«Mein Wien»
Daniel Behle & Christian Koch
Chamber Music
Friday, 12 August 2022
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church
Vienna would not be Vienna without its iconic waltzes and polkas, nor without its delightfully kitchy operettas with their inimitable style. Daniel Behle, a Hamburg tenor living in Basel and winner of the 2004 Robert Stoltz International Competition (indeed one of the kings of Austrian operetta), performs a magnificent anthology of them, enhanced by a few pages of his own composition (whose titles show a certain sense of self-mockery) and a few “hits” by Johann Strauss Jr played by pianist Christian Koch. For the meantime, we recommend watching the outstanding Beethoven Lieder recital by Jan Schultsz from August 14, 2020 in the Saanen Church, which has been made available as a video on demand on Gstaad Digital Festival!
Daniel Behle, Tenor
Christian Koch, Piano
| Robert Stolz (1880-1975) | |
| “Wien wird schön erst bei Nacht” (text: Wilhelm Sterk) | |
| “Ob blond ob braun” (text: Ernst Marischka) | |
| “Auch du wirst mich einmal betrügen” from the operetta “Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt” (text: W. Reisch / A. L. Robinson) | |
| “Im Prater blühn wieder die Bäume” (text: Kurt Robitschek) | |
| Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) | |
| “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka” for solo piano | |
| Daniel Behle (1974) | |
| “Ich bin stolz auf meinen Steinway” (text: Daniel Behle) | |
| “FC St. Pauli” (text: Daniel Behle) | |
| “Auf der Reeperbahn” (text: Ralph Arthur Roberts) | |
| Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) | |
| “Wiener Blut” for Solo Piano | |
| Franz Lehár (1870-1948) | |
| “Immer nur lächeln” from the operetta “Das Land des Lächelns” | |
| “Wie eine Rosenknospe” from the operetta “Die lustige Witwe” | |
| Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) | |
| “Unter Donner und Blitz” for solo piano | |
| Franz Lehár (1870-1948) | |
| “Du bist meine Sonne” from the operetta “Giuditta” | |
| Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) | |
| “Als flotter Geist” from the operetta “Der Zigeunerbaron” | |
| 80' | |
| CHF 125/105/65 |