Classic at the lake
Classical am See is a seating in classical music - Open Air - event in Bavaria . It is a classical concert for orchestras, mostly choirs and soloists in the open air, which has been taking place every year since 2003. The venue is at the Großer Bischofsweiher (Dechsendorfer Weiher) near Erlangen , between the edge of the forest and the lake. Klassik am See is organized by the non-profit association Klassikkultur eV Honorary members of the association are the district administrator of the Erlangen-Höchstadt district , Eberhard Irliger, and 1st mayor a. D. Hans Lang.
Programs 2003–2018
| year | program | Contributors |
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| 2018 | Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2; Schumann: Piano Concerto, A minor ; Carl Orff: Carmina Burana |
Star guest: Martin Stadtfeld
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| 2017 | Event canceled due to continuous rain | |
| 2016 | Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte; Piano Concerto No. 20, D minor , Haydn: Oboe Concerto in C major ; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, C minor |
Star guest: Markus Groh
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| 2015 | "An Italian Summer Journey"; Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville ; Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 ; Djambazov: Un Viaggio in Italia , world premiere for choir and orchestra; Respighi: Pini di Roma |
Star guest: Lorenzo Gatto
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| 2014 | Rigoletto , opera by Giuseppe Verdi in a semi-staged performance; Melodramma in three acts; Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; First performance on March 11, 1851 in Venice; in a semi-staged performance |
Choirs: Philharmonic Choir Nuremberg, Philharmonic Choir Herzogenaurach
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| 2013 | La Traviata , opera by Giuseppe Verdi in a semi-staged performance; Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the drama La Dame aux Camélias (1852) by Alexandre Dumas the Elder. J., based on his novel of the same name (1848), in Italian. |
Choirs: Philharmonic Choir Nuremberg, Philharmonic Choir Herzogenaurach
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| 2012 | Anniversary concert “10 years of Klassik am See”; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 , Piano Concerto No. 3 , Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra |
Star guest: ECHO award winner Martin Stadtfeld
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| 2011 | "The Art of Seduction"; Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 , The Dance in the Village Inn ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni , selected arias with 3 soloists; Richard Strauss: Don Juan ; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Star guest: ECHO award winner Dejan Lazic
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| 2010 | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow in a concert performance with stories from 1001 nights; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian dances ; Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, D major |
Star guests: Senta Berger (recitation), Tianwa Yang (violin)
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| 2009 | Richard Strauss: oboe concerto ; Beethoven / Strauss: From The Ruins of Athens ; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 |
Star guest: Echo winner Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
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| 2008 | A Midsummer Night's Dream and The First Walpurgis Night by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy |
Reciter: Friedrich von Thun
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| 2007 | The Creation by Joseph Haydn |
Choir: 'projektchor herzogaurach', Kantorei St. Matthäus Erlangen, Siemens Chor Erlangen
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| 2006 | Night of the Choirs (excerpts from: Nabucco , The Troubadour , Aida and concert version by Porgy and Bess ) |
Choir: 'projektchor herzogaurach', Kantorei St. Matthäus Erlangen
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| 2005 | The Seasons by Joseph Haydn |
Choir: 'projektchor herhabenaurach', Kantorei St. Matthäus Erlangen
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| 2004 | Liverpool Oratory by Paul McCartney |
Choir: 'projektchor herzogaurach', Kantorei St. Matthäus Erlangen
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| 2003 | Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and the water music & fireworks music by Georg Friedrich Händel |
Choir: 'projektchor herhabenaurach'
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