Dresden Salon Orchestra
The Dresden Salon Orchestra is a dance and entertainment orchestra founded in Dresden in 1991 . His repertoire includes music from the 1920s to 1970s.
history
In 1991 three students from the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden received an offer to play salon and dance music at a student ball in Dresden . After this successful first event and a few appearances as a classic salon trio (violin, piano, double bass) on anniversaries, weddings and birthdays, an engagement took place in 1992 , regularly at coffee time in the Café Pöppelmann in the Hotel Bellevueto play. Once a month the radio program “Café de Saxe” was broadcast live from this café. For the increasingly frequent dance evenings, the line-up was expanded to include a violin and a clarinet / saxophone. The conductor Christoph König was hired as a singer. Offers from all over Germany were followed by a wave of the 20s and 30s. At the end of 1995 a guitarist and a second saxophone were added, and special arrangements were made for the orchestra. In 1996 the first CD of the Dresden Salon Orchestra was released.
When Christoph König went to Wuppertal in the summer of 1997, Götz Bergmann took over the position of front man. The orchestra still performed with nine to ten musicians as a trio and quartet at major ball events in Dresden (state press ball, operetta ball, etc.). In September 1998 the young musicians began to stage the “Dresden Dance Balls” four times a year in a historic Dresden ballroom, a mixture of live dance music and a podium for up-and-coming artists. The orchestra gave guest performances beyond the borders of Dresden. B. in Munich, Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin. Appearances on radio and television ( ARD , MDR , WDR, etc.) also gradually became more frequent. During this time the Dresden Salon Orchestra expanded its repertoire with dance numbers from the post-war period .
In April 1998 the orchestra recorded its second CD in a large line-up with 22 musicians using the original method (all sitting in a circle around a mono microphone). Since then, a trumpeter has also been a permanent member of the ensemble, and a trombone since 2001. In 1999 the orchestra performed in Beijing at the Universal Postal Congress .
This was followed by concert appearances and, together with young singers, in 2000 the production of the revue "Es leuchten die Sterne" and a new version of the Benatzky operetta Meine Sister und I , whereby the musicians were integrated into the stage play and took on various supporting roles. In January 2002 the “1. Dresden Glasses Ball ” took place in Ballhaus Watzke , the second in February 2003 in the Park Hotel .
In addition to some charity events for the victims of the flood in August 2002, the musicians recorded their third CD. For the first time, the original arrangements were heard in full cast. H. three trumpets, three trombones, five saxophones, strings and a rhythm section. The recordings dragged on until January 2003. The CD, the first with a label code , came onto the market.
In 2006 the singer Marcus Günzel became the orchestra's new front man. Without a microphone he sang in the Dresden Kreuzchor . In 1997 he began studying singing at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music . After graduating in the summer of 2003, he qualified for postgraduate studies with Margret Trappe-Wiel and graduated in 2005 with the soloist examination. With a microphone, Marcus Günzel had his stage premiere in the musical The Beautiful Game by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Dresden State Operetta in January 2003 . He has been a permanent member of the ensemble of the State Operetta since the 2005/06 season. He also appeared in the male lead in the 80s musical What a feeling at the “Wechselbad” theater.
Since then, the Dresden Salon Orchestra has continued to perform at many major Dresden events. Every year, it has been a "traditional" guest since 1991 at the New Year's Eve Ball in Albrechtsberg Castle , since 2004 at the Chemnitz Opera Ball, since 1995 at the Operetta Ball in the Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden, at theater balls in the city of Gera, as part of the Kurt Weill Festival at the Traumtänzerball in Dessau, in Cooperation in series of events organized by the Friends of the Dresden Philharmonic .
Dedicated to its name "Dresden", the orchestra has played at high points in urban development since it was founded. a. 1995 for the opening of the Hotel "Taschenbergpalais" Kempinski Dresden, 2001 for the inauguration of the new Dresden airport terminal , 2008 for the inauguration of the " Jewel at the Frauenkirche " at Dresden's Neumarkt . In cooperation with Dresden dance schools, the orchestra musically accompanies various ball events and professional dance tournaments with standard dances.
repertoire
The repertoire of the Dresden Salon Orchestra includes classical salon and Viennese coffee house music , melodies of UFA -Filmschlagern, French musette music , international hits of popular music, as well as all standard and Latin American dances.
occupation
The Dresden Salon Orchestra appears in variable line-ups.
- Singing: Marcus Günzel (soloist at the Dresden State Operetta )
- Violin: Florian Mayer (member of the band Das Blaue Einhorn from 2006 until its dissolution in 2013 )
- Piano: Holger Miersch
- Double bass / Organizer: Thomas Fröhlich
- Drums: Martin Weiske
- 1st alto sax. / Clarinet: Thomasz Skulski
- 2nd tenor sax. / Clarinet: Henning Plankl
- 3rd alto sax. / Clarinet: Friedemann Seidlitz
- Trumpet: Edgar Schreyer
- Trombone: Christoph Hermann / Hilmar Beier
Discography
- 1996: A review of famous dance successes
- 1997: Waiter, two mochas!
- 2003: The dance floor