Classic rock night
The classical rock nights were concert events by the Munich musician, conductor and composer Eberhard Schoener , which took place five times between 1980 and 1985 in cooperation with the Bavarian radio . The concerts, lasting up to six hours, were broadcast live on television, mostly throughout Europe as part of the Eurovision .
The originally classically trained Schoener, according to his own admission, has always been interested in "seeing music as a total work of art and not as parts of limited possibilities". As early as the 1960s, he tried to break the conventional boundaries between serious and popular music in his series "Klassik ohne Frack" - this idea eventually led to the classic rock night.
The events
| date | place | Participating artists (among others) | orchestra | particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/12/1980 | Circus Krone Bau , Munich | Gary Brooker , Jon Anderson , Andy Mackay , Darryl Way , Mike Batt , Peter Michael Hamel , Esther Ofarim | Pro musica orchestra | |
| 12/09/1981 | Circus Krone Bau, Munich | John Miles , Tangerine Dream , Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark , Sparks , Esther Ofarim, Information (with Joachim Kühn & George Kochbeck ) | Bavarian Radio Orchestra | |
| 12/09/1982 | Rudi Sedlmayer Halle , Munich | Klaus Nomi , Gary Brooker, Ultravox , Lucio Dalla , Trio , Mike Oldfield , Hazel O'Connor | Bavarian Radio Orchestra | Last public appearance by Klaus Nomi |
| October 1983 | Big top of the Circus Atlas, Munich | Eddy Grant , Jack Bruce , Ian Anderson , Incantation and Fela Kuti | Bavarian Radio Orchestra | |
| December 1985 | Site of the World Exhibition in Tsukuba (Japan) & BMW Museum , Munich | Nina Hagen , Gary Brooker, Nicolas Economou | New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra | First satellite live concert with musicians in Japan and Munich who played simultaneously and together via satellite |
Web links
- Rock meets Classic - Part I of Gary Brooker's Orchestral Adventures. In: Procul Harum Beyond The Pale. Retrieved September 3, 2019 . Background to the creation and set list of the first classic rock night
- Conny Drees: 1980/1981 Rock meets classic / Klassik Rock Nacht. In: Esther Ofarim Fanpage. Retrieved September 3, 2019 (German). Information on Esther Ofarim's performances in 1980 and 81
- 1981, December 09 Munich Circus-Krone-Bau. In: Voices In The Net - The Collector's Tangerine Dream Discography. Michael Berling, accessed on September 3, 2019 (German).
- Trio live on ARD Klassik Rocknacht on December 9, 1982. In: TRIOwiki. Matthias Klein, accessed on September 3, 2019 (German).
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- Stefanie Schoener: Eberhard Schoener. Production office Eberhard Schoener, accessed on September 3, 2019 (German).