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Hans Rott Newsletter

Works Index available

New concerts (details):

March 14 and May 23, 2004
2nd movement from Symphony No. 1 in E major, transcription for organ
Erwin Horn
Würzburg and Siegburg/Germany

July 10/11, 2004
Pastorales Vorspiel (Pastoral Prelude) in F major for Orchestra
Wiener Jeunesse Orchester
Herbert Böck
Dobbiaco and Valgardena/Italy

July 13, 2004
Works by Hans Rott
Dominik Wörner, Bass
Felicitas Strack, Piano
Dobbiaco/Italy

November 11/12, 2004
Symphony No. 1 in E major
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Numajiri Ryusuke
Tokyo/Japan, Suntory Hall

March 13-16, 2005
Symphony No. 1 in E major
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Johannes Wildner
Gelsenkirchen/Germany

BROADCASTING
January 19, 2004
Symphony No. 1 in E major
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Classic 99 and other U.S. stations
8:05pm

The site has been redesigned and should be easier to handle.

New concerts:

October 23/24, 2003
Symphony No 1 in E major
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Michael Zilm
Lissabon/Portugal

January 2 - 4, 2004
Symphony for String Orchestra - WORLD PREMIERE
Cappella dei Giovani
David Schwarb
Schweiz

New articles about the Origin of the Symphony No. 1 in E major (Bert Hagels) and the Prelude to "Julius Caesar" (Frank Litterscheid) available.

New concert

February 4, 2004 - 20.00 Uhr and February 6, 2004 - 20.00 Uhr
Münster/D, Hörsaal SCH1 (Aaseeaula), Scharnhorststr./Platz der weißen Rose
A Prelude to "Julius Caesar" - WORLD PREMIERE - and
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936): Concerto gregoriano für Violine und Orchester
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-moll op. 39
Junges Sinfonieorchester an der WWU e.V
Ingolf Turban, Violine
Werner Marihart

The following works have recently been edited and are available as of now from the respective publishers:

Fuga in C major
Fuga in C minor
Andantino for Piano

This year has had many performances of Rott's works in store already, and we are pleased to announce that there will be some more concerts until the end of the year. Add to this there may take place two further performances of the Symphony No. 1 in E major in Lisbon/Portugal in October 2003.

And there could hardly be a better start into 2004 than with the world premiere of the Symphony in A-flat major for String Orchestra in Switzerland. Here you will find the traditional list of the relevant dates.

The "klang:punkte" magazine (spring 2003 issue) of the music publishers Doblinger features an article on Hans Rott worth reading:

Walter Weidringer - "... ein intensives Talent ..." ("... An Intensive Talent...")

Thanks to the kind permission of author and publishers we are able to offer you a PDF version of this article in German and English.

In the meantime, another Lied by Hans Rott has had its world premiere: "Two Wishes". Read more about this performance here.

The following works have been edited and are available as of now from the respective publishers:

Orchestral Prelude in E major
Symphony for String Orchestra
Suite in E Major
Zwei Wünsche (Two Wishes)
Idyll
Minuet

New concerts

November 11, 2003, Lakeland/Florida/USA
Symphony No 1 in E major
Imperial Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Pranno

March 5./6., 2004, Mainz/D
Symphony No 1 in E major sowie
Johannes Brahms: Tragische Ouvertüre d-moll op. 81
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Konzert für Violine und Orchester e-moll op. 64
Orchester des Staatstheaters Mainz
Catherine Rückwardt

October 15./16., 2004, Köln/D
Symphony No 1 in E major
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Neeme Järvi

New broadcasting

May 4, 2003, 9.30- 12.00 Uhr, hr (Hessischer Rundfunk) Klassik
Symphony No 1 in E major, 1st movement
RSO Wien
Dennis Russell Davies
probably including a talk about this work and Hans Rott with Klaus-Dieter Schramm

Thanks to the kind permission of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, the article "Do not laugh, gentlemen ..." by Dr Thomas Leibnitz is available from now on in German and English.

New broadcasting

April 26, 2003, 10:30-12:00, SWR 2, Treffpunkt Klassik: Extra
Guest: Stefan Schaub
One of the works on his wish list is the Scherzo from Hans Rott's Symphony No. 1 in E major. He will tell about Hans Rott and his Symphony.

Details concerning the choral works (Epigones, The Echo) are available now.

The site has been translated into English completely.

We counted the 25,000th visitor of this site! Thanks for your continous interest.

Uraufführung der Chorwerke

April 6, 2003, 17:00 Uhr Würzburg/D, Hochschule für Musik
25. Würzburger Chormusiktage 2003
u.a. Hans Rott: Epigonen (Epigones) / Das Echo (The Echo) - World Premiere
Würzburger Sängerverein von 1847 e.V.
Caroline Prozeller

Neue Radioausstrahlung

April 22, 2003, 8:05 - HR (Hessischer Rundfunk) 2
Matinée
Wagner: Ouvertüre zur Oper "Der fliegende Holländer"
Crusell: 1. Klarinettenkonzert Es-Dur op. 1
Mozart: Klaviersonate B-Dur KV 333
Hans Rott: Symphony No 1 in E major; Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Ltg.: Gerhard Samuel

New broadcastings

March 18, 2003, 10:05 - HR (Hessischer Rundfunk) 2
Konzert am Vormittag (Concert in the morning)
Wagner: Ouvertüre zur Oper "Der fliegende Holländer"
Crusell: 1. Klarinettenkonzert Es-Dur op. 1
Mozart: Klaviersonate B-Dur KV 333
Hans Rott: Symphony No 1 in E major; Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Ltg.: Gerhard Samuel

March 5, 2003, 20:05 - HR (Hessischer Rundfunk) 2
Hans Rott: Pastorales Vorspiel (Pastoral Prelude) (Live Recording, March 22, 2002, Konzerthaus Berlin)
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Jac van Steen

"Julius Caesar" published by Doblinger

Recordings updated, completed and redesigned

New (and very interesting) recording of the Symphony No. 1 in E major available:
Orchestre National de Montpellier, Friedemann Layer

New broadcastings and concerts

Bibliography updated and translated

Translation Leibnitz' article on the premiere of the Pastorales Vorspiel

New broadcasting

3.12.2002, 5.25, SWR 2
Hans Rott - Pastorales Vorspiel

Internationale Hans Rott Gesellschaft (International Hans Rott Society) founded in Vienna

12.11.2002, 14.40, Schwedisches Radio, P 2
Hans Rott - Pastoralt förspel (Pastorales Vorspiel)
Berlins symfoniorkester. Dirigent: Jac van Steen

7.12.2003, München
Symphonie E-Dur
Münchener Rundfunkorchester, Sebastian Weigle

18.10.2002, Ingolstadt/D
Pastorales Vorspiel für Orchester (Pastoral Prelude for Orchestra)
Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

17.10.2002:
Der »Begründer der neuen Symphonie« Bayern 2, 22.05 Uhr

18.10.2002:
Wer war Hans Rott? Bei den Bruckner-Tagen Würzburg wird des Komponisten gedacht Bayern 2, ab 8.30 Uhr

Ries & Erler told that the score and the parts for the Symphony No. 1 in E major are available for rent

We counted the 10,000th visitor of this site! Thanks a lot for your interest.

21.9.2002: Pastorales Vorspiel (Broadcasting)
MDR Kultur (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) 10:15

New publishers for the string quartet in c minor and the Symphony No. 1 in E major

Words of several Lieder added (thanks to Caroline Prozeller)

Reviews of the cpo recording added

Lecture by Dr. Uwe Harten in July 2003 (Gustav-Mahler-Musikwoche)

2.8.2002: Pastorales Vorspiel - Broadcasting of the German Premiere
Radio Österreich 1 15.06 Uhr

New article on Hans Rott by Erwin Horn (in German language)

First details on the Dachs string quinet and its premiere

Article on Gustav Mahler, Hans Rott and Hugo Wolf (in German)

New concert:

23.10.2002; Kempten/D
Symphony No. 1 in E major
Ungarische Sinfoniker Pecs
Hans Richter

Excperts from most recordings available

Bibliography
We have added a planned dissertation on Hans Rott by Johannes Volker Schmidt and look forward to its publication.

Works list
The works list has been supplied with details concerning the works which will be premiered this summer and autumn.

New article
We are proud to offer the very interesting article by Dr. Eckardt van den Hoogen which is part of the CD booklet cpo 999 854-2 in English and French translation.

New CD:
Symphony in E major
Pastorales Vorspiel (Pastoral Prelude)
Vienna Radio Symphoniy Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies
2002 (cpo 999 854-2)
More about the CD