Wenn Musik den Atem anhält: Spannung in der Musik – Schallwelten Folge 45
Wie entsteht Spannung in der Musik? Schallwelten Folge 45 führt von Vorhalt und Ostinato über Der weiße Hai und Dunkirk bis zu Resistenza. Online am 26.10.2026 um 9 Uhr.
Beethoven und Lyatoshynsky: Wer gehört zum musikalischen Kanon? – Schallwelten Folge 44 vom 12.10.2026
Warum kennt jeder Beethoven, aber kaum jemand Lyatoshynsky? Über Geniekult, ukrainische Kulturgeschichte und die Frage, wie aus Aufmerksamkeit dauerhaftes Repertoire wird.
Braucht ein Klavier Kompromisse? – Schallwelten Folge 43 vom 28.9.2026
Braucht ein Klavier Kompromisse? In Schallwelten Folge 43 erklären Alfred und Johannes Huber historische Stimmungen und Temperierung – und schlagen die Brücke zu Film und Politik.
History of Medicine – Schallwelten Episode 41 from 8/31/2026 – with a preview of Episode 42
From worm charms and the four humors theory to modern research: Episode 41 tells the accessible history of medicine and provides a preview of Episode 42.
Is film music classical music? – Schallwelten Episode 40 of August 17, 2026
Film music and classical music compared: Schallwelten Episode 40 explains leitmotifs, sonata form, and Kubrick's use of music – clearly and comprehensibly.
Music as a political language
A song can fill a space before a speaker reaches the microphone. It can turn grief into a shared gesture, make fear audible, or preserve a story that official archives tried to erase. Music as a political language begins right there: not with a slogan, but with the experience that sound creates connections—between people, generations, memories, and […]
Are you playing second fiddle, by any chance? – Episode 38 Schallwelten from July 20, 2026
Anyone attending a symphony concert for the first time or after a long absence quickly realizes that the concert hall has its own rules. Some are sensible, others seem intimidating, and still others are historically grown and followed almost reflexively to this day. This is precisely where the rules of etiquette in the concert hall come in. They are not merely decoration for a supposedly higher culture, but […]
Contemporary classical music – an elite project?
If you initially find no footing in a new orchestral work, you are not listening incorrectly. This is precisely where contemporary classical music must be explained – not as a polite introduction to a niche subject, but as a response to a genuine experience: sitting in front of sound that defies routine. No familiar cadence, no comforting form, often not even a […]
Are we all fascists? – Episode 37 Schallwelten from July 6, 2026
The question sounds provocative, almost indecent. And yet it hits a sore spot of the present. When political debates become shriller, when images of the enemy are more readily available than arguments, and when art is no longer supposed to irritate, but only to confirm, then a closer look is worthwhile: not at whether all people are fascists, but at why fascist […]
Music and Politics: Understanding the Connection
Anyone who reduces the connection between music and politics to mere protest songs misses the crucial point. Politics does not reside solely in the lyrics of an anthem or the slogan of a song. It is embedded in performance venues, funding structures, censorship, the question of who is heard versus who is silenced, and the story a society wants to tell about itself. Precisely for this reason, […]
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