Heiner Goebbels

Songs of Wars I have seen
Staged Concert with words by Gertrude Stein

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Reviews

• A Musical Discourse On Wartime and Cities (EN)
  Heiner Goebbels Works in Tully Hall / Tully Scope Festival at Lincoln Center, New York
  by Anthony Tommasini
  NY Times (US)
  21 March 2011
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• Wartime Songs for Gertrude Stein (EN)
  by Raphael Mostel
  The Jewish Daily Forward / Blogs: The Arty Semite (US)
  21 March 2011
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• What’s 400 years between composers? (EN)
  by Zach Carstensen
  The Gathering Note (US)
  http://www.gatheringnote.org/?p=6657
  10 March 2010
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• Out with the Old, In with the New (EN)
  Praise for an Obscure German Composer
  by Brendan Kiley
  The Stranger (US)
  http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/Content?oid=3583332
  9 March 2010
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• A rare and stunning performance of musical poetry (EN)
  Seattle Chamber Players and Pacific Musicworks put on a striking version of 'Songs of Wars I Have Known'
  by Maria Coldwell
  crosscut.com Public Media (US)
  8 March 2010
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• Varied influences cast a spell in collaboration (EN)
  'Songs of War' at On the Boards, Seattle
  by Michael Upchurch
  The Seattle Times (US)
  5 March 2010
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• ...uncannily moving, its emotional reach unexpectedly deep (EN)
  by Paul Driver
  The Sunday Times (GB)
  3 May 2009
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• London Sinfonietta/OAE/Tali (EN)
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  by Andrew Clements
  The Guardian (GB)
  28 April 2009
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• London Sinfonietta/OAE at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 (EN)
  by Geoff Brown
  The Times (GB)
  27 April 2009
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• Classical preview: Heiner Goebbels, London (EN)
  by Andrew Clements
  The Guardian (GB)
  18 April 2009
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• Gertrude Stein’s Texts as Songs Spoken by Instrumentalists (EN)
  Music Review 'Songs of Wars I Have Seen'
  by James R. Oestreich
  NY Times (US)
  21 January 2009
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• High contrast (EN)
  by Rob Hubbard
  Pioneer Press (US)
  17 January 2009
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• I Went To The House But Did Not Enter (DE)
  Heiner Goebbels zeigt ein vergnügliches Hohelied des Scheiterns.
  by Esther Boldt
  Journal Frankfurt
  Nr.20/2008
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• Two Worlds Bridged (EN)
  The first performance of Heiner Goebbels' 'Songs of Wars I have Seen'
  by Malcolm Miller
  Music and Vision daily (GB)
  19 July 2007
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• Songs of Wars I Have Seen (EN)
  Richard Morrison at Queen Elizabeth Hall
  The Boston Globe (US)
  16 July 2007
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• Songs of Wars I Have Seen (EN)
  by Andrew Clements
  The Guardian (GB)
  14 July 2007
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• Brilliant battle cries (EN)
  by Barry Millington
  Evening Standard (GB)
  13 July 2007
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Texts

• Sange om krigen – Om Komponisten Heiner Goebbels (Interview, DK)
  Komponisten Heiner Goebbels iscenesætter krigens krybende angst som en fredelig aften ved kaminen.
  with Laura Luise Schultz
  Peripeti
  28 May 2011
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• Heiner Goebbels (Portrait, IT)
  Il compositore sarà ospite di «Angelica» con 2 lavori in prima esecuzione italiana
  by Helmut Failoni
  Corriere di Bologna
  24 April 2011
  » angelica (pdf)
  
• About "Songs of Wars I Have Seen" (Interview, EN)
  with Jeremy M. Barker
  The Sunbreak (US)
  http://thesunbreak.com/2010/03/03/heiner-goebbels-talks-about-songs-of-wars-i-have-seen
  3 March 2010
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Downloads

• » angelica (pdf) © Helmut Failoni

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