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The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Garment House"). In addition to its concert duties, the orchestra also performs ...
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; M. MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; S. Salonorchester Cappuccino This page was last edited on 4 December 2024, at 14:42 (UTC ...
The Gewandhaus at the Augustusplatz in Leipzig-Mitte with the Mendebrunnen at night (2016). Current Gewandhaus. Gewandhaus (German: [ɡəˈvanthaʊs] ⓘ) is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics.
The Bachorchester zu Leipzig (sometimes also Bachorchester Leipzig, formerly Bachorchester des Gewandhauses zu Leipzig) is a chamber orchestra made up of musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, which performs music by Johann Sebastian Bach and other masters of Baroque and pre-Classical music.
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On February 25, 1850, Julius Rietz conducted the premiere of the Konzertstück at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The four soloists—Eduard Pohle, Joseph Jehnigen, Eduard Julius Leichsenring, and Carl Heinrich Conrad Wilcke—were members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Schumann noted a "friendly reception" by the audience.
He entered the Conservatorium der Musik at Leipzig in 1848, where he was a pupil of the violinist Ferdinand David. [2] [3] In 1850 Röntgen became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, in 1869 the second concertmaster and in 1873 he took David's place as first concertmaster of the orchestra. [1]
It thus became the most important social hall in the city of Leipzig. [4] From 1946 until the opening of the third Gewandhaus in 1981, the concerts of the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Franz Konwitschny, Václav Neumann and Kurt Masur took place in the Great Hall. Numerous international soloists made guest appearances.