MMag. Alexander Busche
Press and PR
Tiroler Festspiele Erl Betriebsges.m.b.H.
Mühlgraben 56a
A-6343 Erl
SUMMER 2014
THE PROGRAMME
Press information for the press conference
on Thursday, 7 November 2013, 11.00 a.m.
Festspielhaus Erl
Bruckner ... and Chamber Music
The Programme
Press Texts Summer 2014
T +43 [0] 5373 / 81 000 60
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www.tiroler-festspiele.at
BRUCKNER… AND CHAMBER MUSIC
THE TYROL FESTIVAL ERL IN SUMMER 2014
Wagner’s Ring is central to the programme of the Tyrol Festival in Erl in summer 2014 but one of
Austria’s most important composers is also prominently featured: Anton Bruckner. His works have
frequently formed a major part of the festival repertoire and so the analysis of his symphonies is a logical
consequence of our work and what we consider to be our mission. In the opening concert on 10 July 2014
Bruckner’s Te Deum – mentioned by the composer as a complement to his unfinished Ninth Symphony –
will be performed together with Helgoland, his last completed work but hardly known. In the morning
concerts on the first three festival Sundays we present cyclical companions to Wagner’s Ring. Bruckner’s
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Symphonies are musically so influenced by the sound of the Ring that Bruckner
no longer wanted to dispense with the Wagner tubas. Palestrina’s compositional technique
amalgamates with the specific sound of a tuba as intended by Richard Wagner.
For the first time ever in summer 2014 both festival halls, the Passionsspielhaus and the Festspielhaus,
will be used as performance venues – this will be particularly beneficial for chamber music. The multifaceted and entertaining series of concerts is presented this year in the Festspielhaus from 14 July 2014
from Monday to Thursday (apart from 30 July 2014) and the exceptional acoustics are expected to
enhance the performance of chamber music. The programme presents many well-known groups and
artists who enjoy crossing between classical, jazz and folk music in their own individual way and
featuring their own preferences and enthusiasms.
The outstanding pianist Jasminca Stančul gives a recital as does her equally esteemed colleague Davide
Cabassi who with his friends can be counted on to present musical surprises, for instance by playing
three Mozart piano concerts in a chamber music constellation. Lucio Gallo and Emily Righter ensure
entertaining evenings of jazz and blues –as Emily also did last summer in the completely sold out tavern
Blaue Quelle where she enthralled jazz fans. Music formations such as ALMA, Eduardo Maffei and Band,
Bluespension and Catch-Pop String-Strong present exciting crossover programmes mixing classical, jazz
and folk music. This series of chamber music is really special and very many different sound
constellations will benefit from the remarkable acoustics of the Festspielhaus.
On the Friday and Saturday of the opening weekend both the Passionsspielhaus and the Festspielhaus
merge to become a very special symbiosis of scenic and symphonic performances. To begin with, Gustav
Kuhn’s staging of Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle – enthusiastically acclaimed at the ceremonial
opening on 26 December 2012 – will be presented in the Festspielhaus, conducted by Tito Ceccherini.
Immediately afterwards audiences can hear a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana conducted by
Gustav Kuhn in the Passionsspielhaus.
On Thursday 31 July 2014 a special performance within the chamber music series presents a preliminary
evening to the preliminary evening of the 24-Hour-Ring, during which the intention is very consciously to
achieve creative friction: the most important motifs from Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen will be
approached by two very different groups: male choir versus or with jazz combo. Eduardo Javier Maffei,
saxophone player, composer and musician through and through, merges Wagner’s wealth of motifs with
jazzy developments, whereas the male chorus of Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) transports the
themes of the Ring into a new world of sound.
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Ultimately the great event: in summer 2014 Wagner’s Ring will again be performed in twenty-four
hours, this time especially to celebrate the 70th birthday of festival president Dr Hans Peter Haselsteiner
– that’s why it’s also called the HPH-24-Hour-Ring. What can certainly be considered as one of the most
important artistic successes in the history of the Tyrol Festival Erl will thus be presented in a scenically
adapted new version. Ticket sales so far confirm that in the past 15 years Erl has established itself as a
destination for Wagner pilgrims from all over the world: both Ring cycles are almost completely sold out.
Those who are just beginning to get to know Wagner’s music, and young people aged between 10 and
18, as well as students and those doing military or community service pay only € 25 for any available
seat for a visit to the opera: in summer 2014 the Tyrol Festival Erl is offering a single performance of Die
Walküre on Wednesday 30 July 2014. Tickets are still available for this separate performance.
Advance sales for all performances at the Tyrol Festival Erl 2014 begin on Friday 8 November 2013.
Tickets can be booked simply and conveniently via our homepage www.tiroler-festspiele.at where you
can also choose your desired seats, if they are still available, directly on the plan of the auditorium. You
can of course still reserve tickets in the usual manner, for instance in the Festspielhaus in Erl or by
telephone on the number: +43 5373 8100020
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THE PROGRAMME
OF THE SUMMER IN ERL AT A GLANCE
OPERA
Fri. 11 / Sat. 12 July, 7 p.m., Festspielhaus
BÉLA BARTÓK
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Fri. 18 July, 7 p.m., Passionsspielhaus
RICHARD WAGNER
Das Rheingold
Sat. 19 / Wed. 30 July, 5 p.m., Passionsspielhaus
RICHARD WAGNER
Die Walküre
Fri. 25 July, 5 p.m., Passionsspielhaus
RICHARD WAGNER
Siegfried
Sat. 26 July, 5 p.m., Passionsspielhaus
RICHARD WAGNER
Götterdämmerung
Fri. 1 – Sun. 3 August, Passionsspielhaus
HPH-24-HOUR-RING
CONCERTS
Thu. 10 July, 7 p.m., Festspielhaus
OPENING
Fri. 11 / Sat. 12 July, 9 p.m., Passionsspielhaus
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana
Sun. 13 July, 11 a.m., Festspielhaus
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7
Sun. 20 July, 11 a.m., Festspielhaus
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8
Sun. 27 July, 11 a.m., Festspielhaus
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9
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CHAMBER MUSIC – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FESTSPIELHAUS!
Mon. 14 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
CABASSI & FRIENDS 1
Music Playground for Children: Carnival of the Animals and more
Tue. 15 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
CATCH-POP STRING-STRONG
Bach, Balkan Beats, Scottish Rock…
Wed. 16 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
FASCINATING RHYTHM
Jazz, Classics and a highly attractive sound ensemble
Thu. 17 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
PIANO RECITAL
Jasminka Stančul performs Beethoven
Mon. 21 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
CABASSI & FRIENDS 2
Mozart’s piano concertos as unique piano quintets
Tue. 22 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
ALMA
Experience folk music, question it, confront it …
Wed. 23 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
THE START POINT
Five musicians searching for a compact sound
Thu. 24 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
BLUESPENSION
Music cabaret with blues and Austrian folk music
Mon. 28 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
CABASSI & FRIENDS 3
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in summer, played on the piano
Tue. 29 July, 8 p.m., Festspielhaus
HOMAGE TO SINATRA
An opera star swings his way through a lifelong dream
Do. 31. July, 20 P.m., Festspielhaus
RING SESSION
The preliminary evening for the preliminary evening
You can obtain further details about the programme
by visiting our homepage at www.tiroler-festspiele.at
Photos are available for download from www.tiroler-festspiele.at/sommer/presse/pressefotos
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PRESS TEXTS SUMMER 2014
SHORT INFORMATION
Wagner’s Ring is central to the programme of the Tyrol Festival in Erl in summer 2014 but one of
Austria’s most important composers is also prominently featured: Anton Bruckner. His works have
frequently formed a major part of the festival repertoire and so the analysis of his symphonies is a
logical consequence of our work. The remaining programme also has much to offer especially in the
musical mix of folk music, classical and jazz in the series of chamber music concerts which take place for
the first time in the Festspielhaus, exploring the fascinating possibilities offered by the exceptional
acoustics. For the first time in summer 2014 performances are given in both festival halls in Erl – an idea
manifested in particular on two evenings when Duke Bluebeard’s Castle is staged in the Festspielhaus
and followed by a performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana in the Passionsspielhaus.
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In summer 2014 at the Tyrol Festival in Erl, as a cyclical complement to Wagner’s Ring the last three
symphonies by Anton Bruckner will be performed. The programme also features a series of chamber
music combining classical, jazz and folk music, presented for the first time in the Festspielhaus. On two
evenings both festival halls will be used: Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle in a staged production in the
Festspielhaus is followed by Orff’s Carmina Burana in the Passionsspielhaus.
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