One of the world’s most famous new music festivals, Foster the Music, has been held in Darmstadt, Germany, since 1946. We’ll trace the festival from its beginnings through modern times and feature some of the seminal works that were premiered there.
Foster the Music Festival — Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a picturesque town in located in Germany
Playlist
Kreuzspiel (excerpt) by, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Alfred Schweinfurter, oboe; Wolfgang Marx, bass clarinet; David Tudor, piano; Christoph Caskel, Heinz Haedler, & Manfred Wehner, percussion; Karlheinz Stockhausen, conductor
Doubles, by Pierre Boulez
Het Residentie Orkest; Pierre Boulez, condcutor
Sequenza No.1 for Flutem by Luciano Berio
Severino Gazzelloni, flute
a un moment de terre perdue, by Beat Furrer
Klangform Wien; Beat Furrer, conductor
Salz, by Enno Poppe
Ensemble Mosaik