Weihnacht - Zeitlose Lieder und Melodien aus Klassik und Jazz
At the most beautiful time of the year, jazz singer Sandie Wollasch - named one of the "Best in the Southwest" by SWR - meets flutist Andrea Ritter and pianist Daniel Koschitzki - both awarded the ECHO Klassik and known from their internationally touring ensemble Spark. With gentle tones, virtuosic joy of playing, and much passion, they capture the melancholy of winter and the magic of Christmas in a selection of personal favorites.
Every year again, the cities shine a little brighter in December. Festivity fills the air, childhood memories awaken, and one longs for peace and security. Wollasch, Ritter, and Koschitzki immerse themselves in this intimate atmosphere of the Christmas season and focus on the essentials in an intimate trio setting: a powerful voice in dialogue with a delicate flute, emotionally accompanied on the piano. In doing so, the consummate singer and the two classical stars demonstrate a great sense for exciting sound connections, combining the familiar with the unheard and playfully moving between different eras and genres.
Traditional Christmas songs such as "Leise rieselt der Schnee," "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen," "In dulci jubilo," or "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," "In The Bleak Midwinter," and "O Holy Night," as well as popular contemporary songs like "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "This Christmas," and "River" are given new life. Additionally, Ritter and Koschitzki contribute classical highlights from their repertoire, including baroque compositions by Georg Friedrich Händel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as modern works by Michael Nyman, Ludovico Einaudi, or Ola Gjeilo.
Thus, baroque splendor, classical masterpieces, traditional Christmas carols, and Christmas hits intertwine into a unique winter wonderland of sounds. While Sandie Wollasch pulls out all the stops of her expressive voice in the sensitive arrangements of the trio, Andrea Ritter and Daniel Koschitzki draw from a rich instrumental repertoire that ranges from the 20-centimeter-long sopranino flute to the 2-meter-high four-square bass, from copies of baroque instruments to newly developed keyed flutes and a lotus flute.
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