I have been to the Musikverein and listened to the Vienna symphony orchestra together with Jasminka Stancul playing Beethoven and Prokofjew. At first I was not too happy to go to this concert. Then I realized that I bought these […]
I have been to the remembrance concert yesterday in Dresden. As always the Kreuzchor sang first „was liegt die Stadt so wüst“ of Mauersberger. As always that was very intense. The main part of the concert was the requiem of […]
I have just watched Harry Potter (1) at Dresden Kulturpalast and the score was played by Dresdner Philharmonie which is an amazing orchestra that I have heard a lot of times. The music is fantastic and the orchestra was absolutely […]
On Tuesday I have been to the ballet. They showed Peer Gynt, a Nordic tale by Henrik Ibsen with the famous music of Edvard Grieg. It was not a classical ballet production but much more fantastic. I thought it fit […]
On Sunday I had been to a concert of the Windsbacher Boys Choir in the St. Markus church in Erlangen. I knew most of the pieces and the choir was good as always. They also sung my favorite piece from […]
Ich war heute mal in einem Konzert: Mahler bis jetzt, von Studenten der Musikhochschulen Wien und Graz. Es gab zunächst Lieder von Mahler in einer Bearbeitung von Schönberg. Die waren sehr fein! Dazwischen gab es Intermezzi, komponiert von zeitgenössischen Komponisten, […]
Gestern war ich mal wieder in einem Konzert, sozusagen mein persönlicher Jahresauftakt. In der Alten Oper in Frankfurt habe ich Jan Lisiecki erlebt. Wer seinen Namen noch nicht kennt, er ist ein 22jähriger Pianist, der bereits zur Weltspitze zählt. Ich […]
I forgot to mention that on Saturday I have been in theatre. I watched the Christmas story – the actual Christmas story compiled from the 4 Gospels. It is an off theatre in Frankfurt that plays in an old factory […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
