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Tag Archives: Germany
HEXEN in HOF
A New “Witches” Production Premieres Tonight in Bavaria The new production of “Hexen” (“Witches“), the two women musical I created with Peter Lund, that is premiering tonight in Theater Hof, in northern Bavaria, Germany, has at least two strong claims … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Bavaria, Carolin Waltsgott, Covid 19, English, Finale, foyer, German, Germany, Hexen, Hof, Julia Leinweber, musical, New York City, nine lives, pandemic, Peter Lund, reincarnation, theater, theatre, translation, two women, Witches
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40 More Days of Outdoor Memories
Covid 19 Taketh Away, but these Photos Remindeth When Covid 19 started us sheltering at home, and I started posting daily photo reminders of lovely outdoor memories, I didn’t think I would be doing this for three months and counting. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Amazon, Austria, beach, Brazil, Cherry blossoms, Covid 19, Germany, Lencois, nature, New York, Outdoor, Painted Hills, Pantanal, photography, rainforest, Rio, Spreewald, Stahnsdorf, sunset
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NAZI LEGACY ALIVE AND WELL IN AN AUSTRIAN CEMETERY
I came upon a plaque on the church wall in the cemetery at the edge of the Austrian ski resort town of Kitzbühel that profoundly disturbed me. The chiseled marble commemorates a soldier who died in World War II. There … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Adah Gleich, Austria, Berlin, cemetery, churchyard, Confederate, Fatherland, Germany, grave, Heimat, Heldentod, Holocaust, Homeland, Karl Prieler, Kitzbühel, memorials, Monika Skowronski, Nazi, Propaganda, Schindler's List, Stahnsdorf, Stolpersteine, Tirol, Vaterland, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, World War 1, World War 2
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NfaC Repost: The Sound of Music: Embracing the “Sugarcoated Lie”
This article was one of the first ever published on “Notes from a Composer” and quickly became one of the more popular during the first months of the blog’s existence. I thought I would repost it so newcomers to the … Continue reading
A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 4 (It’s been epic, wouldn’t you say…?)
And we are back for the final installment of our musical and photographic excursion into the Spreewald(lieder) – Spree Forest (Suite). (Head here and here and here for the first three parts.) The Duo Elysée performed Spreewaldlieder in concert on … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged bisbigliando, classical music, concert music, duet, Duo Elysee, flute, Germany, glissando, harp, song cycle, Spreewald, sunset, tourism, train, wild flowers
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 3
And we’re back for Part 3 of the Spree Forest day trip and the Spreewaldlieder song cycle for flute and harp. (Head back here for Part 1 and Part 2) My favorite compliment I have received for the Spreewaldlieder song … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged bier, bier garden, boatride, canals, chamber music, classical music, concert, duet, farm country, flute, Germany, harp, hiking, pedals, schnapps, Spreewald, tourism, waterways
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 2
Welcome back to the Spree Forest and the Spreewaldlieder song cycle for flute and harp. (Head here for Part 1 if you missed it.) When I got the commission from the Duo Elysée I was excited to compose for flute … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged canals, canoe, chamber music, classical music, duet, farmland, flute, Germany, harp, nature, pickles, reflections, song cycle, Spreewald, tourism, water
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 1
Let’s take a musical trip to the one-of-a-kind Spreewald. The Spreewald (AKA the Spree Forest) is a gorgeous region, a kind of rural Venice located an hour southeast of Berlin, Germany in the source of the Spree River (which flows … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Berlin, canals, chamber music, classical music, concert, duet, farmland, flute, Germany, gondolier, harp, nature, rural, song cycle, Spreewald, tourism, Venice
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GETTIN’ WITCHY WITH IT
Above is the first video I ever posted on YouTube, and easily the most visually fun of the ones I’ve posted so far: a demo recording of three songs from the musical “Witches” enhanced with 105 illustrations of witches past … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Musicabilia
Tagged art history, Berlin, Catherine Gayer, duet, English, Finnland, German, Germany, illustrations, musical, Peter Lund, trash cinema, vocal range, Witches, YouTube
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Forbidden Movies, Forbidden Music
I walked out of the Film Forum mind abuzz and guts churning. I was chewing on a whole lot of food for thought as well as the ice cream melt I bought to soothe my emotion roiled innards. I’d just … Continue reading
THE SOUND OF MUSIC: Embracing the “Sugarcoated Lie”
Ed and I were in Berlin* a couple years ago visiting my folks when we stumbled upon a German movie from the 1950s being shown on TV. We missed the first seconds of the credit sequence and so didn’t catch … Continue reading
Des Broadways liebstes Kind – Broadway’s Dearest Child
I was introduced to American musicals through German television. Although I saw much music theater on stage growing up in Germany, it was all opera productions my mother (the coloratura soprano Catherine Gayer) was performing in. I performed musicals at … Continue reading