• Einfach jemand dem es Spaß macht im Zuschauersaal eines Theaters oder einer Konzerthalle zu sitzen.

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Mozart touches me less
10. Februar 2018

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 […]

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Harry Potter at the Kulturpalast
3. Februar 2018

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 […]

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Peer Gynt as Ballet
30. Januar 2018

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 […]

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Pater Noster of Javier Busto is one of my Favorites
28. Januar 2018

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 […]

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Mahler mahl in gut mahl in schwierig
22. Januar 2018

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, […]

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Chopin zum Verlieben
15. Januar 2018

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 […]

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Christmas Story in an old Factory
23. Dezember 2017

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 […]

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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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