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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 Mendebrunnen is located at Augustusplatz in front of the Gewandhaus (Concert Hall) (). It is the largest fountain in Leipzig and cost 189,000 gold marks to construct. It was built by Adolf Gnauth in 1883–86.
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").
During the time he lived here, his daughter Elisabeth was born. He was joint director, with Niels Gade, of the 1845–46 season of Gewandhaus concerts. In 1846 he completed his oratorio Elijah, and conducted its premiere in Birmingham, England. [1] Mendelssohn died in Leipzig on 4 November 1847. [1]
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium ... Germany. Location Venue Room ... Gewandhaus: 1981 1,900
In the 14th Gewandhaus concert on 12 February 1948, the organ was played for the first time by Günther Ramin, and works by Handel, Bach and Bruckner were heard. Due to the fact that the organ was divided between two widely separated locations in the hall, its technical construction was complicated and it was very susceptible to malfunctions.
The concert hall [51] [52] was built from 1780 to 1783 in the armory wing of the Gewandhaus under the direction of the building director Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe in the classicist style. The ceiling was painted by Adam Friedrich Oeser, but in 1833 it was painted over with an architectural painting by Johann August Giesel from Dresden.
Gewandhaus Philharmonie, Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany; Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany; Philharmonic Hall, Cologne, Germany; David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, US; known as Philharmonic Hall at its opening in 1962, renamed for Avery Fisher in 1973, and renamed for David Geffen in 2015