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3.Birdsongs - insect sounds a musical spring day with “Murkel” the tom-cat
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Music Original:
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Vivaldi - 1. movement “spring”
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Telemann - 1. movement “cricket symphony”
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F. Kukuck - 1. movement “the nightingale”
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Dunicu Doina - lark´s song
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Transcriptions by Alf Hoffmann:
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Grieg - dawn
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dance in the hall of the mountain king),
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Poliakin – the canary,
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Fr.Schubert (Dresden) - the bee.
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Compositions by Alf Hoffmann:
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Flea dances
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The woodpecker
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The spider and the fly
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Motives for cat 1-3.
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Text: Monika Reimers
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The small tom-cat Murkel wakes up early one morning and the story relates his eventful day. He meets the canary in the house, strolls out into the neighbourhood, a bee hums around his nose and the flea family uses his fur as a playground during his siesta. After further adventures he finds his way back home at nightfall.
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Orchestra : Fl. / Picc., Ob, Cl., Fag., Tromb., Timp., Soloviol. (Le Canari, Vivaldi) Viol. 1 and 2, Viola, Vc., Cb., Piano, Cembalo, text.
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4.The secret of the old oak
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Music: Alf Hoffmann
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Text : Monika Reimers
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A long time ago. Bobo lives on a farm on the outskirts of a small city. In spring and summer he has to watch over the cows. He mostly likes taking them to a nearby mountain. Often he sits under a large old oak and plays his flute or - as now - carves a birthday gift for his mother. It gets late. Because he cannot find the stubborn cow “Liese” Bobo forgets to take the gift from under the old oak. So he secretly creeps back up the mountain in the middle of the night. A group of exhausted musicians who have failed to reach the town before nightfall, have got lost in the dark and are very relieved to meet Bobo. As a result they pitch their camp on the mountain. But late at night another two figures show up at the old oak with instrument boxes on their backs. Could the figures be musicians? No! - Two robbers drag their booty in instrument cases to a hiding place under the old oak. The next day the musicians from the camp are suspected of robbery by the townsfolk. But Bobo is able to release the musicians and PC Strict catches the robbers in the evening near the old oak where they are fighting over the booty.
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Orchestra : Fl/Picc, Ob, Cl., Fag.,Tromb,Timp, Vl 1, Vl 2, Vla., Vc., Cb., 2 guitars or 1 piano, 1 singer (bass) possible also as a speaker, text.
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5.The roundabout (merry-go-round)
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Compositions by Alf Hoffmann
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roundabout music 1
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interludium 1
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roundabout music 2
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the dream,
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foreign countries pentatonic
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interludium 2
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final roundabout music
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Transcriptions by Alf Hoffmann :
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Beethoven - rage over the lost “groschen” (cent)
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Gioacchino Rossini - Duet for two cats
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Georges Boulanger - Pizzicato –Waltz
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bert Schumann - about other countries and peoples,
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Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance
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Original compositions :
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Yoshizawa Kengyo - “Chidori” ( Koto as special instrument in my “Premiere”-but for your program you also can introduce another interesting instrument to the audience)
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Joh. Seb. Bach - Badinerie
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Antonio Vivaldi - 3. movement “The summer ”
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Long ago a merry-go-round with many animal figures used to stand in a city. It belonged to an old lady. She could tell many storiesabout herself and the roundabout. This concert tells these stories in music and words.
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Orchestra : Fl. / Picc., Ob, Cl., Fag., Tromb., Timp., Soloviol. Viol. 1 and 2, Viola, Vc., Cb., Piano, Cembalo, text.
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