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Christmas Oratory with a pregnant Maria
21. Dezember 2017

Today I have completed my little concert marathon with the Christmas Oratory parts 1-3 of Bach in the Vienna Konzerthaus. It was played by Wiener Symphoniker. I had a perfect seat and was very happy. The musicians were wonderful. The […]

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Symphonie der Tausend zu laut
20. Dezember 2017

Heute war ich in Mahler 8 oder auch „Symphonie der Tausend“. Seit einem guten Jahr möchte ich die Symphonie schon live hören und nun endlich hat es geklappt im Musikverein mit dem Tonkünstler Orchester. Ich hatte eine Karte in der […]

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No ride of the Valkuries
19. Dezember 2017

Yesterday evening the Ring ended with „Brünhilde“. It consisted of the third act of Walküre and a lot of Götterdämmerung. Contentwise maybe the weakest part but of course not musicalwise. The singers were again very good and the orchestra as […]

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Siegfried straightened
18. Dezember 2017

Today we heard the second part of the Ring Trilogy, Siegfried. It consisted of large parts of the first Act of Walküre and obviously a lot of Siegfried. They straightened it a bit but it was nevertheless nearly 4 hours […]

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Hagen is first
17. Dezember 2017

I started a little concert marathon again. Today I heard the first part of the Ring Trilogy (!) at the Theater an der Wien, one of the smaller opera houses in Vienna (they have in total 4). The Ring Trilogy […]

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Tjeknavorian, ein Rising Star
13. Dezember 2017

Ich war gerade im Brahmssaal des Musikvereins im Konzert: im Rahmen des Abonnements „Rising Stars“ gab es heute ein Violinkonzert mit Emmanuel Tjeknavorian. Der 22jährige spielt ausgesprochen virtuos, für meinen Geschmack ein bisschen zu dramatisch und dadurch an manchen Stellen […]

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Lasst uns Lauschen
10. Dezember 2017

Yesterday and the day before yesterday I have been to the Christmas concert of Kreuzchor (Dresden Boys Choir). Yes, the same concert twice 🙂 It was a wonderful concert with some amazing pieces. My favourite was definitely „Lasst uns Lauschen“ […]

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Vienna Boys Choir is overrated
6. Dezember 2017

Today I have been to the Christmas concert of Vienna boys choir in their own concert hall. This time I heard the Mozart choir (Vienna boys choir consists of four separate choirs each named after a famous composer). But again […]

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Excellent Elektra with an ok Production
5. Dezember 2017

Today I have been to the opera. „Elektra“ by Richard Strauss has been played at the Wiener Staatsoper. I had a wonderful seat in the front row of one of the balconies right up the stalls. My neighbors was a […]

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Murder is my Favourite
3. Dezember 2017

Today I have been to the English Theatre in Frankfurt again seeing Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde as a musical. As some of you may know I am not too much a fan of musicals. And again some of the […]

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Jeder Weg lohnt sich für die Windsbacher
2. Dezember 2017

Ich war gestern im Konzert in der Stadtkirche in Bayreuth. Irgendwann habe ich mir schon die Frage gestellt, ob es sich lohnt fast 300 km (einfach) zu fahren, nur um anderthalb Stunden Weihnachtskonzert des Windsbacher Knabenchors zu hören. Die Antwort […]

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Grandioses Konzert vom Kreuzchor
19. November 2017

Gestern war ich im alljährlichen Konzert des Dresdner Kreuzchores zum Volkstrauertag, dem Deutschen Requiem von Brahms, in der Kreuzkirche in Dresden. Ich liebe dieses Stück und habe es ja neulich erst im Musikverein in Wien gehört. Aber das ist einfach […]

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Gershwin Piano Quartet were fantastic!
17. November 2017

I have just been to a concert and it was simply fantastic! I heard the Gershwin Piano Quartet in the Brahmssaal of Vienna Musikverein. For all who have never heard of them – I hadn’t until I read about them […]

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Rhapsody in Blue was not as it should be
7. November 2017

Today I have been to a concert at Musikverein Vienna. They played Gershwin and Bernstein and our conductor has once been the assistant of Mr. Bernstein. And indeed the last piece which were dances from the West Side Story was […]

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Terrible Acoustics at the Cathedral in Mainz
5. November 2017

I did not mention so far, but yesterday I have been to a concert in the cathedral of Mainz. We heard Psalm 42 of Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the Requiem of Mozart. The psalm was quite nice and the requiem was […]

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Das Floß der Medusa: ein interessanter Konzertabend
2. November 2017

Es mag überraschen, aber ich war vorhin im Konzerthaus und habe ein Konzert gehört. Zur Abwechslung einmal moderne Klassik von 1968: „Das Floß der Medusa“ von Hans Werner Henze. Interessant ist die wahre Geschichte die dort erzählt wird von der […]

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Herbert Blomstedt is old but energetic
1. November 2017

I have just been to a concert at Musikverein Vienna: „Ein Deutsches Requiem“ of Brahms played by the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and sung by the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and Hannah Morrison and Michael Nagy as […]

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Ich bin oft angelächelt worden
31. Oktober 2017

Ich war vorhin mal wieder im Konzert im Musikverein. Trevor Pinnock dirigierte das Baseler Kammerorchester. Ich hatte ihn bisher noch nicht erlebt und wollte ihn einmal hören. Wie fast nicht anders zu erwarten war es ein tolles Konzert. Es startete […]

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How stupid can People be?
28. Oktober 2017

The opera yesterday was „Eugen Onegin“ from Tschaikowsky. A romantic russian piece sung in Russian. The music was very light and good to hear, production is nice, singers were good and the orchestra anyway. But the story of the opera […]

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An impressive Concert overall
27. Oktober 2017

The concert on Friday was titled „A Jazz Symphonie“. I saw it at the Philharmonie Essen which is a beautiful concert hall in Essen that really fits into this steel production area. The concert was played by the philharmonic orchestra […]

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