This Concerto was inspired and written in honour of Zoltán Kodály. Hartmann was inspired to write a piece of music characterised by a Hungarian flavour, as much in the cadenza-like free passages remin...
'The towers are burning, the church has been ransacked, the town hall lies in ruins, the strong have been hacked to death, the virgins defiled, and wherever we look we see fire, plague and death which...
Am 27. und 28. April 1945 schleppte sich ein Menschenstrom von Dachauer 'Schutzhäftlingen' an uns vorrüber - unendlich war der Strom - unendlich war das Elend - unendlich war das Leid