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Live: 55th Anniversary Jahreskonzert Akkordeon-Orchester Wesseling – Germanyby Christine Johnstone |
The Akkordeon-Orchester Wesseling will hold their annual concert at the Wesselinger Rheinforum in Wesseling, Germany on November 13th, 2021 at 4.30pm. The event entitled “Not only Beethoven Celebrates its Anniversary”, will celebrate the 55th anniversary of the orchestra and Beethoven, as most concerts honouring his 250th birthday last year had to be canceled or postponed due to the pandemic. Therefore the first half of the program (under the direction of Anita Brandtstäter) will be dedicated to the great Bonn-born composer. As a world premiere the orchestra will present the “Beethoven Highlights” (written especially for them by Gottfried Hummel), with excerpts from symphonies 1, 5, 6 and 9, the chorale “Die Himmel Rühmen”, the Moonlight Sonata and the piano sonata “Für Elise”. The theme of the 5th symphony was also used in pop and disco music and they want to present “Celebration” by Sebastian Klein and “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Josef Retter. In the second half, they will present a colorful mix of music that shows the diversity of accordion music, from a rock overture “On Stage” (Thomas Ott), to “Anos de Soledad” (Astor Piazzolla), film music, electro swing and pop classics. For details email: a.brandtstaeter@netcologne.de |