Tannhauser WWV 70

Overture to the Opera - Dresden Version

By Richard Wagner

Item Number: BR.PB-4497

ISBN 9790004204030. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Now they began to play. To my greatest surprise, it was a strong, full orchestra, outstandingly rehearsed, the tempi nearly all perfect, everything neat and well executed. - My God, how I was moved to hear - basically for the first time - something of mine being played without me, and without anyone really paying much attention to me. And now this very piece, the Tannhauser Overture! I sat there plagued by an indescribable inner agitation - : unfortunately, I was being sharply observed by the public, which had taken note of this; yet I noticed nothing of all this, and burst into a river of beneficial tears. (...) At the close, the wild applause of the public that had no idea about what they had just witnessed - The conductor and the entire orchestra turned towards me and cheered and applauded so much that I had to stand and thank them...

(Richard Wagner from Strasbourg to his wife Minna on 15 January 1858) 1811 im Lauf weniger Wochen fur Heinrich Joseph Baermann (1784-1847) dem Klarinettisten der Munchner Hofkapelle dem das Werk auch gewidmet ist. Carl Maria von Weber schrieb sein Klarinettenkonzert f-moll 1811 im Lauf weniger Wochen fur Heinrich Joseph Baermann (1784-1847) dem Klarinettisten der Munchner Hofkapelle.