Category: Music

The summer concert of the bavarian chamber orchestra in bad bruckenau, which this year was aptly titled "landpartie," was completely sold out stand. The more than 300 listeners enjoyed a varied, coherent program, heard an excellently prepared orchestra, impressive soloists and experienced a good two hours of colorfully played music in a summery atmosphere.
The title was aptly chosen in that, for long stretches of the evening, french horns – at times obviously, at other times with an underground presence – were at the center of the music. Above all, through their special sound, through the use of hunting and nature motifs in a broader sense, the compositions led out into the open, creating a variety of scenes in the mind of the listener. The friendly atmosphere of the evening and the summer air, which flowed into the warm festival hall through doors open to the park, underlined this effect. As is customary at the BKO's seasonal concerts, its chief conductor johannes moesus gave a brief introduction to the works played, which was helpful in directly grasping the musical associations or interpretations during listening.

The continuation of the chase
The structure of franz anton hoffmeister's symphony in d major "la chasse for example, in which the dawn's departure, the midday's mud, the encouraging musical entertainment and the continuation of the hunt were quite comprehensible. A delicate, darkly luminous sound stood at their beginning. But soon a variety of sounds and impressions developed from it: horn quints, for example, played by the orchestra's own horn players and strengthened by the woodwinds, which transformed these signal calls sonically into chamber music-compatible motifs; they were wonderfully shaped as calls and echoes, were equally perfectly executed in color and precision in the forte and the piano. Strings suggested the sound of hooves, horns the barking of dogs. The orchestra set up quasi backdrops in the four movements, which it shifted imperceptibly through different lighting and the building of suspense arcs to expressive points, thus creating fabulous transitions in subject and mood. The bandwidth of the flexible musicians ranged from powerful grun to silver-pencil insinuation.

Ulrike langer the audience in the well-attended parish church in obertheres gave a standing ovation to the traditional brass band of the obertheres music society and its conductor eduard marpoder for their concert "wind sounds in advent.

After the festive start with the nordic fanfare and hymn, which was written for the opening ceremony of the nordic ski championships in oberstdorf in the allgau region, the chairman of the association, thomas klopf, invited the visitors to close their eyes and to think back to how it used to be in the advent season or at christmas. "Perhaps you have memories of the glittering christmas tree balls in which the candles were reflected, and perhaps you have memories of a certain place scent that you still associate with the advent season. That's why we'll start by playing 'best memories' for you, a contemplative and quiet piece that will certainly help you remember your best memories.", he said. In the course of the concert, which was moderated by some musicians of the band, the musicians performed some beautiful compositions of christmas music. As many as 17 different melodies were heard, for example, in the potpourri "uberall ist weihnacht" ("christmas is everywhere"), and also the medley "the magic of christmas" presented various german, but also american christmas songs.

Lord of the dance is a household name. But no one will have associated this with upper franconia, but only with ireland. Bernd menzel and his wife sabine want to change this now. They offer traditional irish dancing not only in their dance school and at the adult education center, but now also in a recently founded association. "Various names were discussed, until it was decided to call it the 'irish cultural association of franconia', says menzel, who is also chairman of the committee. The club is aimed at all people in igensdorf and the surrounding area who are interested in irish culture.

Menzel is convinced that the french and irish cultures have more in common than they have in separation. There are especially the traditional music and dance. For example, the "french double offered at festivals in france, so why not offer the traditional irish music and dance here?
Menzel slipped into this scene through friends in wurzburg. They knew an irish band personally. A musician came from new york."He taught us how to dance", recalls menzel. Then he moved to france and was often at the erlanger tanzhaus, where one thing led to another. Menzel met his future wife sabine there. Together they started the IFO dance series: irish dancing on mondays, french dancing on tuesdays, and then eastern european dancing.

Anyone walking through the town hall courtyard in wiesentheid in the afternoon or evening will usually find an instrument being played. Directly behind the municipality’s administrative headquarters, the municipality has a house of music, which is used primarily by the steigerwald singing and music school and the wiesentheid music society (MGV). The building, whose creation and construction was largely driven by former mayor walter hahn, has been in existence for exactly ten years. The tenth anniversary will be on sunday, 21. October, will be an open house, with many instrumental groups presenting and opportunities for children to try out the instruments.

A good 180 children and young people are currently learning an instrument at the steigerwald singing and music school, which is headed by hans-joachim kramer. Around 100 lessons are given weekly in the six rooms available in the building. From individual lessons to rehearsals for the children’s choir or the music school band, the offer ranges. At the music club, those responsible are happy that they have an ideal rehearsal location for the orchestra in the large room on the first floor. "We were previously passed around in the village and were looking for a clubhouse", describes it chairman wolfgang lurati.