Erdinger Jugendkammerorchester inspires almost 2000 listeners in the concert hall
Created: 12/08/2022, 3:00 p.m
By: Gabi Zierz
What a magnificent hall: the Erdinger Jugendkammerorchester Violinissimo performed with a large choir in the Wiener Konzerthaus under the baton of conductor Saul Zaks.
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Great performance for violinissimo: the Erdinger Jugendkammerorchester played at an international concert in Vienna.
Erding/Vienna
– In front of almost 2000 listeners, the musicians experienced an emotional reunion with the conductor Saul Zaks, the composer Martin Palmeri and the soloist on the bandoneon, Pablo Mainetti.
Since 2017, they have all been making music together almost every year in the imposing Great Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus.
The first words that the conductor addressed to the orchestra during the dress rehearsal showed that not only the Erdingers were looking forward to the project: "I'm finally back with my family." Of course he meant that musically and that's why he was so touched , because the same event had to be canceled at short notice exactly a year ago due to the lockdown in Austria.
The main part of the rehearsals took place in Erding under the direction of Ulli Büsel.
At the dress rehearsal in the Konzerthaus, the well-prepared ensemble then met nine international choirs that had previously been brought together in Vienna.
"It was a monumental experience to hear the 150-voice choir and the youth chamber orchestra together for the first time," says Büsel.
This time there was also a surprise for the audience.
It was allowed to be present at the world premiere of “Salve Regina”, which Martin Palmeri had composed for Saul Zaks.
Then the chamber ensemble had its grand entrance.
They enchanted the Viennese audience with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 3rd Salzburg Symphony, encouraged them to shouts of joy and great applause at Sarasate's "Zigeunermelodies" with Clara Büsel as the soloist and let them go into the break in a good mood with Skalkottas' "Greek Dances".
In the second part, the audience reveled in the tango melodies of Palmeri's “Misa A Buenos Aires”.
Although the Erdingers played this work on the big stage for the umpteenth time, the dedication, the sound of the strings and the desire to breathe together with the choir were at least as passionate as in the first project in 2017.
“The orchestra has grown from this experience.
The younger musicians who were inducted during the pandemic have arrived at the center of the community," said Büsel.