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26-766: The work was commissioned by the ZEIT-Foundation , expressing the special wish that it should be associated with the City of Hamburg . It is dedicated to the German horn player Marie Luise Neunecker , who premiered the original six movements with the Asko Ensemble in January 2001 in Hamburg (the place of the premiere being another special wish from the ZEIT-foundation). The final revision

52-505: Is another area of investment. The 'Bucerius Lab' examines the 'effects of digitization' in public discussions and at conferences. The foundation's own publication series 'Hamburger Köpfe' aims to portray 'groundbreaking Hamburg personalities'. The volumes are published by Ellert & Richter Verlag. Bucerius Law School and Bucerius Kunst Forum also produce their own publications. Au%C3%9Fenalster Außenalster ( pronounced [ˈaʊsn̩ˌʔalstɐ] ) or Outer Alster Lake

78-618: Is cast in seven movements: György Ligeti wrote about his work: In this piece I experimented with very unusual non-harmonic sound spectra. In the small orchestra there are four natural horns, each of which can produce the 2nd to the 16th overtone. By providing each horn or group of horns with different fundamentals I was able to construct novel sound spectra from the resulting overtones. These harmonies, which had never been used before, sound "weird" in relation to harmonic spectra. I developed both "weird" consonant and dissonant harmonies, with complex beats. Horns blend very well together, and to enrich

104-598: Is registered in Hamburg . Its aim is to fund projects in research and scholarship, arts and culture, as well as education and training. It was founded in 1971 by Gerd Bucerius and carries the name of the founder, the title of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit , which he co-founded, and the nickname of his second wife, Gertrud Ebel, Ebelin . The first scholarships in the 1970s were awarded to young journalists, to enable them to study at Harvard University in Cambridge/US as part of

130-543: Is the larger one of two artificial lakes , which are formed by the Alster River and are both located within the city limits of Hamburg , Germany . The other „lake“ is the Binnenalster . The Außenalster and its shores are used by the inhabitants of Hamburg for many sport and recreational purposes, such as sailing and rowing . The phrase "outer" refers to the former Wallanlagen (city walls) of Hamburg. The Außenalster

156-568: The ZEIT Fellowship programme. In the 1980s, Gerd Bucerius began to actively support stronger competitiveness in higher education in Germany, and gave substantial funds to the private University Witten/Herdecke. In order to promote Hamburg's literary scene, the foundation acquired a villa on the Outer Alster Lake . The Literaturhaus Hamburg opened in 1989, and since then the foundation has made

182-563: The Außenalster include Rondeelkanal, Goldbekkanal and Uhlenhorster Kanal. The lake also forms a number of smaller bays and inlets. The Alster River enters the Außenalster in the North at Krugkoppelbrücke and leaves it in the South at Kennedybrücke. Districts bordering the Außenalster are Harvestehude and Rotherbaum on the western shore, and Winterhude , Uhlenhorst , Hohenfelde and St. Georg on

208-517: The Concerto, not included in the final score, and published for the first time in this book together with all the preparatory sketches. A substantial chapter is dedicated to the numerous errors (over 300) present in the printed score, including the instrumental parts, and in the manuscript, which have irreparably compromised all the performances and recordings of the Concert to date. The complete revision of

234-510: The Foundation's Board of Directors at the end of 2021. Achim Lange has been Financial Director since 2021. Manfred Lahnstein has been acted as Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the years 1995 up to 2019. Burkhard Schwenker has been Chairman since 2020. The mission statement of the foundation opens with the following words: 'Civil society is called upon to find solutions to the many challenges in

260-520: The Japanese community in Hamburg organizes the annual Kirschblütenfest ( Cherry Blossom Festival ) around Außenalster. Less regularly − that is, only when a winter becomes cold enough and the Außenalster's ice strong enough − the Alstereisvergnügen is held on the frozen Alster. Almost all banks of the Außenalster are public. Formerly private gardens on the western side were made public while Hamburg

286-713: The Stiftung Hamburger Museen (foundation of Hamburg museums), especially projects aimed at archiving and presenting their collections. Other aims are to promote 'the diversity of cultural forms of communication and presentation in music, literature, and theatre'. Conservation projects in North and East Germany are also part of the foundation's activities. A central aim of the foundation is to 'promote equal opportunities in education', especially during transitions from international reception classes to regular school classes as well as from primary to secondary education. The foundation also invests in lifelong learning. In view of

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312-528: The composer Alessio Elia and published by the German publisher Edition Impronta. Elia, one of the leading scholars of Ligetian music, takes us inside this last work by integrating different analytical approaches, from structural to spectral analysis, from aural analysis to the meticulous study of the manuscript and the notes kept at the Sacher Foundation in Basel among which Elia found two unpublished movements of

338-466: The couples' entire private assets were bequeathed to the foundation. Over the past ten years, the foundation has provided a total of 162 million euros in grants. The statutory organs consist of a Board of Directors and a Board of Trustees. Following the death of the founder, Michael Göring was appointed Executive Director in 1997; he has been President of the Board 2005 up to 2021. His successor, Manuel J. Hartung, took up his duties as Chairman of

364-456: The demographic changes ahead, this is 'the key to helping individuals improve their life and work chances'. The foundation aims to promote public debates on current issues and critical analysis of controversial political and social topics. The 'Bucerius Summer School' and the 'Asian Forum' provide networking opportunities for young leaders. Supporting independent journalism in Eastern Europe

390-418: The eastern shore. Many of the streets around Außenalster are among the most desirable addresses in Hamburg. St. Georg, as part of Hamburg-Mitte , has a notably denser built environment; all other districts around Außenalster are primarily residential districts, with many of the villas around the lake also being used by various organizations or small professional businesses. Alsterufer and Harvestehuder Weg on

416-524: The foundation as a private law school. Furthermore, the Zeit-Stiftung aims to provide funding and grants to 'young, gifted, international researchers engaged in interdisciplinary studies'. The foundation also supports projects in the humanities and social sciences with a focus on Hamburg and Haifa. With its own exhibition space, the Bucerius Kunst Forum established in 2002, the foundation supports

442-429: The largest privately funded foundations in Germany with assets of 1.03 billion euros (end of financial year 2023). ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS has been able to establish institutions of its own. A large part of the annual budget is allocated to the independent institutions Bucerius Law School and Bucerius Kunst Forum . Bucerius Law School in Hamburg was established in 2000 and has since then been funded solely by

468-518: The movement titles also be associated with the city. I thought to myself: Bach dedicated his well-known six Concerti grossi to the Margrave of Brandenburg – why should I not dedicate my horn concerto to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ? On the centenary of Ligeti's birth in 2023, The “Hamburgisches Konzert” by György Ligeti was released, the most exhaustive and complete analysis on this work, written by

494-466: The present and future. In the tradition of its founders, Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius, Zeit-Stiftung is part of the liberal and cosmopolitan civil society it wishes to promote.' The foundation focuses on funding projects that it has initiated, but also gives grants to outside applicants, preferably in Hamburg, and provided they fit the aims and criteria for funding. In 2022 the foundation was able to dispose of revenues of 21.7 million euros. As one of

520-882: The score done by Alessio Elia, present in the book together with the presentation of possible solutions to the problematic points of the manuscript, resolved through the understanding of the compositional logic that underlies it, converged in the first revised performance of the Hamburg Concerto which took place at the Budapest Music Center on May 28, 2023, with the Concerto Budapest Ligeti Ensemble and Szabolcs Zempléni as solo horn. The orchestra should have been conducted by Peter Eötvös , replaced due to indisposition by Gergely Vajda. ZEIT-Stiftung The charitable foundation Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius (house style: ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS)

546-489: The sound further, the two clarinettists play basset horns. Even though it is replete with spectra of strange beats, the resulting overall sound is soft and mellow. The name was chosen in analogy to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos ( Brandenburgische Konzerte ), Ligeti saw the naming as a dedication: The ”ZEIT“ Foundation which commissioned the work had the special wish that the World Première should take place in Hamburg and

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572-506: The venue available rent free to the City of Hamburg and the organization Literaturhaus-Verein . In the 1990s, the foundation increased its investments in academia and set up the Gerd Bucerius-Juraprogramm a scholarship programme for young lawyers. Until the death of Gerd Bucerius, the foundation funded 90 individual projects with a total of 15 million euros. Upon the deaths of the founder in 1995 and of his wife in 1997,

598-438: The western shore include a number of consular missions , like the U.S. Consulate General . For its proximity to the inner city and its recreational qualities, the Außenalster is location of a number of hotels : among others, five-star superior Hotel Atlantic lies near the south-eastern bay of Außenalster; another hotel of the same category is currently under construction at Fontenay on the western shore. Usually during May,

624-490: The western side became a wealthy suburban area around the late 18th century, much of the eastern side used to be a property of the finance department of the City of Hamburg and only developed in the later decades of the 19th century. The Außenalster has a size of 1.64 square kilometres (164 hectares) and is on average only some 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) deep. It is fed by the rivers Alster , Osterbek (via Osterbekkanal ) and Wandse (via Mundsburger Kanal ). Other canals entering

650-628: Was host to the Internationale Gartenbauausstellung (International Horticulture Show, IGA) in 1953. The banks vary from a small strip of green to large public parks (e.g. the Alstervorland ). The 7.6 kilometres (4.7 miles) long pathway around the lake is very popular for joggers. Because of frequently occurring gusts, the lake is considered no easy sailing area. The Alster's water is regularly tested for quality, and considered "very clean" by German standards. Nevertheless, swimming

676-541: Was the part of the lake that was "outside" the city walls, built in 1625. In 1804 city wall and ramparts were stripped down and re-naturalized to parks , but the spatial division between the two lakes was retained. Today, two car and rail bridges, the Lombardsbrücke and the Kennedybrücke , span the river at this location. The areas around the Außenalster developed slightly different on the eastern and western sides; while

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