There was a musical surprise on Wednesday evening at the old raft landing: the town band played there unannounced in front of a random audience - that was well received.
Wolfratshausen - Unannounced folk music could be heard on Wednesday evening in front of the maypole on the old raft landing. The city's cultural office had asked the city band for a so-called pop-up concert. The place of performance is initially kept secret due to the existing Corona requirements in order to avoid large gatherings of people and disregarding safety distances.
Wolfratshausen: Unannounced folk music concert at the old raft landing
This worked excellently on the spacious area - as it did two weeks ago at the youth band's concert (we reported). Disciplined, passers-by and cyclists lined up around the around 20 musicians of the town band. Since the gusts of wind that were still blowing strongly in the afternoon had subsided, the sheet music also stuck in the stands.
Well-known pieces such as “The Regiment Parade”, “The Bird Meadow”, “Nice to Cry” or “Summer Night in Prague” could thus be played without errors and at the appropriate volume. The planned time budget of 30 minutes was quickly achieved. The applauding visitors didn't have to ask the town band for encores for long.
The concert ended with the "Bohemian Dream"
A surprise concert ended with the “Bohemian Dream”, which actually only lacked a hearty snack and beer. The consumption of alcohol is forbidden at the old raft landing due to the municipal green area statute. On the sidelines of the concert, however, the head of the city's cultural office, Marlene Schretzenmaier, referred to special permits. She cautiously indicated that she was thinking about setting up a cultural stand based on the Munich model.
However, due to the difficult to assess development of the corona pandemic, this remains a "vision of the future" for the time being. The positive response and the exemplary behavior of the audience at the free pop-up concerts should be powerful arguments for the implementation of this project. "It's great that our offer has been so well received by the people," said Schretzenmaier happily.
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