FULL Force & Freedom Beethoven zwischen Zwang und Freiheit Berlin 2022 Ted Schmitz, Kuss Quartett

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Force & Freedom Beethoven zwischen Zwang und Freiheit  
• Composer: Beethoven Ludwig van  
• Libretto: various    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Radialsystem Berlin, Germany  
• Recorded: April 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Ted Schmitz
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Nico and the Navigators, Kuss Quartett  
• Stage Director: Nicola Hümpel   
• Stage Designer: Oliver Proske  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ARTE  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: vk     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

A Beethoven project marks Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday: Nico and the Navigators and the Kuss Quartet have explored the aesthetic and political forces and freedoms that impacted the creation of the composer’s work. What does it mean to encounter the late quartets with our full range of senses today? How do these pieces relate to our current experiences?

At the Berlin premiere of “Force & Freedom” at Radialsystem, the artists embark on a quest with the string quartets Opus 59 No. 3 Finale and Opus 135, as well as the Dankgesang and the Grosse Fuge, that leads them from historical sources to their own present time. Questions regarding the complex relationship between artist, work and society thereby arise.