Schliersee - The red carpet in front of the Schliersee farmers' theater, illuminated on both sides, already indicated that something special has to take place today.
And indeed, what was promised visually was kept in terms of content.
“Viva la musica!
Viva la cultura!
Finally we're allowed to go again - after a two-year break, "said festival organizer Johannes Wegmann in his welcome to the classical opening concert on Saturday evening. Timm Tzschaschel, musical director of the event, had even more reason to be happy, as he was able to announce seven soloists. who, together with the orchestra he directed, put their musical stamp on the celebrated evening.
Musical refinements and funny inserts
Tzschaschel succeeded in presenting a two-hour program to the enthusiastic audience, which was peppered with musical refinements and funny interludes, which had an enormous range and was musically high-class, always varied and at the end was heavily applauded or cheered. The Schlierseer classic music veteran conducted his twelve-person ensemble with Beethoven, Shostakowitsch and Offenbach and in the solo performances confidently from the piano and led through the program with casual, humorous announcements.
After one of the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms as an instrumental introduction, the dance of vocal soloists began.
Bettina Schoeller performed “An die Musik” by Franz Schubert.
The "Drei Schlierseer Nachtigallen" Andrea Wehrmann, Bärbel Pischetsrieder and Ursula Bommer intoned Mozart's "Men are always looking to snack", Gigi Pfundmair the ode to the capital of Ludwig Prell, the "Isar fairy tale", and soprano Elisabeth Artmeier "Your lips kiss so hot "From Franz Lehár's operetta" Giuditta ", acclaimed and admired by the orchestra leader with the words:" What she can do! "Which she later proved with an aria by Giacomo Puccini:" O mio babbino caro ".
Pianist impresses with formidable tango sounds
After all, the young pianist Tessa Catchpole, who has lived in Schliersee for five years and has been there for the first time, impressed with formidable tango sounds. She played “El dia que me quieras” by Carlos Gardel and an atmospheric milonga with a touch of melancholy and a touch of melancholy. Together with Tzschaschel four hands on the piano, she still amazed with Antonin Dworschak's first “Slavic Dance”.
Of course, this cheerful gala concert with light, lively classical music at a high level and considerable catchy tune potential was not just a sequence of individual pieces.
Again and again the orchestra leader built in moments to smile, for example when he asked the audience in the farmer's theater to sigh at the appropriate places during Johann Strauss's “Waltz of Sighs”, which was accepted with great joy.
Amazing duet with many beautiful tones, but only one "meow"
The list of humorous items on the program could be continued indefinitely.
Three more examples are allowed: The three nightingales poured each other tea in “Tea for Two”.
Gigi Pfundmair sang in Viennese "I wish for a front tooth for my birthday" that her boyfriend knocked out out of love and then, together with Bettina Schöller, amazed with Gioacchino Rossini's "cat duet", which consists of many beautiful tones, but only consisted of one word: meow !.