Wilfried Hiller – A Musical Storyteller

Wilfried Hiller composed two of the most successful German-language operas of the post-war period, Der Goggolori and Das Traumfresserchen. He talks in interview in this programme, which also includes documentary material on his life and music. It features highlights of a concert of his work given during the Münchner Klaviersommer. Among the extracts are several from the major compositions he wrote in collaboration with the well-known novelist Michael Ende. Michael Helmrath conducts the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie and a host of soloists.