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Richard Wagner was no ranter | Martin Kettle

It is banal to suggest his music promotes antisemitism, but the Israel Chamber Orchestra's Bayreuth performance mattersA small orchestra plays a small piece of music in a small town in Germany. Hardly the stuff of headlines around the world, you may think. Such things probably happen every day of every year. Except that in this instance, the small orchestra is the Israel Chamber Orchestra; the small piece of music is the Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner; and the small town in Germany is Bayreu...

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17:01 on July 24 2011

Israeli orchestra confronts taboo at Wagner shrine

Reuters — BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The Israel Chamber Orchestra will play a work by Adolf Hitler's favorite composer Richard Wagner in Germany on Tuesday, challenging a seven-... more info

Richard Wagner

21:08 on July 24 2011

Israeli orchestra to perform Wagner in Germany at Bayreuth opera festival

Guardian Music — Israel Chamber Orcestra will play Siegfried Idyll, challenging seven-decade taboo surrounding composer's antisemitic linksThe Israel Chamber Orchestra will play a work by... more info

Richard Wagner

21:00 on July 25 2011

Richard Wagner was no ranter | Martin Kettle

Guardian Music — It is banal to suggest his music promotes antisemitism, but the Israel Chamber Orchestra's Bayreuth performance mattersA small orchestra plays a small piece of music in a... more info

Richard Wagner

23:00 on July 25 2011

Israeli orchestra angers Holocaust group by playing Wagner in Germany

The Independent — An Israeli orchestra is set to perform a work by Adolf Hitler's favourite composer, Richard Wagner, in a taboo-breaking concert in Germany. more info

Richard Wagner