For the crowning finale of his »Reflektor« festival the famed singer of Austrian »Lieder« and all-round multitalent André Heller presents a fulminant evening of Wienerlied, that brings together all the hottest names on the Viennese singer scene. ➡️ Find out more: https://elphi.me/best-of-vienna

// PERFORMERS

Ernst Molden | guitar, vocals
Der Nino aus Wien | guitar, vocals
Voodoo Jürgens | vocals, guitar
Anna Mabo | vocals, guitar
Tini Kainrath | vocals
Ursula Strauss | vocals
Marco Michael Wanda | vocals
Neue Wiener Concert Schrammeln
Peter Uhler | violin
Nikolai Tunkowitsch | violin
Walther Soyka | accordion
Peter Havlicek | guitar
Sibylle Kefer | guitar, vocals
Marlene Lacherstorfer | double bass
Maria Petrova | drums
and others


// THE CONCERT

Is the Danube as beautiful and blue as Johann Strauss’ greatest waltz classic makes out, or is it more dull and muddy-brown? How can Vienna be the most liveable city in the world (according to the Mercer Study 2023) but also the most unfriendly (according to the Expat City Ranking 2022)? How grey and closed off can a green city be? How much sweetness can the bitterness stand? And how much is death a part of life?
It is contrast that creates harmony in Vienna. And the people sing about it. Ever since the early 19th century, when the old Wienerlied (»Viennese Song«) first emerged as a hodgepodge of the most diverse influences. The tradition of banquet singers and harpists met with operetta and the waltz, while Alpine folk music was merged with Nestroy’s theatre couplets and metropolitan singing styles influenced by immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Large stages were no longer necessary for well-versed Viennese audiences. The music, instead, made its way into the city’s pubs and taverns, where people socialized over wine and enjoyed singing along with performers. Quite unlike what was happening in the big opera houses, the Wienerlied was unequivocally for everyone.

Around the end of the 19th century, this Wienerlied tradition found its most popular form thanks to the brothers Johann and Josef Schrammel: It saw the birth of Schrammel music, named after them, with a classical line-up for instruments including the violin, contraguitar, clarinet and Schrammel harmonica »rumbling« its way through the city for many a decade. Songs about lost love, death, intoxication, the decline of morals and nostalgia could be heard, performed with a blissful melancholy late into the evening. And despite all the gloominess, the golden heart of the Viennese always beat with the brightest fervour. Now more than ever, with great artists having carefully dusted off this heritage and brought new life to the genre. Many of them are performing at the Elbphilharmonie in March 2024 at the invitation of the artistic polymath André Heller.

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