Wagner Day
"I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men."
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Wagner Day is here! Click here for the Wagner Day Playlist.
WAGNER DAY SCHEDULE - MAY 27, 2023
11.00 Wagner: Artist & Sorcerer – Apostolic Majesty
11.40 Wagner and German Mythology: Wotan as Faustian Man – Collin Cleary & Nathan CJ Hood
12.50 Song to the Evening Star – Connor Maxwell
12.55 Art and Revolution – Skeptical Waves
14.00 Wagner and German Nationalism – Rupert August, Thom & Nathan CJ Hood
15.10 The Role of Tradition in Die Meistersinger von Nuremburg – Jonny Walker
15.25 Prelude to Wagner Day – Jonny Walker
15.30 Schopenhauer on Music – Arthur Schopenhauer – Skeptical Waves
16.00 Wagner: An Introduction to Leitmotif – StrayF
16.10 Wagner and Music: Melody as Revelation – Gifts Ungiven, Jonny Walker & Nathan CJ Hood
17.10 Wagner: Adorno, Parts 1 & 2 – StrayF
17.30 What is Wagner’s Ring Cycle? History of Der Ring das Nibelungen – NordHugr
17.45 The Ring Cycle: Love and Power – Alexander Jacob, Gifts Ungiven & Nathan CJ Hood
19.30 The Worldbuilder of Bayreuth: Orcus Wagner – Philypocrite
20.00 Gesamtkuntswerk: The Total Artwork – Panama Hat & Nathan CJ Hood
21.00 Parsifal: Redemption through Love – Paul Krause & Nathan CJ Hood
22.15 Song to the Evening Star – Gifts Ungiven
22.30 Why Wagner is Important – Gifts Ungiven & Nathan CJ Hood