Saturday, 12/14/2024
at 7:00 PM


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Festive concert for the anniversary: 25 years of musical direction by Harald Hepner

In 1999, during the spring concert, the conductor's baton was passed from MD Siegfried Barth to Harald Hepner. The Festive Concert 2024 is thus already the 25th under his musical direction. The festive program is just like Harald Hepner: No nostalgic look back but full of exciting and new music, tailored for the Stadtorchester Ravensburg and a wide array of exciting possibilities of symphonic wind music. As an overture, the "Crown Imperial" march by William Walton will ring out. With its dignity and solemnity, it is perfectly suited to the occasion of the evening and gives it the right shine. The centerpiece of the first part is the "Symphony No. 3" by Vittorio Giannini (New York). The composition from 1958 is one of the few original works for wind orchestra in classical symphonic form in four movements: Allegro energico, Adagio, Allegretto, and Allegro con brio. Telling stories through music is one of the strengths of the Stadtorchester. Bert Appermont's "Adventures of Baron Münchhausen" takes the audience into the legendary world of the lying baron. The legendary ride on the cannonball, wildly orchestrated, is naturally included, just like a poetic-lyrical journey to the moon. The final block comprises three works from modern wind orchestra literature with wonderful, interesting, sometimes challenging sound inspirations from Stephen Melillo and Frank Ticheli. "The Speech of Angels" (Melillo) dramatically describes the battle between good and evil. "Sanctuary" (Ticheli), on the other hand, is more a tone painting than a melody; the horn leads through the piece; the listeners immerse themselves in ethereal sounds. "Godspeed" (Melillo) concludes the anniversary concert as it should: spectacular and optimistic.

Doors open at 6 PM, hall entry from 6:30 PM.

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