Crowdfunding Yun House – we ask for support of “Diversity in Harmony”, the concert series at the Yun House Berlin.
“Diversity in Harmony”, in 2024 supported by Kulturamt Spandau, Fonds Dezentrale Kulturarbeit, and the Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (GVL) & GEMA-Stiftung & Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung (concert 6). Entrance free, donations wellcome
Yun House Berlin-Kladow, Sakrower Kirchweg 47, 14089 Berlin “Diversity in Harmony 9”: Sunday, 13 October 2024, 4 p.m. – Live-Stream XXII (see Our Next Activity)
Last concert in 2024 on 17 November 2024
Exhibitions in the small “Chinese Room” Scores: exhibition on Yun’s “Riul” (1968) & Piano Trio (1972/75) Art: exhibition Celia Caturelli, insects
With the creation of our video channel, we intend to gradually make accessible to the visitors of our website the most exemplary recordings of Isang Yun’s compositions (see the video clips in the catalogue of works), as well as introductions to his works, and our concerts at the Yun-Haus Berlin. If you have the impression that your rights are being violated, please let us know.
In notation and sound, here is a recording of String Quartet VI, which took place in April 1992 after a rehearsal of the Amati Quartet in Berlin with and in the presence of Isang Yun. We put this online so that those interested can study the performance of the dynamic indications and other specifications of the notation. See also: Images (live from 5 Nov. 1997), Contemplation for two violas, as well as the then spectacular Symphony I with all four movements (1982/(83), etc.
Crowdfunding Yun Haus – we ask for support of “Diversity in Harmony”, the concert series at the Yun House Berlin
Duration of our concerts in the Yun House Berlin: about one hour. Entrance is free, donations are welcome. Pre-registration to:
The concerts in Yun House Berlin with the motto “Diversity in Harmony” are supported by the Kulturamt Spandau, Fonds Dezentrale Kulturarbeit, the Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (GVL), the GEMA-Stiftung, and the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung (concert 6).
„Klassikern“ steht Toshio Hosokawas Threnody in Erinnerung an die Opfer der Erdbeben in Japan.
Chinesisches Zimmer: Ausstellung Celia Caturelli, “Meditaciones sobre los insectos” (2020), Tusche auf Papier. – Vernissage: 18:35 Uhr. Einführung: Natalia Göllner, Verlag stuerz-buecher, Berlin
9 Yun‐Haus Berlin, Sakrower Kirchweg 47 (“Diversity in Harmony 9”) Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2024, 16 Uhr – Live-Stream XXII
Birdie – Bird
Jessie Montgomery: Peace for violin and piano (2021) Isang Yun: Das Vögelchen (from Li‐Na im Garten, 1985) Franz Schubert: Fantasy C‐Major for violin and piano, D. 934 (1827) Robert Schumann: Eintritt (I.), Verrufene Stelle (IV.) und Vogel als Prophet (VII.) aus den Waldszenen op. 82 (1848/49) Isang Yun: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1991, Druckfassung)
Yezu Woo (violin), Tomoki Park (piano)
Die „Fantasie“ genannte große Sonate von Franz Schubert enthält einen Variationen‐Satz auf Schuberts Lied „Sei mir gegrüßt, sei mir geküsst!“, dessen Text von Friedrich Rückert stammt. Yuns Miniatur „Das Vögelchen“ und Schuberts große „Fantasie“ sind vitale, weltzugewandte Werke, bei Schubert nicht ohne Liebesschmerz. Zur Schattenseite führt uns die zweite Programm‐Hälfte: Schumanns „Verrufene Stelle“ (nach einem Text von Friedrich Hebbel) und „Vogel als Prophet“ sind Todesboten. Yuns späte Violinsonate mündet in die Stille eines scheinbar jenseitigen Raums. Sie erklingt diesmal in der Druckfassung, deren Klavierpart von der ursprünglichen Fassung erheblich abweicht. – Die Komponistin und Geigerin Jessie Montgomery lebt und wirkt in New York, wo sie an Manhattan’s Lower East Side aufwuchs; sie wurde u. a. mit dem Leonard Bernstein Award der ASCAP Foundation ausgezeichnet.
10 Yun‐Haus Berlin, Sakrower Kirchweg 47 (“Diversity in Harmony 10”) Sonntag, 17. November 2024, 16 Uhr. – Live-Stream XXIII
Yun & Companions
Younghi Pagh-Paan: Fanfarella for violin solo (2018) Martin Jaggi (*1978): Gharra for string quartet (2012) Klaus Huber: Intarsimile for violin solo [(Egidius Streiff)] Erwin Koch-Raphael: „ … pour ne plus penser au désert“ for string quartet (Paul Eluard, 2020) – WP Isang Yun: String Quartet III (1959; rev. 1961)
Entrance free, donations wellcome. – CHINESE ROOM Scores: exhibition on Yun’s “Riul” for clarinet and piano (1968) Art: exhibition G. F. Ris
8 Yun‐Haus Berlin, Sakrower Kirchweg 47 (“Diversity in Harmony 8”) Sonntag, 29. September 2024, 17 Uhr – Live-Stream XXI
Songs without Words. Mozart – Yun – Hosokawa – Rayeva
Olga Rayeva: Sense (Empfindung) for String Quartet (2004) Isang Yun: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet No. 1 (1984) Toshio Hosokawa: Threnody – to the victims of Tohoku Earthquake 3.11 for viola solo (2011) W. A. Mozart: Larghetto aus: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet A Major KV 581 (1789)
Stephan Mörth (clarinet), Byol Kang / Clemens Linder (violin), Annemarie Moorcroft (viola), Mischa Meyer (violoncello)
Mit Sense (Empfindung) schrieb Olga Rayeva ein Werk aus der Stille, das in die Stille zurückkehrt. Yuns lyrisches Klarinettenquintett I (1984), ein „Lied ohne Worte“ (Yun), läutete eine neue Schaffensphase ein. Es wird dem langsamen Satz von Mozarts Klarinettenquintett (1789) gegenübergestellt. Zwischen diesen
Live-Stream XX “Debussy – Yun – Joyce”: Works by Lotta Wennäkoski, Claude Debussy, Isang Yun and James Joyce (Recitations from Finnegans Wake). Mischa Meyer (Violoncello), Sivan Magen (Harfe), Oliver Siebeck (Sprecher). – Yun House Berlin, Sunday, 30 June 2023, 5 p.m. (“Diversity in Harmony 6”)
Live-Stream XI “Récréation: Yun + French Baroque”: Works by Jean-Marie Leclair & Isang Yun. Chien-Chun Hung (flute), Klaus Schöpp (flute), Tung-Han Hu (harpsichord), Adele Bitter (violoncello). – Yun House Berlin, Sunday, 19 March 2023, 4 p.m.
Live-Stream X “Insisting vs. flowing”: Daniel Seroussi (piano) with compositions by Eres Holz, Henri Dutilleux, Isang Yun, and Franz Schubert (Sonata f minor in four mouvements, 1818). – Yun House Berlin, Sunday, 25 September 2022, 4 p.m.
Live-Stream IX “East Asia in the West”: Yezu Woo (violin) & Tomoki Park (piano) with works by Dai Fujikura, Eun-Hwa Cho, Toshio Hosokawa, Unsuk Chin, and Isang Yun (“Gasa”). – Sunday, 12 June 2022, 5 p.m.
Live-Stream VIII “Broken and stretched times”. – Randolf Stöck (piano) with works by Samir Odeh-Tamini, Anton Webern, Isang Yun, Franz Schubert (Sonata G Major). – Sunday, 29 May 2022, 5 p.m.
Live-Stream VII “Isang Yun and the Viola”: Duo for Viola and Piano (1976) – “Contemplation“ for two violas (1988). A Concert with Hwayoon Lee and Hartmut Rohde (viola), Daniel Seroussi (piano), Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer (moderation in German). – Sunday, 16 January 2022, 4 p.m.
Live-Stream VI “Henrik Wiese – Mischa Meyer”: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite II d minor, BWV 1008 Isang Yun: “Chinese Pictures” for flute solo (1993); “East-West-Miniatures” for flute and violoncello (1994). Henrik Wiese (flute), Mischa Meyer (violoncello). – Sunday, 5 Dec. 2021
Live-Stream II “Contrasts”: Solo-Recital Götz Hartmann (violin) with works by Tzvi Avni, Hindemith, Yun, and J. S. Bach. Sunday, 16 May 2021, 5 p.m.
Live-Stream I: “Spring Concert”: Márton Végh (flute) und Daniel Seroussi (piano) play works by Mozart (Sonata C Major KV 14), Isang Yun (for flute: Der Affenspieler, Der Eremit am Wasser + Five Pieces for Piano) and Beethoven (Serenade op. 41). Duo-Recital from 21 March 2021
Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer “Isang Yun: His Life and Work in Pictures” (German, Korean, English)
Isang Yun: His Life and Work in Pictures 윤이상. 사진으로보는인생과예술 Isang Yun. Leben und Werk im Bild
Hardcover, 304 Seiten, dreisprachig (deutsch, koreanisch, englisch), 24 x 32 cm, 48 Euro Erstveröffentlichung: März 2020 Verlag: wolke, Wickerer Weg 19, 65719 Hofheim am Taunus, ISBN 978-3-95593-117-9 (Buchhandel) ISMN 979-0-2025-8103-2 (Musikalienhandel)
This book is the first pictorial monograph about the Korean-German composer Isang Yun, who was born in southern Korea in 1917 and died in Berlin in 1995. It was first in Germany, with influence from what around 1960 was then the avant-garde that he developed an individual musical language of his own. A little later Yun was drawn into the field of tension between political advocacy motivated by humanitarian, societal concerns and responding to ideological incitement, between imprisonment, torture, and reparation. It was in his compositional work that he found a place of refuge. His music proceeds from the primacy of melody and the sustained tone, which he found preformed in the traditional music of his native Korea and then succeeded in developing heterophonically and spatially. The resultant works were characterized by unusual intensity and rich tone colors.
Die erste Bild-Monografie über den koreanisch-deutschen Komponisten Isang Yun, der 1917 im Süden Koreas geboren wurde und 1995 in Berlin gestorben ist. Erst in Deutschland fand er unter dem Einfluss der damaligen Avantgarde um 1960 zu seiner eigenen, individuellen Musiksprache. Wenig später wurde Yun in das Spannungsfeld hineingezogen zwischen politischer Parteinahme aus humanitären, gesellschaftlichen Motiven und ideologischer Verhetzung, zwischen Haft, Folter und Wiedergutmachung. In der kompositorischen Arbeit fand er einen Zufluchtsort. Seine Musik geht aus vom Primat des Melodischen und des lang gezogenen Tons, den er in der traditionellen Musik seiner Heimat vorgefunden hatte und den er heterophon zu vervielfältigen und zu verräumlichen verstand. Entstanden sind Werke von ungewöhnlicher Intensität und klangfarblichem Reichtum.
Matt Haimovitz, who will come to the Yun House on 10 December, has also played Yun’s Cello Concerto: “Isang Yun has greatly impacted my life. I consider his brilliant cello concerto as the most significant work in the pantheon of compositions over the past 100 years.” (Matt Haimovitz, 2018). CD: Matt Haimovitz spielt das Cellokonzert von Isang Yun (with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and Dennis Russell Davies)
Spätwerk
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä has produced three late works on CD, among them two first releases: the orchestral piece Silla and Yun’s Violin Concerto III, both from 1992. Soloist of the Violin Concerto is Sueye Park. These catalogue novelties are complemented by Yun’s Chamber Symphony I (1987). Yun’s partly appellative late style compels (like all of Yun’s works due to their event density) intensive following and has not been received without controversy.
BIS-2642 SACD
New recording of the Cello Concerto
We owe Luigi Piovano (violoncello) and Aldo Orvieto (piano) – virtuosos from Rome and Venice – a sonically opulent CD, which was released in early 2022 on the Viennese label Kairos. The new recording of the Cello Concerto was made in Tokyo in 2018 with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tatsuya Shimono. Espace I (1992) and Nore (1964) for violoncello and piano, Interludium A (1982) and the Five Pieces for Piano (1958) also have a particular artistic radiance.
Kairos 0015090 KAI
Organ Works by Pagh-Paan and Yun
Dominik Sustek has recorded an extraordinarily colorful CD with works by Younghi Pagh-Paan and Isang Yun at the organ of the Kunst-Station Sankt Peter in Cologne. This is the first new recording after years of the Tuyaux sonores (1967) composed for Gerd Zacher and the Fragment (1975), which was also written for Zacher, but dedicated to Pastor Martin Hoberg and the Gemeinde of Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel, whose children had supported the liberation of Isang Yun with paintings and letters. Available from the Are-Verlag Cologne, info[et]are-verlag.de
Dominik Susteck spielt Orgelwerke von Pagh-Paan und Yun
Isang Yun und das Cello
Collected Works for Violoncello and Piano (Adele Bitter, Holger Groschopp) – Isang Yun talking (Salzburg Lectures, 1993, in conversation with Luise Rinser, 1976). Cybele KiG 011 (4 SACD)
Fascinated by a Single Tone: Yun – Scelsi (flute music)
Three late works – Silla, 3rd Violin Concerto, CS I – with Sueye Park, Seoul Philharmonic, Osmo Vänskä. – Cello Concerto with Matt Haimovitz, Bruckerner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russel Davies.
