Archive for May, 2012
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
After a fire inside an electrical control panel, in which several cables were seriously damaged S-Bahn traffic has been seriously affected early this morning. The fire occurred around 0330 this morning between the newly renovated section of the Berliner S-Bahn at the bridge between the stations Treptow Park, and Ostkreuz and people in the area were woken by a single police helicopter [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .lonelyplanet.com, Berliner S-bahn problems, Berliner S-bahn problems continue, BVG Berlin, delays today 22nd May on Berliner S-bahn, Fire in cable room between Treptower Park and Ostkreuz S-Bahn, fotos by Berlin observer and OTA-Berlin contributor Ms Cindy Su, Ostkreuz, S-Bahn delay, S-bahn down again due to cable fire
Posted in Architecture Berlin, Articles by Cindy Su, Berlin, Berlin Bicycle, Berlin Bus, History Berlin, Local Berlin | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
* May 22nd 1813, Leipzig – † February 13th 1883, Venice
Richard Wagner was a German composer, perhaps he was ’THE’ German’ composer – at least that is what he would have thought – or put otherwise - ”Who was Richard Wagner’s favorite composer?” – Answer – Richard Wagner!
He would turn 199 years old today if that were possible- but it isn’t and instead we have [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 22nd May Wagners birthday, Brahms saved music from Wagner, Daniel Barenboim, Der Ring des Nibelungen Berlin, Happy Birthday Richard Wagner !, National Philharmonic Orchestra, ota-berlin mini biography wagner, Piotr Gajewski, Richard Wagner, richard-wagner-leipzig.de/en/Richard_Wagner_Festival_2013_, thelastverista, Wagner anti-Semite, wagnersociety.org, weta.org, Wim Wenders
Posted in Articles by W van Coeveren, Composers, Daniel Barenboim | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
After a fire inside an electrical control panel, in which several cables were seriously damaged S-Bahn traffic has been seriously affected early this morning.
The fire occurred around 0330 this morning between the newly renovated section of the Berliner S-Bahn at the bridge between the stations Treptow Park, and Ostkreuz and people in the area were woken by a single police helicopter which [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .lonelyplanet.com, Berliner S-bahn problems, Berliner S-bahn problems continue, BVG Berlin, delays today 22nd May on Berliner S-bahn, Fire in cable room between Treptower Park and Ostkreuz S-Bahn, Ostkreuz, S-Bahn delay, S-bahn down again due to cable fire
Posted in Architecture Berlin, Articles by Cindy Su, Berlin, Berlin Bicycle, Berlin Bus, History Berlin, Local Berlin | No Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Die kammermusikalische Privataufführung
Hélène Clément – Viola
Daniel Heide -Klavier
feat. special guest star Marie-Elisabeth Hecker – Violoncello
Brahms Sonate op.120/1 Hindemith “Fantasiesonate” op.11/4 Brahms Trio op.114
Liebe Gäste und Freunde,die Konzerteinladungen und Anmerkungen für diese und die nächste Woche:
Am morgigen Montag, dem 21. 05. um 20.30 h gibt es “Die kammermusikalische Privataufführung”, wenngleich die Änderung, die ich nun anzumerken habe, sicher einige enttäuschte Gesichter, [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Alternative Berlin Live Classical Music, Brahms Sonate op.120, Brahms Trio op.114, Daniel Heide -Klavier, der-lyrische-salon, Die kammermusikalische Privataufführung, Hélène Clément - Viola, Hindemith "Fantasiesonate" op.11, Kammermusik – Pianisten, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker - Violoncello, marieelisabeth hecker, Mittwoch, Mozart Klavierkonzert KV 467 C-dur, Pianisten, Piano Salon Christophori
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
In front of some 66,000, mostly FC Bayern München fans and in their own Allianz Arena home stadium – Chelsea of London, defeated Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League last night after a penalty shootout and thus are recipients of the most lucrative prize in European football.
The capture of this Cup with the ‘Big Ears’ for Chelsea means the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: arjen robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, bayern munchen, Chelsea goal-keeper Petr Cech, Didier Drogba, german football cup 2012 berlin, german soccer cup 2012, Ivica Olic, Juan Mata Chelsea, London Chelsea win 2012 Champions League in shoot-out and beat Bayern München, “Respect’! No place for racism”.
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin, Sports Berlin | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, perhaps the greatest Baritone of all time, died yesterday at his home in Berg near Starnberg and just south of München in Bavaria. This just days before, what would have been his 87th Birthday on May 28th.
An honorary citizen of Berlin – the city of his birth – will be buried in the capital of Germany in a private ceremony [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Alan Blyth in the Guardian today, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925 -2012, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies, Great German Baritone Fischer-Dieskau passes on, Ivan Hewett in the Telegraph, World famous Baritone dies at age 86
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Die Piratenpartei ist eine junge Partei mit dem Ziel Politik positiv zu verändern.
Die erste Piratenpartei gab es in Schweden seit 2006. Der Name kommt über die Anti-Urheberrechts-Organisation Piratbyran die kurz vorher das BitTorrent Programm “The Pirate Bay” gegründet hatte. Die Piratenpartei wählte diesen Namen bewusst, um die aktuelle politische Klasse ein wenig zu provozieren.
Nach der Gründung weiterer Landesparteien in vielen Ländern [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: bittorrent, creative commons, hoffen, open access, pirate bay, sozial, Wikipedia
Posted in Berlin, Culture, German Language, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Georgy Gromov Klavierabend
Werke von Schumann, Haydn und Chopin
Am Freitag 18. 05. um 20.30h war eigentlich die Fortsetzung der Gesamtaufführung des Klavierwerkes Beethovens durch den Pianisten Georgy Gromov mit den Sonaten No. 09-12 geplant, die nun eine Woche auf den Freitag den 25.05. um 20.30h verschoben ist.
Am kommenden Freitag, dem 18.05. um 20.30 spielt Georgy Gromov einen Klavierabend mit Werken Haydns, Schumanns und [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2 Flügel mit Maria Masycheva +Georgy Gromov, Alternative Berlin klassischer Live-Musik, Alternative Berlin Live Classical Music, Am kommenden Freitag, Brahms' Klavierstücke op.118, dem 18.05. um 20.30 spielt Georgy Gromov einen Klavierabend, Georgy Gromov, Maria Masycheva, Pianist
Posted in Berlin, Evening Entertainment Berlin, Piano Salon Christophori, Things to do in Berlin | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
“Hertha needs to start filling its stadium – the Olympic Stadium of Berlin” is what I wrote some months ago, however the picture you see above of a wonderful stadium is empty and will remain so at least to now 2nd division German team Hertha Berlin.
Fortuna Düsseldorf secured their place in the First Bundesliga and thereby consigned Hertha Berlin to the 2nd [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: -----, Änis Ben-Hatira, Australian Rukavytsya, Berlin in 1-2 home defeat to SC Freiburg, Coach Hertha-Berlin Otto Rehhagel, Hertha Berlin lose again and are relegated...again, hertha lose again, new Hertha coach, olympic stadium Berlin, Otto Rehhagel
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Bundesliga, Events, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Angela Merkel met the newly appointed French President Hollande in Berlin this evening.
It was more a getting-to-know each other type of meeting and an opportunity to again clear the air, or at least clean the air of the former French President, Sarkozy.
President Hollande’s trip began in rather inauspicious circumstances when the President’s plane was apparently hit by lightning climbing out of Paris [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Merkel goes out on a political limb, Francois Hollande, French Elections - Chancellor Merkel, merkel-to-support-sarkozys-re-election, Peer Steinbrück, Piraten Partie, politics makes strange bedfellows, robin hood tax sarkozy, SPD win big in German regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Tobin tax, upstart Piraten Partie, upstart Piraten Partie also do well – CDU loses big-time but Merkel’s national position as Chancellor unaffected, Wolfgang Schäuble
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Concert Review Sunday 13th May 2012
Place Sankt-Georgen-Kirche 23966 Wismar
NDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock
Program -Schumann’s 3rd Symphony & Brahms 1st Symphony
The ‘Rolls Royce’ is in this case the NDR Sinfonieorchester and the venue the still being renovated huge and captivating space of the Sankt-Georgen-Kirche in the old Hansa city of Wismar in northern Germany – which unbeknown by most – [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 3rd Symphony known as tSchumann's Rhenish” in E flat major, Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Concert Review NDR orchestra, Concert Review NDR orchestra visits St Georgen Kirche in Wismar, festspiele-mv, Kalev Kuljusas, Konzert Revue NDR Sinfonieorchester, Konzert Revue Wismar NDR, NDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester concert review, NDR visits Wismar, Op. 68, Op. 97, Paulus van der Merwe, Paulus van der Merwe and Kalev Kuljusas, Rolls Royce parked in fabulous 'Work in Progress', St Georgen Kirche in Wismar, Stefan Wagner, Stefan Wagner the ‘Konzertmeister’, Thomas Hengelbrock
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Berlin Orchestra, Classical Performances, Composers, Culture, Events in Germany, German Culture, History Germany, Live Music Berlin, Performing Arts | No Comments »
