Donaueschingen and at the Berlin Philharmonic. In spring 2010 two concerts were given with the rock musician Sting . In summer 2011 the orchestra traveled to Venezuela and Ecuador before Sir Simon Rattle conducted a concert by the orchestra in the Berlin Philharmonic in autumn 2011.

In 2012, the orchestra gave concerts in Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Ulm, Weimar, Berlin, Krakow (Poland) and in China (Shanghai, Beijing, Zhengzhou and Macao) under the direction of Markus Stenz, Sebastian Weigle and Mario Venzago. . The musicians were accompanied in 2012 by the soloists Christian Tetzlaff (violin) and Nicolas Altstaedt - both former members. In 2013 Sir Simon Rattle again conducted a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. In 2014 the orchestra renewed its collaboration with John Neumeier and performed together with the National Youth Ballet in Baden-Baden, Essen, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin. In the summer of the same year, a guest tour with Markus Stenz took them to Tunisia, before they played at the citizens' festival of Federal President Joachim Gauck in Bellevue Palace in September . In 2015 the orchestra gave concerts under the direction of Karl-Heinz Steffens together with the soloist Christian Tetzlaff (violin) in Baden-Baden and Berlin and as a “cultural ambassador” in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia; The soloist in the Baltic States was the violinist Tobias Feldmann. In summer 2015 the orchestra went on a tour of China, conducted by Patrick Lange with the pianist Herbert Schuch . In January 2018, the orchestra took a trip to India under the direction of Hermann Bäumer .

Sponsor

The orchestra is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth as well as West German Broadcasting, Daimler AG, the city of Bonn and the German Orchestra Association (DOV). In addition, the Federal Youth Orchestra is supported by donations. Former members of the Federal Youth Orchestra founded the Federal Youth Orchestra Foundation in 2011 with the aim of financing special projects and musical instruments.

Awards

Discography

The Federal Youth Orchestra at a concert in the Berlin Philharmonic (2011)

Over the years the orchestra has recorded many CDs, but not all productions are available anymore. The following list does not claim to be complete:

  • Anton Bruckner : Symphony No. 8, second version from 1890; Head: Hermann Bäumer; In-house production
  • Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta; Béla Bartók : "The wonderful Mandarin" op. 19; Richard Strauss : "Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks" in the old rogue manner; Head: Mario Venzago; In-house production
  • Johannes Brahms : Piano Quartet in G minor, op. 25 (set for orchestra by A. Schönberg); Alban Berg : Three Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6; Head: Peter Hirsch; In-house production
  • Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 3, op. 90, F major; Hans-Jürgen von Bose : Variations for orchestra or: In expectation of anger over finding lost small and large coins; Head: Michael Boder; In-house production
  • Boris Blacher : orchestral variations on a theme by Niccolò Paganini; Richard Wagner : Excerpts from the "Götterdämmerung"; Head: Marc Piollet; In-house production
  • Franz Schubert : Music for Rosamunde D797; Ludwig van Beethoven : 3rd Symphony in E flat major, op. 55, "Eroica"; Head: Bernhard Klee; In-house production
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage : "On Opened Ground"; John Adams : "Harmony"; Direction: Steven Sloane; Soloist: Tabea Zimmermann (viola); In-house production
  • James MacMillan : "Britannia"; Benjamin Britten : Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes", op. 33; Antonín Dvořák : Symphony No. 8 "English", op. 88, G major; Direction: Howard Griffiths; In-house production
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Symphony in D major, KV 504 "Prager"; Richard Strauss : "Also Spoke Zarathustra" tone poem freely based on Friedrich Nietzsche op. 30; Head: Bernhard Klee; 2004 AMP 5121-2
  • Bernd Franke : Chagall music for orchestra (Cologne version 2002); Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony No. 1 Op. 10; Head: Andrey Boreyko; 2003 AMP 5116-2
  • Magnus Lindberg : Kinetics; Witold Lutosławski : Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra; Pyotr Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Gustav Rivinius; Head: Ari Rasilainen; 2001 AMP 5112-2
  • Robert Schumann : Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Alban Berg : 3 orchestral pieces op. 6; Richard Strauss : »Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks« in the old rogue style - in rondeau form - for large orchestra; Head: Mario Venzago; 2000 AMP 5102-2
  • Paul Hindemith : Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass Op. 50 "Boston Symphony"; Dmitrij Schostakowitsch : Symphony No. 15 in A major op. 141; Head: Jörg-Peter Weigle; 1999 AMP 5074-2
  • Olivier Messiaen : Les offrandes oubliées, Concert à quatre; Charles Koechlin : Les Bandar-log op. 176; Maurice Ravel : Boléro; Peter Aitken, Louise Pellerin, Thomas Demenga, Ueli Wiget; Head: Heinz Holliger; 1997 AMP 5082-2
  • Franz Schubert : Music for the play »Rosamunde«; Anton Webern : Six pieces for orchestra, op. 6; Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 3, E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"; Head: Bernhard Klee; 1998 AMP 5088-2
  • Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem; In Memoriam Terezín / Theresienstadt, live recording; Head: Gerd Albrecht; 1997 AMP 5083-2
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem KV 626; Luigi Nono : Canti di vita e d'amore - Sul Ponte di Hiroshima; Live recording; Claudia Barainsky, Cornelia Kallisch, Thomas Randle, Martin Snell; Academic Choir Riga, Carl von Ossietzky Choir Berlin; Head: Bernhard Klee; 1995 AMP 5059-2
  • Richard Strauss : Death and Transfiguration; Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 1, D major; Head: Christof Prick ; 1994 AMP 5024-2
  • Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 4, B flat major, op. 60; Hans Zender : "Dialogue with Haydn"; Claude Debussy : Ibéria; Head: Hans Zender; 1993 AMP 5013-2
  • Dmitri Shostakovich : Symphony No. 4, C minor, op. 43; Head: Rudolf Barschai; 1993 AMP 5011-2
  • Robert Schumann : Symphony No. 3, E flat major, op. 97 "Rheinische"; Maurice Ravel : "Rapsodie espagnole", "Alborada del gracioso"; Richard Strauss : Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"; Head: Christof Prick; 1992 AMP 5014-2
  • Franz Schreker : Prelude to » The Drawn «; Rudi Stephan : Music for seven string instruments; Antonín Dvořák : Symphony No. 8, G major, op. 88 "The English"; Live recording; Head: Gerd Albrecht; 1991 AMP 5003-2
  • Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 6, F major, op. 68 "Pastorale"; Reinhard Febel : »Jardin«; Cristóbal Halffter : "Tiento del primer tono y Batalla imperial"; Direction: Cristóbal Halffter; 1989 AMP 5012-2
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64; Antonín Dvořák : Symphony No. 9, E minor, op. 95 "From the New World"; Elisabeth Glass, violin; Head: Christof Prick; 1988 AMP 5015-2
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Symphony No. 4, A major, "Italian"; Igor Stravinsky : "Le sacre du printemps"; Head: Matthias Bamert; 1988 AMP 5004-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of the Federal Youth Orchestra on bundesjugendorchester.de , accessed on November 18, 2018
  2. ↑ More information on this in the book "This is how music grows - 25 years of the Federal Youth Orchestra", ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft, Regensburg 1994
  3. ↑ Germany - Land of Ideas ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Würth Foundation on the Würth Prize 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jmd.info