Tag Archives: Hans Keller

“Unmurderable Beethoven” : Hans Keller celebrates Beethoven 200

Posted on 4 September 2020 by sw508

No, we’ve not got our dates wrong, dear reader – read on to see why. This week, we thought it might be fun to present a little concert to celebrate the Beethoven 250 centenary. But what about the programme notes? … Continue reading →

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Proms, Hans Keller, and, Beethoven 250

Posted on 7 August 2020 by sw508

Two for the price of one this week we’re delighted to say. It will come as no surprise for Hans Keller fans out there to learn that he wrote many programme notes for Proms concerts – primarily during the 1960s … Continue reading →

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At the Proms with Hans Keller: 24 July 1962

Posted on 24 July 2020 by sw508

Welcome to this evening’s Prom dear readers. We here at MusiCB3 thought we might offer you an alternative to that on offer from the esteemed BBC’s Proms Archive this evening and give you instead the one which took place on … Continue reading →

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Beethoven the arranger: exploring the countryside

Posted on 3 July 2020 by sw508

Continuing our celebrations of the Beethoven 250 anniversary, I thought we might take a little look at one of the, perhaps, dustier corners of his output – that of his arrangements of some of his own works (not to be … Continue reading →

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Behind the notes: Keller, Beethoven and Functional Analysis

Posted on 31 January 2020 by sw508

You may have noticed, dear reader, that this year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. So, to kick off our own celebrations here at MusiCB3, I thought we would combine two extraordinary musical minds and look at Hans … Continue reading →

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At the Event: Hans Keller on Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, Op.130

Posted on 7 November 2019 by sw508

Last Tuesday (29th October) it was my great pleasure to attend the launch of not one, but two, volumes of material drawn from the Hans Keller archive: the re-issue of his ‘Jerusalem Diary’ and  – this, the main focus (is … Continue reading →

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ER in the Keller Archive: Schoenberg score in intensive care

Posted on 20 September 2019 by sw508

A little while ago, as I was quietly sorting through what I have dubbed the “Attic Anhang” of the Keller Archive to get it ready for documenting, I came across a miniature score of Schoenberg’s String Quartet Op.7. Imagine my … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller on…Schoenberg

Posted on 30 August 2019 by sw508

The start of a new series, this, where I give over my pen to Hans Keller and present some of the exquisite pieces which have surfaced from the dustier corners of his archive. This first, on Schoenberg, of whom Keller … Continue reading →

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Your starter for 10: Hans Keller’s music quiz

Posted on 12 July 2019 by sw508

Now that the May week celebrations here (in June, of course) are well and truly over and the summer holidays have begun in earnest, what better than a little exercise for the grey cells to keep them in trim for … Continue reading →

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Hans Keller and the anti-competition

Posted on 24 May 2019 by sw508

Hans Keller was implacably opposed to the concept of competition in music, maintaining that whilst it was something one could associate with sport, the arts were for communication, not competition. Nonetheless, he sat on many competition juries and judging panels, … Continue reading →

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