Empress : Kaiserin: Liederabend

Mittwoch, Juni 07, 2006

Liederabend

I went straight home after class - going for a Lieder recital with a historical pianoforte (Vienna 1825) an hour later. I left home 30 minutes before the start of the concert because it was just two train stations from my hostel. I regretted making that move. It didn't occur to me then, that I would have difficulty locating the venue, which I did! I asked a total of four person on the street before reaching my destination - I was already five minutes late (8.05pm). And you know how important punctuality is to the Germans. It's my first concert in Munich, so I don't want to be embarrassed...

I got to the building, but searching for the room was a bad experience. Nobody knew the place well! In the end I resorted to hunting for the floor plan - and okay, I entered as quietly as possible. I was lucky that the concert had not started yet, but the Professor of Music was giving a speech. My lousy entrance.

Still, fantastic concert! Only that I think the accompanist was a tat too egoistic. The singer wasn't impressive at first, but got to his best toward the end of the concert. I really enjoyed his performance of the concluding Schumann Lieder. Fantastic interpretation and technique.

The concert took place in the Munich University, and whoa, the architecture of the building reminded me of those scenes from Monster! I kept thinking "Johann was here, you know? Johann was here!" Crazy brain of mine. The funniest thing happened during the concert. A blond attractive young man (apparently a student from the university) was seated in front of me; he wore a brown coat and has blue eyes. Gosh, I could almost believe that his name was JOHANN LIEBERT. But then, I would either hang myself or get killed by him then. :) Uncanny resemblance.

Arrived home at 22.40! A new record for me. Because of the late hour, I soaked myself in the bathtub for a loooooong, long time. Very relaxing :)