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Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life. And he regularly went to concerts and the opera, where he found inspiration for his artistic work. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it was musicians who were inspired to compose by Paul Klee's art and his thoughts on pictorial formation. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out why this is the case and what this contemporary music sounds like. Music played (excerpts):Sandor Veress, “Alter Klang” [“Old Sound”] for orchestraPierre Boulez, “Structures I” for 2 pianosHarrison Birtwistle, “Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum” for orchestraTheo Brandmüller, “Konzert auf dem Zweig“ [“Concert on the Branch“] for Viola soloTzvi Avni, “Fuge in Rot“ [“Fugue in Red“] for mixed choir, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion Jim McNeely, “Übermut“ [“Exuberance“] for Big Band Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduction: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, he liked to explain certain principles of pictorial formation using examples from music: beat, rhythm and polyphony are terms that occur frequently. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out exactly what this is all about.Music played (excerpts): Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 6 in G major BWV 1019cJohann Sebastian Bach, Fugue from “Toccata and Fugue” in D minor BWV 565Johann Sebastian Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier, Fugue in C minor BWV 847Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduction: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a young man, he wrote music reviews for the Berner Fremdenblatt for three years and was not at all squeamish about the singers and soloists. Find out what he had to praise and criticise in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”Works played (excerpts): Gaetano Donizetti, “La fille du régiment“Ludwig van Beethoven, Ouverture from the opera “Fidelio“ Engelbert Humperdinck, Interlude from the opera “Hänsel und Gretel“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade No. 13 KV 525, A Little Night MusicWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, String Quartet in D minor KV 421Speaker: Marianne Keller,Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduction: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. The productions provided him with inspiration for his artistic work and numerous characters found their way into his work. In this episode of ‘Paul Klee's Playlist’, you can find out which operas he particularly enjoyed and what annoyed him about performances.Music played (excerpts):Giuseppe Verdi, Aria of Leonore from the opera “Il Trovatore”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aria of Blonde from the opera “Abduction from the Seraglio”Giuseppe Verdi, Aria “La donna è mobile” from the opera “Rigoletto”Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduction: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. He was particularly fond of classical and romantic music, but he also enjoyed the music of some of his contemporaries: he greatly appreciated Hindemith and Stravinsky, while Schoenberg and Webern did not seem to have particularly interested him. You can find out more about this in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”.Music played (excerpts):Igor Stravinsky, PetrushkaPaul Hindemith, Violin Sonata in E flat major op. 11 Nr. 1Ferruccio Busoni, Album page BV 272 Nr. 1Ferruccio Busoni, Ouverture from the opera “Arlecchino” Max Reger, Violin Sonata in C major op. 72Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduktion: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went toconcerts and the opera. He was particularly fascinated by the operas andsymphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while he himself loved playingBeethoven's string quartets. Find out what Paul Klee had to say about this inthis episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”. Music played (excerpts):Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ouverture from the opera “Le nozze di Figaro“ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Sonata in A major KV 526Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 41 KV 551, “Jupiter Symphonie“ Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Romance No. 2 in F major op. 50Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 131Speaker:Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduktion: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and, together with his wifeLily Klee, built up an extensive record collection. More than 200 shellacrecords are kept in the archive of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. In this episodeof “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out which works and which artists areparticularly well represented.Music played (excerpts):Frédéric Chopin, Prélude No. 24, Allegro AppassionatoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385, ‘Haffner Symphony’Giacomo Puccini, Aria “E lucevan le stelle“ from the opera “Tosca“Franz Schubert, Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99Igor Strawinsky, L’Histoire du SoldatSpeaker:Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne KellerProduktion: Mario ReinhardContact: archiv+[email protected]

Paul Klee was a painter.But he was also a musician. He learned to play the violin at the age of sevenand made music all his life. In his youth he was a member of the SymphonyOrchestra of the City of Bern, later he played mainly string quartets andchamber music. He was also passionate about going to the opera and listening torecords of well-known works at home. Musical terms appear in his picture titlesand he also resorted to the basics of music in his teaching to explainpictorial processes.  And we know that healso knew and appreciated the music of his contemporaries. The podcast"Paul Klee's Playlist" gives an insight into the artist'smultifaceted musical life.Speaker: Marianne KellerConcept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Chief curator; Marianne Keller, Head of archivesProduction: Alexander Hermann, Mario Reinhard