Fritz Lehmann

Fritz Lehmann ( born May 17, 1904 in Mannheim, † March 30, 1956 in Munich) was a German conductor and university professor.

His life

After the war he was called Lehmann again in 1946 as Head of the Göttingen Handel Festival, an office which he has exercised until 1953. At the same time, also from 1946, he served as Director and Music Director at City Theatre Göttingen. 1950 ended this activity with the forced for reasons of cost closure of opera and operetta operation. Lehmann built himself after a very successful career as a sought-after guest conductor. Many radio and recordings from this period.

In 1953 he moved permanently fixed his residence to Munich and took over the management of a conducting class at the Academy of Music. During a performance of the St. Matthew Passion on Good Friday 1956 Fritz Lehmann suffered a heart attack. A second conductor, Jürgen Popp, head of the Munich teacher Choral Society, the concert led to an end. Only at the end of the performance, gently fading away after the final chorus Ruhet, told the audience that Fritz Lehmann had died.

Buried he is in Pullach.

Discography (selection)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, with the soloists Elfrida Trötschel, Diana Eustrati, Helmut Krebs, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau and Friedrich Hertel. Choir and symphony orchestra of the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Boys Choir of St. Hedwig 's Cathedral. Concert recording from the Berlin House of Broadcasting, May 1949.
  • Franz Schubert: Music to Rosamunde (D 797 ), The Magic Harp (D 644 ) and Serenade ( D 920 ), with Diana Eustrati (Alt ), Michael Raucheisen (piano), Berliner Motettenchor and the Berlin Philharmonic. Recording 1952/53, DGG 2004.
  • Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso No. 1, with the Bavarian State Orchestra. DGG 1951.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in D major, K. 537 ( " Coronation Concerto " ), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Soloist: Carl Seemann. DGG 1953
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Rondo in D major, K. 382, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Soloist: Carl Seemann. DGG 1952
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 170, with Elisabeth Höngen and the Bavarian State Orchestra, DGG 1951.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel fairy tale in three images, with the soloists Rita Streich, Gisela Litz, Res Fischer and the Munich Philharmonic. Recording: 1953, DGG 435 471 2
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, opera in 3 acts, with the soloists Karl Friedrich, Maud Cunitz, Benno Kusche and Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio. Recording September 1952, various CD releases
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