After a long time, "radio silence" now but, so between Christmas and New Year's Day, sitting in the train on the way to the Ninth of Ludwig (BB) in Nuremberg, finally some time for a nice blog entry ... there again a lot happened last month ...
early December there were concerts in Rennes and surroundings, with wonderful encounters old friends, among other Yuan and Gwennolé (former first conductor in Hagen) and Alain Surrans, the director of the Opera in Rennes. We played a wonderful program with a pure "Night Music" (including a small ...) and Schubert's super-heavy "Death and the Maiden" with a world premiere of Clarinet Concerto with Pierre Thierry Escaich Génisson. What a beautiful city! The Christmas Market atmosphärreich was incredible and I'm really looking forward to the film concerts in late January!
Next I prepared at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with a chamber choir of singing Rossini opera students even Petite Messe Solennelle. Rarely have I seen such a huge development of a choir in the end, all students so incredibly enthusiastic and they sang it great! The concert was very good soloists and unbeatable Sepp Grotenhuis the Erard grand piano in the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague and was a complete success! Of course, the after-concert afterwards!
In between is still a great story to tell about a party in Tilburg two former friends, a hotel CENTRAL opposite the railway station and not to be parked fire alarm in the middle of the night, including a night porter not to be found - but the follow later ...!
After a lightning visit to Nuremberg (there had to be rehearsed Beethoven's 9th with the teacher singing group choir for New Year's Eve), I had an intense but pleasant afternoon at Ruyterbos, a retirement home in Breda. My father again directed his men's choir at the local Christmas party, and if I did not want to be disinherited, I should better just on the piano some tones look right ... :-) It was very rewarding work! What an incredible atmosphere - coffee, hot cocoa with whipped cream, pine trees and quiet night, what more could you ask ... Well, maybe a tuned piano ... :-)
So I was not bored, I'm still a week been in Dessau. In this one week should prepare for a whole season will be packed ... so ... hot ... There was Vordirigate Time Management for 1 Conductor, audition, encounters with Ronald Müller, music editor, the design of the concert schedule, meetings with music teacher active musicians and institutions and above all much contact with the local press and radio! It was violent, but also very beautiful, and I'm looking forward very much to my new work environment! My compliments to Mr. Landgraf, who has made especially for me anything so I Christmas gift for my brother (a name tag for his new front door) was completed timely and properly ...!
And then it was Christmas! Beautiful home, with the whole family. We (Ahum, my sister ...) had considered something new - every käuft for a person a good gift, and otherwise at least three "nonsense" gifts, without a name. Then gedobbelt, and the one who has one or six, may accept such a gift easy. Then are then drawn maps, to which such incredible things can be like "give your greatest gift to the person right of you", etc ... Since you have made many gifts, one can not even unpack it too ... terrible! :-)
My sister had considered but also something nice: they had all of my previous blog entries printed in an album, and it looks fantastic! Everyone has enjoyed themselves amused by the evening, my mother had cooked again fantastic, and nephew Koen was very good - but * if * he then shouted once equal to 6 persons were with him around - that's really a gift! I succeed, unfortunately, not yet ... But I am working on it :-)
Yesterday there was the absolute highlight of the week: the semi-annual walk in the Ardennes, with the old Brabant organ friends Wout, Corry and sound ... Unfortunately we were somewhat thinned in number of viruses and other insects made the some of the friends, this "cash daughter" did not trust ... It was really icy cold (-7!) when we clock every morning at 8 in the car to the city in Belgium Ruy are gone. Since first were first told a lot of strong stories, and we have the recording of my farewell concert in Hagen we heard (and mitgeswingt of course :-)). After five-and-half hours walk, lots of steep climbs and very wet feet, we are then finally arrived in Malmedy - where we have eaten and drunk wonderful.
now on his way to 9th Beethoven with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra. "All men are brothers "!..... Happy!
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