Classical Californians: Eckart Preu

Mical Hutson

Our Classical Californian this week is the Music Director and Conductor of the Long Beach Symphony, Eckart Preu. He’s got a selection of works that were formative as he grew up in Germany – with symphonic Brahms, Bruckner, and Hindemith, a choral gem from Heinrich Schütz, an operatic prelude by Franz Schmidt, as well as a cello concerto by British composer Anna Clyne inspired by a poem of Rumi.

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. 1 - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Heinrich Schütz: "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" - Cappella Sagittariana Dresden and Dresden Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, mvt. 4 - Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo - Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, mvt. 2, Scherzo - The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Anna Clyne: DANCE: I. when you're broken open - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop; Inbal Segev, cello