Cleveland German Music Society
German Cultural Garden Concert July 10, 2011
The concert featured the sounds of traditional German music performed by musicians from three Northeast Ohio "Blaskapelle", or "brass bands", namely the Deutscher Musik Verein, the Youngstown Saxon Blaskapelle and the Donauschwäbische Blaskapelle. They performed separately and together the German Cultural Garden with Goethe and Schiller looking on.
The Conrad Mizer/Karl Wolfram Memorial Garden Concert is an annual event. Conrad Mizer, a German emigre, promoted summer band concerts in Cleveland public parks. Karl Wolfram was one of the founders of the Cleveland's Cultural Gardens and was the first president of the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation.
Congratulations to Hans Kopp and his crew for their work on the concert and the German Cultural Garden.
Hans and Annemarie Kopp in front of Goethe and Schiller
A special treat this year was the performance by the Schuhplattler und Trachtenverein Bavaria Singers which performed several songs including the US and German National Anthems to begin the event. Schuhplattler und Trachtenverein Bavaria is actually a German Schuhplattler dance group. They competed with similar clubs from the U.S. and Canada on July 1 and 2, 2011 at the 23. Gaufest in Orlando. Florida and placed first!
Schuhplattler und Trachtenverein Bavaria Singers in German Cultural Garden
One of the highlights of the Choir's performance was The Linden Tree by Franz Schubert.
Musicians from the Greater Cleveland German Music Society played waltzes, polkas, marches and some surprise songs. The Deutscher Musik Verein started the performance, followed by the Donauschwäbische Blaskapelle and then a combined band that included members from the Youngstown Saxon Blaskapelle.
Deutscher Musik Verein
Bayrisch Blau
Optimisten Polka
The band went South of the Border with this Fiesta song.
Donauschwäbische Blaskapelle
Schoene Urlaubszeit Polka
Rauschende Birken Waltz
Liebling, Ich hab' Dich Tanzen sehn Polka
Die Fischerin vom Bodensee Polka
Members of all 3 bands combined together for several songs.
Sakvicka
In Munchen steht ein Hofbrauhaus
Enjoy these other images from the Concert in the German Cultural Garden.
Cleveland German Music Choir in German Cultural Garden
Some in the audience had to get up and dance
German Garden workers - Hans and Annemarie Kopp, Stefan Pigler and Joseph Daschner
Youngstown Saxon Culture Group Brass Band members
Cleveland German Music Choir in German Cultural Garden
