Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to

concerts and the opera. He was particularly fascinated by the operas and

symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while he himself loved playing

Beethoven's string quartets. Find out what Paul Klee had to say about this in

this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”.

Music played (excerpts):

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ouverture from the opera “Le nozze di Figaro“

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Sonata in A major KV 526

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 41 KV 551, “Jupiter Symphonie“

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Romance No. 2 in F major op. 50

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92

Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 131

Speaker:

Marianne Keller

Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller

Produktion: Mario Reinhard

Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and, together with his wife

Lily Klee, built up an extensive record collection. More than 200 shellac

records are kept in the archive of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. In this episode

of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out which works and which artists are

particularly well represented.

Music played (excerpts):

Frédéric Chopin, Prélude No. 24, Allegro Appassionato

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385, ‘Haffner Symphony’

Giacomo Puccini, Aria “E lucevan le stelle“ from the opera “Tosca“

Franz Schubert, Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99

Igor Strawinsky, L’Histoire du Soldat

Speaker:

Marianne Keller

Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Marianne Keller

Produktion: Mario Reinhard

Contact: archiv+forschung@zpk.org

Paul Klee was a painter.

But he was also a musician. He learned to play the violin at the age of seven

and made music all his life. In his youth he was a member of the Symphony

Orchestra of the City of Bern, later he played mainly string quartets and

chamber music. He was also passionate about going to the opera and listening to

records of well-known works at home. Musical terms appear in his picture titles

and he also resorted to the basics of music in his teaching to explain

pictorial processes. And we know that he

also knew and appreciated the music of his contemporaries. The podcast

"Paul Klee's Playlist" gives an insight into the artist's

multifaceted musical life.

Speaker: Marianne Keller

Concept: Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Chief curator; Marianne Keller, Head of archives

Production: Alexander Hermann, Mario Reinhard