Undying fascination: The music of the “Golden Twenties”
Our playlist shows how unconventional composition was in the 1920s: Kurt Weill wrote a song about the oil industry, Arnold Schoenberg wrote the music for a film that didn't even exist, and Paul Hindemith put to paper what the overture to The Flying Dutchman might sound like in a performance by a bad spa band in the early morning. Pieces by Richard Strauss, Alban Berg and Ferruccio Busoni complete this colourful selection for the online festival “The Golden Twenties”.
Our recommendations
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- On the silver screen: Classical music in film
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- From its beginnings to today: Highlights in the Digital Concert Hall
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- Grand Opera with the Berliner Philharmoniker
