Waging am See: A Musical Journey by Waginger Musikkapelle
The audience in the full parish hall was “kidnapped” to Baden-Württemberg, Austria, Sweden, Romania, Hungary and even to the East. Dutch sailor Abel Tasman, who sailed around Australia on his voyages of discovery, was the first European to reach New Zealand in 1642, after whom Tasmania is named, also presented at this year’s spring party. The luggage contained flutes, trumpets, clarinets, saxophones, flugelhorn, tenor and baritone, trombone, tuba and a variety of percussion instruments. The conductor Makis Gebas was the musical “tour guide”, and he also prepared the various concert programme.
The audience was just as international as the programme! Music lovers from Austria and even the Cape Verde Islands attended the concert. At the end of the programme, the trip takes us back to our native Rupertiwinkel.
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The official segment of this year’s spring gala concluded with the march, “Greetings From Courage.” This was composed by Wilhelm Schneider Senior especially for the Waging Brass Band. Arrangement by Hans Baumgartner. The band members sang in the triple portion of the march “There’s No More Beautiful Place in the World”. Many visitors to the concert were infected with the musical patriotism and sang and clapped to the beat. But before you could return to the Waginger See with music, you had to visit a variety of countries around the world.
Curt Gabel’s musical march “Salimonia”, a veritable pyrotechnic display of brass music, opened the evening of the concert. The name Salmonia refers to the town of Salem in the Lake Constance region. The march was composed in 2006 for the Castle Lake Festival held there. Then there was the sound of a waltz with “Erinnerung an Herkulesbad” by Jacob Bazeler. This title, dedicated to the spa town of the same name in Romania, is known above all from the interpretation of Ernst Mosch and its original owner Egerländer Musikanten.
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With “In medias res” by Wilhelm Koenen, things then moved into action. Written in the folk style, this overture included the sections Allegro con brio, Beguine and Valse rubato, which were of interest to musicians and audiences alike.
“Tokajer” is not only one of the most famous wines in the world, but also a Hungarian gypsy dance by composer Hans Colditz. The musicians played it “hot-blooded” and in a Bavarian-Hungarian style before going east with “Music from Aladdin” (composed by Alan Menken, arranged by Johnny Vinson). This decorative set from the Disney movie “Aladdin” includes the titles “Arabian Knights,” “A Friend Like Me,” “Prince Ali,” and “A Whole New World.”
After the break, the audience continued their concert world tour with Alexander Flueger’s “Abel Tasman” march. Pop music was heard with the medley “The Best of ABBA”. Along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, this Swedish musical group is one of the most famous and successful bands in the world. Singer Anna Reichel made her debut at the evening with theatrical songs “Dancing Queen”, “Take an Opportunity on Me”, “Winner Takes All”, “Thank You for the Music”. The interaction between the singer and the brass band delighted the guests in the hall.
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Stefan Stringer heard “classical bohemian brass” with the polka dot “klasikowska” before continuing the musical trip to Styria. With the “STS-Medley”, singer Anna Reischl and the band revived the famous songs “Someday I’ll stay there”, “Kalt und kalter”, “Grandfather” and the surprising final part with “Fürstenfeld”. After the last march “Greetings from Waging”, two performances had to be played with “Kein Schöner Land” arranged by Kurt Gäble and “One Last Round” by Marcus Nentwich in polka dot.
Simon Fininger, Lena Mühlbacher, Sophie Hotzendorfer, Katrin Purzeler, Lukas Huber, Max Huber and Stefan Fininger alternately led through the evening with their entertaining advertisements. Markus Leitner was responsible for the sound reinforcement technology.
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