Hi,

my photos, review will follow:

Enjoy

Birgit

Some of mine too

Tabbi

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And some more

Hi Brillant photos.  What a great concert. Thank you for letting me know it was on.  We got great seats and thoroughly enjoyed all the music.  Hampton Court is such a great venue for this type of music it really sets the scene.  Thought David played really well considering the cold conditions.  It was lovely to see him again.  Hopefully he will be back soon to do some more concerts.

Wonderful photos. Especially your second one, Tabbi, love it. :) Thanks, you both! I can feel the atmosphere, little bit cold and windy but happy.

Good thing that David is wearing the hoody under his jacket so he was not freezing like last summer there, what was the place again, Regensburg?, where he had only t-shirt and jacket and it was icy cold.

I have scanned the programme for you!

Enjoy
Birgit

Hi,

mein Konzertbericht.

David spielte am 06. Juni mit dem Royal Philharmonic Orchestra die Vivaldi 4 Jahreszeiten. Das Konzert fand im wunderschönen, alten Schloss "Hampton Court Palace" statt. Den ganzen Tag hat es geregnet und es war sehr kalt. Deshalb hatten die meisten Konzertbesucher eher Winterbekleidung an.

Das Konzert begann mit der 3. Orchestersuite von Johann Sebastian Bach, welche vom Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gespielt wurde. Wie wir feststellen mussten, liegt das Schloss genau in der Einflugschneise des Flughafens London Heathrow. Im 1. Satz der Orchester-Suite begab sich eine Boeing 747 genau auf den Landeanflug zur Bühne, sodass für ein paar Sekunden vom Konzert nichts zu hören war.......Die Zuschauer und das Orchester !! quittierten dies mit einem Lachen....Es herrschte ein so starker Wind, dass die Musiker ihre Noten mit Wäscheklammern an den Notenständern befestigten. Es wurden also nicht nur die Noten umgeblättert, sondern auch die Wäscheklammern umgesteckt, welches die Stimmung lockerte!! lol

Nach der Orchestersuite von Bach, war die Feuerwerksmusik von George Friedrich Händel an der Reihe. Passend dazu überflogen uns die Flugzeuge und wir wussten manchmal nicht, naht ein Gewitter oder ist das ein Triebwerk....oder doch das Orchester..Die Stimmung war sehr relaxt, was aber das Spiel des Orchesters nicht beeinträchtigte.

Danach war 90 Minuten Pause. In dieser Zeit konnte man in den Park gehen und sich mit einem Picknick stärken. Die Schlange an der Tee- bzw. Kaffeetheke war am längsten, da mittlerweile alle durchgefroren waren. Außerdem bin ich jetzt stolze Inhaberin zweier hellblauer Fleecedecken, die ich für meinen Sohn und mich in der Pause gekauft habe.

Nach der Pause war David mit den Vivaldi 4 Jahreszeiten an der Reihe. Viele Orchestermitglieder hatten sich mittlerweile Mäntel angezogen, da sie durchgefroren waren. Auch David hatte über sein Hemd seine schwarze Kapuzenjacke angezogen, um sich etwas warm zu halten. 

Er begrüßte das Publikum und meinte, er habe sich überlegt mit dem Winter anzufangen und den 4 mal hintereinander zu spielen, wegen der Kälte....aber natürlich hat er das komplette Konzert in der richtigen Reihenfolge gespielt. Die Zuschauer applaudierten nach jedem Satz (wusste nicht, dass das in England jetzt auch so gemacht wird..lol). Der Flugverkehr hatte aufgrund der vorgerückten Stunde etwas nachgelassen, sodass nur ab und zu das Geräusch eines Triebwerkes aus der Richtung hinter der Bühne sein Spiel unterstützte.

Zwischen den Sätzen wärmte David seine Finger und schüttelte die Schultern aus, es herrschte wirklich ein sehr starker Wind und ihm war garantiert ebenso kalt wie dem Publikum. Er musste auch öfters seine Geige nachstimmen. Das Konzert hat er aber durchgezogen!!!! Und das sehr gut.

Ich habe die 4 Jahreszeiten schön öfters von ihm gehört und kann wirklich nicht sagen, ob ich es diesmal besser fand. Es war anders, ein Open-Air Konzert mit äußeren Einflüssen!

David wurde mit großen Applaus und Jubel verabschiedet. Als Zugabe spielte er von Paganini "Carneval in Venice" (Der Hut, der hat 3 Ecken). Nach dem ersten Teil wollte nochmal ein Flugzeug auf der Bühne landen, David schaute nach oben und meinte lachend, er lässt das Flugzeug jetzt erstmal vorbei und dann spielt er weiter.....!!! LOL

Ein wundervolles Konzert in einer schönen Umgebung!!

Birgit

My review:

On the 6th June David played the Vivaldi 4 Seasons with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert took place in the wonderful old castle "Hampton Court Palace". It rained the whole day and it was very cold. Because of that most of the audience wore winter-clothing.

The concert began with the 3rd Orchestra-Suite of Johann Sebastian Bach, which was played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. We realized that the castle was in the air corridor of the aiport London Heathrow. During the first movement of the Orchestra-Suite a Boeing 747 started the approach to the stage, so that we heard nothing of the concerto for a few seconds....The audience and the orchestra !!! acknowledged this with a laugh..It was such a strong wind, that the musicians hat to fix the music-sheets with clothes pins at their musicstands. Therefore they not only had to turn the pages, they also had to refix the clothes pins, which relaxed the mood in the audience!! lol

After the orchestra-suite of Bach, the orchestra played the Music for the Royal Fireworks of Georg Friedrich Händel. Corresponding to this aircrafts crossed us, sometimes we ddn't know, is there a thunderstorm coming, is it an engine.....or the orchestra....The mood was very relaxed, but this did not touch the playing of the orchestra.

Then it was time for an interval of 90 Minutes. You could have a look in the park and strengthen yourself with a picnic. The queue at the coffee- and tea-bar was the longest, because everyone was chilled to the bones. I am now the proud owner of two blue fleece-blankets, which I bought for my son and me in the interval.

After the interval it was David's turn with the Vivaldi 4 seasons. A lot of the orchestra-musicians were dressed in coats in the meantime, because they were frozen. Also David wore his black hooded jacket over his shirt, to keep himself warm.

 He greeted the audience and said, he thought of playing the winter first and this for 4 times, because it is so cold.....but of course he played the complete concerto in the right sequence. The audience clapped after every movement (I did not know that this is now also usual in the UK..lol). The air-traffic was reduced now because it was already late, therefore only a few sounds of aircraft-engines behind the stage supported his playing.

Between the movements David warmed his fingers and shaked out his shoulders, it was a very strong wind and for sure he felt as cold as the audience. He often had to tune his violin, but he went through with the concert!!! And did this very good.

I have heard him playing the Vivaldi 4 seasons several time, but I cannot say if it was better now. It was different, it was an open-air-concert with outside influences!

David was said good-bye with storming applause and cheers. As an encore he played "Carneval in Venice" of Paganini. After the first part, another aircraft wanted to land on stage, David looked up to the sky and said with a laugh, he first wanted the aircraft to pass and then he will go on.....!!LOL

It was a wonderful concert in a beautiful surrounding. 

Birgit

Thank you for your reviews, Birgit, and for scanning in the programme.

I was lucky enough to be there too - with a splendid central front seat.

The audience at this event were interesting - certainly not typical of a classical audience and far more like an easy listening, light entertainment crowd, with lots of German David fans who had made the journey and were very much in evidence and shouted, shrieked and cheered him on as he is used to in his homeland. The middle class UK party groups out for a Saturday evening picnic made this far from a normal classical audience and that's why there was polite clapping every time anyone paused for breath. Even allowing for the acoustics, it was gentle acknowledgement rather than responsive.

To be honest, the only real enthusiastic applause came after a particularly brilliant bit by David and then again, right at the end.

 It's an outdoor picnic event and many had come along with lavish hampers, tables, chairs and tents which they had set up in the lovely park. That is why there was such an enormously long interval - and some did not make it back to the music after their revels. The Veuve Cliquot was expensive but quite fitting for the occasion but there was the full range of food and drink to keep us going.

It was really cold. I'd been warned about that but I was no more prepared than anyone else for the howling gales.

Huge laundry pegs were desperately holding down the musical scores on the stands and there were moments when I thought the whole of the curtaining round the stage in the courtyard was going to take off along with the planes. Heathrow flight path - yes - and it was a real talking point.

The orchestra were really cold too. One young woman gave up her attempts to be elegant during the interval and came back with a jacket over her evening attire. They were relaxed and shared lots of jokes between them. David blatantly flirted with every one of the musicians on the front rows. I have seen him do that when he conducted; but this was just sheer charm.

David was unbelievably relaxed and chatty. He schmoozed everyone, dressed in the same concert outfit we have become used to during the recital tour (literally) plus his hoodie to try to keep warm. He is a total charmer, fluttering those eyelashes and pouting like a model. He is visually glorious.

He played well - incredibly well considering the conditions.

It was fun. It was relaxed. Nobody worried about the coughing or people strolling in a bit late and the two women behind me were chatting through most of the Bach. It was indeed more like an open air event such as you see by the Charles River in Boston, as dogs and kids play while the adults watch and listen and relax. This is the easy way into the classics - or would have been if it hadn't been like a fridge.

David has a growing band of loyal UK supporters and we were out in force.  I hope he returns with a serious recital or a rock tour in the very near future. (Of course, we still have no release of "Encore" yet, even though most of us have bought copies from Germany either over there or via Amazon).

Thank you for a fun evening, David. Please come back soon.

Tabbi

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 Birgit, Tabbi, thank you for your reviews. Sounds it has been really fun despite of the weather. Different event than just a week ago in Cologne although still with a classical programme.

There is a video of Carnival of Venice in youtube. The planes were really loud! But David seems to have no problems with them.

Birgit & Tabbi, your photos & reviews are wonderful! I'm not sure that I have anything very original to add except to agree  - the evening was magical despite the horrible weather & David was as sweet, charming and exciting as ever. It was also lovely to meet up with friends old & new and put some names to faces during the interval. It can't have been at all easy for David to play in such cold, windy conditions but he seemed playful & at ease, joking & flirting, then losing himself within the music. Afterwards, as we were making our way through the crowds back to the railway station, both of my girls said together " when can we see David play again? ". That sums up my feelings entirely - I always leave wanting more!!  

Sorted out my photos again and found some more good ones:

Enjoy
Birgit

 The fotos and the reviews tell about an amazing concert in a great venue worth to visit. Perhaps some more sacrifice to the weathergod for the next time.

XOXO

Jule