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31. August
"9:13 Uhr"
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"Arrival" |
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Arrival at Wernigerode...
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Shortly after Sonja and Martin moved into the nice hotel,
they had to leave for the rehearsal.
Sonja strikes a pose, after all two cellists are missing today...
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Nevertheless, better leave it to the pros!!
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"1st rehersal" |
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14:30am Rehearsal at the baronial stables
"When we arrived at Wernigerode
for rehearsals we found that Christian Fitzner was severely
sick but sent his uncle, Othmar Mága, to fill in for
this task. Not challenge enough that we didn’t really
know how the songs would sound like with a 40-member-orchestra
we also had to make Othmar Mága get an idea of our
music – he didn’t know the songs at all. But he
is a very nice gentleman and in fact we didn’t need
many words to make ourselves clear. And from the first note
on the orchestra played it was just like being in a dream.
Everything went perfect – the arrangement, the sound,
the athomsphere, just everything. Well, first time the orchestra-members
may have been a bit irritated and sometimes they asked if
the music was properly written down (especially on “Black
Widow”) but once they had the idea of our music in their
heads there were no questions left."
Sonja
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 Relief
after the rehearsal! (please imagine great euphoria on this
picture!)
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1. September
"Strolling" |
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Sonja and Martin stroll through the
Old Town, while the rest of the band had to get up early to
arrive in time
Church of Johannis
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Old Town of Wernigerode
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Going to the castle with the lovely small train
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"2nd Rehersal, I" |
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Castle of and perspective from Wernigerode
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Fun and play for the whole family
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Getting serious! Before the rehearsal at the Mercedes Benz
Centre of Wernigerode
Holger and Juana don`t seem very happy with the whole situation
:)
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„I`m off then!“
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Too late! Sonja already speaks with conductor Othmar Mága...
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..and the orchestra is also there yet!
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"2nd Rehersal, II
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"Let's get things done!"
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Soundcheck and rehearsal at the car centre.
The last rehearsal before the concert!
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"1st concert" |
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 PERSEPHONE
performance at Mercedes Benz Centre Wernigerode
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2. September
"Recovery" |
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Our hotel „Johannishof“. After a lovely breakfast
Juana and Holger ascertain the city
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The same weekend there is a festivity in the Old Town.
Holger especially likes the fancy food of Wernigerode
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In the meantime a fortune-witch lures our percussionist John
into a side street and seduces him with ice cream...
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„Strange - suddenly everything looks much brighter!“
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"Happy people" |
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"At the first concert we were
all a bit unsure because a whole night had to be filled with
music and Othmar Mága just had very little time to
rehearse the songs and get the flow in the music but his calm
and steadfast charisma took possession of us all. On the second
day it was unsure where we would play. Shortly it was decided
that the concert was going to be on the castle courtyard –
despite of the big and dark clouds hanging from the sky…
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„Cheese!“
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The preparations for tonight's concert are on full speeds
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"The flood" |
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Short soundcheck in the courtyard
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The last picture with smiling Sonja
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The last picture before the rain
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And then the flood and the bustle
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All instruments and mics had to be saved quickly
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According to weather experts it will be just a passing downfall
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Fortunately the rainclouds pass by...
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"Good luck, then" |
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...so the concert begins with a short delay
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The first part of the concert is brilliant, but then:
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...rain again!
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While we were doing our soundcheck
and 2 ½ instruments were done loads of water came down
with no warning – suddenly it was there. Bustling around,
saving our instruments, microphones and a few orchestra instruments
(thank God they haven’t been on stage) we wondered if
the “Last Night” would be cancelled. It wasn’t.
The rainclouds passed and the concert began, everything was
fine. ‘Till the break…
The last hope: a prayer and the furtune witch
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Trembling uncertainty... But the Gods of weather are kind
and PERSEPHONE will be able to enter the stage each minute...
Good luck!
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Impressions |
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