• Thumbnail for Franz Konwitschny
    Franz Konwitschny (14 August 1901, Fulnek, Moravia – 28 July 1962, Belgrade) was a German conductor and violist of Moravian descent. He started his career...
    5 KB (423 words) - 15:52, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)
    several recordings especially in East Germany, for example those of Franz Konwitschny or Herbert Kegel. Albrecht et al. (1996, 10) identify Kuffner (1780–1846)...
    17 KB (2,078 words) - 14:04, 5 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
    (1929–1933) Hermann Abendroth (1934–1945) Herbert Albert (1946–1948) Franz Konwitschny (1949–1962) Václav Neumann (1964–1968) Kurt Masur (1970–1996) Herbert...
    15 KB (1,239 words) - 10:21, 8 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marianne Schech
    Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Franz Konwitschny, and Venus in Tannhäuser, also conducted by Konwitschny. Born in Geitau near Bayrischzell, Schech...
    7 KB (559 words) - 08:55, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mikhail Voskresensky
    which he has performed under conductors including John Pritchard, Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Masur, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Evgeny Svetlanov, Charles Dutoit...
    9 KB (1,072 words) - 16:51, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Staatsoper Hannover
    as GMD through the 2025–2026 season. Rudolf Krasselt (1924–1943) Franz Konwitschny (1945–1949) Johannes Schüler (1949–1960) Günter Wich (1961–1965) George...
    13 KB (682 words) - 09:30, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Igor Oistrakh
    Igor Oistrakh (right) in 1957, with his father David (left) and conductor Franz Konwitschny...
    6 KB (399 words) - 20:17, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
    Orchestra, as the Heerrufer (Decca) Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer, with Franz Konwitschny (EMI) Wagner, Das Rheingold, with Herbert von Karajan (DG) Wagner...
    39 KB (4,452 words) - 08:32, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Staatskapelle Berlin
    (1941–1945) Joseph Keilberth (1948–1951) Erich Kleiber (1954–1955) Franz Konwitschny (1955–1962) Otmar Suitner (1964–1990) Daniel Barenboim (1992–2023)...
    10 KB (867 words) - 09:27, 29 September 2023
  • Hans Knappertsbusch Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1952 Altus ALT 074 Franz Konwitschny Orchestra of the Munich State Opera 1952 Urania URN22.247+ Carl Schuricht...
    42 KB (3,698 words) - 12:21, 9 April 2024
  • Knappertsbusch, various labels Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, conductor Franz Konwitschny, EMI 3CD-Album (1960) Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber, conductor...
    10 KB (1,086 words) - 04:31, 12 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Berlin State Opera
    (1941–1945) Joseph Keilberth (1948–1951) Erich Kleiber (1954–1955) Franz Konwitschny (1955–1962) Otmar Suitner (1964–1990) Daniel Barenboim (1992–2023)...
    15 KB (1,457 words) - 06:05, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Staatskapelle Dresden
    (1943–1944) Joseph Keilberth (1945–1950) Rudolf Kempe (1949–1953) Franz Konwitschny (1953–1955) Lovro von Matačić (1956–1958) Otmar Suitner (1960–1964)...
    14 KB (1,282 words) - 09:25, 26 January 2024
  • Philharmoniker Sir Georg Solti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker Franz Konwitschny conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Carl Schuricht conducting...
    4 KB (371 words) - 09:00, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for David Oistrakh
    David Oistrakh, Franz Konwitschny and Igor Oistrakh after a guest performance in Berlin, 1957...
    19 KB (2,038 words) - 18:23, 14 April 2024
  • director. Peter Konwitschny grew up in Leipzig, where his father Franz Konwitschny was principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. After...
    6 KB (601 words) - 03:08, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
    replaced in 1929 by Hugo Balzer, who was succeeded by Franz Konwitschny in 1933. After Franz Konwitschny left Freiburg in 1938, Bruno Vondenhoff followed....
    4 KB (461 words) - 21:18, 15 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Symphonia Domestica
    for two harmoniums (Trv 247) for the occasion of the wedding of his son Franz with Alice Grab-Hermannswörth, based largely on themes found in the Symphonia...
    10 KB (775 words) - 14:38, 19 January 2024
  • Philharmonic [65] [66] 1954 Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony [67] 1954 Franz Konwitschny Dresden Staatskapelle [68] 1955 Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic...
    37 KB (48 words) - 17:19, 2 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kongreßhalle Leipzig
    the concerts of the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Franz Konwitschny, Václav Neumann and Kurt Masur took place in the Great Hall. Numerous...
    16 KB (1,885 words) - 20:08, 3 July 2023
  • Schech, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Wunderlich Franz Konwitschny, Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus, Dresden Version (reverts...
    6 KB (35 words) - 08:09, 22 July 2023
  • Vinay Amy Shuard Hans Hotter Astrid Varnay Kurt Böhme Ursula Boese Franz Konwitschny Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0316 Mono...
    16 KB (81 words) - 05:02, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Die Feen
    D'Avalos (Asv Living Era B0000030XD), Marek Janowski (Angel B00005UVAN), Franz Konwitschny (Archipel ARPCD0239), Alexander Rahbari (Naxos B0001Z65J4), Alois...
    22 KB (2,924 words) - 19:31, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
    composer Wilhelm Weismann (1900–1980) German composer and musicologist Franz Konwitschny (1901–1962), German conductor Erhard Mauersberger (1903–1982), German...
    28 KB (3,031 words) - 01:13, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lovro von Matačić
    Cultural offices Preceded by Franz Konwitschny Kapellmeister and Chief Conductor, Staatskapelle Dresden 1956–1958 Succeeded by Otmar Suitner Preceded by...
    14 KB (330 words) - 05:00, 3 April 2024
  • Saale and Benno Ammann, Herbert Collum, Musja Gottlieb, Hans Heintze, Franz Konwitschny, Lars-Erik Larsson, Werner Neumann, Assen Najdenow, Otto Riemer, Peter...
    55 KB (6,827 words) - 16:37, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Erich Kleiber
    Wieden, Vienna, on 5 August 1890, the second of the two children of Dr Franz Otto Kleiber, a teacher, and his wife Vroni, née Schöppl. Kleiber's father...
    23 KB (2,384 words) - 04:47, 6 May 2024
  • recordings from the Ring operas were largely confined to excerpts. In 1929 Franz von Hoesslin and the Walther Staram Concert Orchestra issued recorded excerpts...
    19 KB (211 words) - 21:03, 22 April 2024
  • Radio Leipzig (now MDR Chor) and the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Franz Konwitschny. Schnakenberg, Günter (2014). "Chronik des Chores / Die ersten 25...
    8 KB (665 words) - 13:21, 20 July 2022
  • 1957 performance of Bach's St John Passion in Italy conducted by Franz Konwitschny. His recordings in this genre include: Schütz: Lukas-Passion (as bass...
    11 KB (953 words) - 17:01, 11 April 2024