This morning I have been to a concert at the Semperoper Dresden. The festival orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton and the violinist Thomas Zehetmair played three pieces if Brahms. The first piece were variations of a theme from Haydn. At […]
Yesterday I have been to a concert of Dresdner Kreuzchor (boys choir) in the Garden of Pillnitz Palace. Every year they will sing there and the program is lighter than when they sing in the Kreuzkirche. Typically they sing traditional […]
I have been in a Tango Operita yesterday. A chamber opera, actually more like a musical, dedicated to the tango by Astor Piazzolla. An amazing piece, a singleton that is not very often performed. It is the story of Maria […]
All suites for cello of Johann Sebastian Bach have been played in the Palais of the Large Garden in Dresden, six in total. Nearly three hours of pure cello music following a very strict order: prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuett/Bourree/Gavotte, […]
Yesterday I have not been to a classical concert. In addition to the music festival Dresden hosts also the Dixieland festival. Yesterday I have been on a historic paddle steamer and listened to two bands playing Dixieland while moving into […]
The concert yesterday took place in the Kulturpalast. Very different from the day before it was dedicated to two Russian composers a hundred and a hundred and fifty years later: Rachmaninow and Schostakowitsch. It was played the family trio Mischa […]
Yesterday‘s concert has been in the beautiful Martin Luther church. It was dedicated to Viennese Classic with Mozart and Haydn. At first we heard the first Divertimento for string orchestra of Mozart, then the two concerts for Cello and orchestra […]
Yesterday I have been to a concert of the LGT Young Soloists in the Palais of of the large garden in Dresden. It has been one of the best concerts I have ever seen and listened to! Not because the […]
Yesterday I have been to a concert. So far nothing new. But it has been a „pop“ concert this time! 🙂 I have seen Selah Sue the second time. Actually the music style is Soul with influences of Reggae, Funk […]
On Sunday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt again. This time it had been Rheingold. It was the third or fourth time I have seen this production. And again it has been excellent! The singers were brilliant, the […]
On Saturday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt. They played „La Sonnambula“ by Bellini. I had seen that production already two years ago and I really liked it! The last time the title role was sung by Brenda […]
I have been to the opera on Saturday. From the House of the Dead of Leos Janacek was played in Frankfurt Opera. The piece is the last opera of Janacek from 1928, first played in 1930, i.e. after the death […]
On Saturday I have been to the chamber opera in Vienna playing „A quiet place“ by Leonard Bernstein. An interesting piece where you get to know a family story right after the funeral of the mother. The opera starts with […]
Yesterday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt: La Cenerentola of Giacchino Rossini. Not a very complicated piece but something funny and lyrical in part with easy going music. The production was great. They had a replica of the […]
I have been to a concert today. As it is still difficult to get tickets for the Elbphilharmonie I had to listen to the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Vienna 😉 They played the piano concert in c minor of Mozart and […]
I have been to a concert today in the Vienna Konzerthaus. Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein played a piano duet. First part was Robert Schumann. I was never a big fan of Schumann and also today I consider this the […]
Today I have have been in a concert at the Komische Oper Berlin. They played a fantasy overture for Romeo and Julia by Tschaikowski followed by the Kammersinfonie of Franz Schreker. It was the first time I heard something of […]
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 […]
