The new Wolf-Ferrari-score: „Quando ti vidi“ – originally based on songs for Soprano and Piano, in the orchestration and conception by Friedrich Haider.
Video Documentation with English subtitles:
Video documentario con sottotitoli in italiano:
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari conducting the overture of his opera „Il segreto di Susanna“ with Tonhalle Orchester Zürich (recorded on June 24, 1947)
Victor de Sabata conducting the overture of „Il segreto di Susanna“ with Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo, Rome (recorded in Milan, 1948)
„Intermezzo“ from „I quatro rusteghi, OVIEDO FILARMONIA, Friedrich Haider
Sinfonia Brevis in E-flat major op.28, 3rd movement, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Alun Francis
„Quartina“ – a capella chorus on Carlo Goldonis words – an early homage to Wolf-Ferraris native town Venezia, sung by Coro El León de Oro
„Aprila, bella, la finestrella“ – Raffaele’s song from „I Gioielli della Madonna“, baritone Daniel Capkovic, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Friedrich Haider
4th movement „Presto“ from Wolf-Ferraris „Serenade for Strings“, composed at the age of 17 during his studies at the „Royal Academie of Music“ in Munich. OVIEDO FILARMONIA, conducted by Friedrich Haider
In the video documentary “Declaration of love to a violinist”, conductor Friedrich Haider follows in the footsteps of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s violin concerto, shedding light not only on the history of its creation but also on the background to this mysterious composition, which was written in the middle of the Second World War.
Finale, Rondo. 4th movement from „Violin Concerto“ D major op.26, Benjamin Schmid, violin/Oviedo Filarmonia, Friedrich Haider