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Cologne 15. Januar 2010

Last post 01-27-2010 4:35 PM by Heather Schmitt. 74 replies.
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  • 01-18-2010 12:08 AM In reply to

    Re: Cologne 15. Januar 2010

    Gut gemacht.....  sehr schön Nina

    Helga 2  Cool

    „Kindness is like sugar, it makes life taste a little sweeter…“
  • 01-18-2010 6:52 AM In reply to

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    Hallo Birgit,

    Hallo Nina,

    traumhafte Fotos und super Videos...

    Vielen Dank!!!

    BeBe

  • 01-18-2010 4:52 PM In reply to

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    This is all fabulous!  I am going to show my Rock side right now. Master of Puppets is one of my all time favorite Metallica songs and he totally NAILS it.  I sure hope he adds this song to his concert in the US when he comes.  I am listening to Walk This Way from Aerosmith as I type this and it is fabulous as well.  They all are - I am in heaven!  Thanks for the uploads I am jamming as we speak!!  The pictures were A+ and the whole night seemed spectacular! Reviews were wonderful as well.  Really felt like I was there.  Sure wish I could have been, but with the "Forum Girls" posts it makes feel like you were. 

    Thanks All! 

    Heather

  • 01-18-2010 5:46 PM In reply to

    • mzfierce
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    Re: Cologne 15. Januar 2010

    I couldn't agree with you more!   Abosolutely love it all.   Thank you so much for the photos and videos!  I'm such a rocker too.    I'm so excited for the US leg of the tour...  Please please please send more.    You forum friends always make my day!!!

    Peace...

    What are you doing the rest of your life?
  • 01-18-2010 8:29 PM In reply to

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    Endlich mein Konzertbericht!

    Es fing damit an, dass ich auf dem Weg nach Köln im Stau stand und "erst" um 19:15 die Lanxess Arena erreichte. Leider war ein Stau rund um die Halle. Die Polizei war machtlos. Wir wurden von einem Lanxess-Parkhaus zum nächsten geschickt, alle besetzt. Um 19:50 war mir klar, dass ich es nicht zum Konzert schaffen würde.

    Die letzte Möglichkeit war auf einem Messeparkplatz zu parken an den die restlichen 1000 Besucher verwiesen wurden......mehr als 2 km von der Halle weg. Ich war froh, mich für Sneakers entschieden zu haben und nicht für meine eleganten Konzertschuhe!! So begab ich mich im Dauerlauf zur Halle, die ich um 20:15 erreichte.....um 20:20  fiel ich völlig erschöpft auf meinem Platz. Gott sei Dank wurden die zu spät kommenden Besucher noch eingelassen.

    Das Konzert begann aufgrund der Parkplatzsituation später, sodass ich in der Mitte des 2. Stückes (Brahms Ungarischer Tanz) ankam. Ich versuchte mich zu entspannen und das Gefühl der Atemlosigkeit loszuwerden......."Leider" nicht lange....David spielte "He's a pirate" und dann "Live and let die"....plötzlich schossen im Takt Feuerfontänen aus kleinen Kanonen, die neben und am Rand der Bühne plaziert waren. Eine Hitzwelle schoss uns entgegen.

    So ging es das ganze Konzert weiter. David moderierte die Stücke charmant und mit kleinen Anekdoten an. Immer wieder drehte ich mich um, um die überwältigen Stimmung in der mit 16.000 Zuschauern komplett ausverkauften Lanxess-Arena zu betrachten. Ich konnte es nicht fassen, dass sie bis unter das Dach mit Zuschauern gefüllt war. In der Mitte der Halle hing ein großer Videowürfel von der Decke, sodass auch die Zuschauer in den oberen, hinteren Rängen etwas sehen konnten.  

    Langsame wechselten sich mit schnellen Stücken ab. Die Leinwand hinter der Bühne zeigte die Musiker in Großaufnahme bzw. ansprechende Bilder, die zur Musik passten. David's Musiker und auch das Orchester waren einmalig. Gitarrist Marcus Wolf ist großartig und brachte mit einigen Solos seine Gitarre zum Klingen. Ich kann nicht sagen, welches Stück mir am Besten gefallen hat. Es gab auf jeden Fall keins, welches mir nicht gefallen hat. Ich bin von diesem Konzert absolut überwältigt gewesen.

    Fairerweise muss ich aber sagen, dass ich es mir anders vorgestellt habe. Classic Romance....ok, hauptsächlich Klassik, von der Band begleitet...hahahahaha....Ich lag soooooo daneben, hier war ich auf einem 3 stündigen Rock-Konzert!!!! Und es war genial. Ich schaute mir die älteren Damen und Herren im Publikum an. Hat es ihnen gefallen, war es nicht zu laut, zu rockig?? Nein, war es nicht, alle machten mit.

    Zum Schluss bekam David für alle überraschend noch seine beiden Platin-CDs für Encore und Virtuoso und Gold für die DVD überreicht.

    Birgit 

  • 01-18-2010 8:48 PM In reply to

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    Finally my concert-review!

    It began that there was a traffic-jam on my way to Cologne and I reached the Lanxess Arena not before 19:15. Unfortunately there was another traffic-jam around the hall. The police was helpless. We were sent from one parking-place to another, they were all full. At 19:50 I realized I would not make it to the concert.  

    The last possibility was to park at a exhibition parking place, which was done by about 1000 visitors....more than 2 km away from the hall. I was happy to have decided to wear sneakers instead of my fashionable concert-shoes. So I started jogging to the hall, which I reached at 20:15....at 20:20 I felt on my seat, totally exhausted. Thank god, the late arriving visitors were let in.

    The concert has begun 10 minutes later, because of the parking situation, so that I arrived in the middle of the 2nd piece (Brahms Hungarian dance). I tried to relax and to get rid of the feeling of breathlessness....."unfortunately" not long...David played "he's a pirate" and then "Live and let die"....suddenly fire fontains were shot out of little cannons in the time of the music. They were placed left and right of the stage and in front at the edge. A heatwave came to our direction.

    The concert went on like this. David was moderating his pieces in a charming way and told witty anecdotes out of his life. Again and again I turned back to watch the spirit of the complete sold out Lanxess-Areno with 16.000 people. I couldn't believe that the hall was filled up to the top. In the middle there was a big video-cube, so that even the people in the very far and up were able to watch what was going on on the stage.

    Slow pieces changed with fast pieces. The big screen behind the stage showed the musicians in a close-up or touching pictures/designs, which match to the songs. David's musicians and the orchestra were unique. Guitar Marcus Wolf is amazing and let his guitar rock in several solos. I cannot say which pieces was my favourite one. But there was not one I didn't like. I am absolutely overwhelmed by this concert.

    To be honest I have to say, I expected something else. Classic Romance....ok...in general classics, accompanied of the band....hahahahahaha...I was soooo wrong, here, I attended a 3 hour rock-concert!!! And it was brilliant. I watched the older people in the audience. Did they like it, wasn't it too loud, to rocking? No it was not, everybody joined in.

    Finally David was surprised with 2 Platinum CDs for Encore and Virtuoso and Gold for his DVD. 

    Birgit 

  • 01-18-2010 8:56 PM In reply to

    Re: Cologne 15. Januar 2010

    Glad you did not miss much!!  Sounds like a perfect night.  Thanks for the review and ALL of you great pics!  I am sure you are still enjoying the moment having been to 2 this weekend! 

    Heather

  • 01-18-2010 9:15 PM In reply to

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     Wow Birgit das nenn ich mal nen Abenteuer *lol*

    ich glaub so langsam hat jeder schon so was erlebt

  • 01-19-2010 2:12 AM In reply to

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    Re: Cologne 15. Januar 2010

     Too bad about the parking situation, but at least you didn't miss very much. It seems everyone was very impressed by the concert, and 3 hours long, too! Some of the rest of us were on Twitter wishing we could be there while you all were at the concert, and now, knowing what a great show it was, I am sad I couldn't be there, but I'm glad you all had a great time! Thanks again for all of the reviews and pictures, everyone! Much appreciated by us and I'm sure by David and his band!

  • 01-22-2010 9:08 AM In reply to

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    Habe noch ein sehr beeindruckendes Foto aus Köln gefunden:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/don-lorenzo/4289952485/sizes/l/in/set-72157612299354287/

    BeBe

  • 01-25-2010 8:46 PM In reply to

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    Finally I made it to upload my first Cologne Video!

    David Garrett and the Staatskapelle Weimar and his band performing Edvard Grieg "In der Halle des Bergkönigs"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3FVavZ3To

    Birgit

  • 01-25-2010 9:40 PM In reply to

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    Thank you Birgit! I had never heard the Peer Gynt Suite played in this way!

    MusicMusicMusic Eva MusicMusicMusic

  • 01-25-2010 9:58 PM In reply to

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    david-garrett-fans:

    Thank you Birgit! I had never heard the Peer Gynt Suite played in this way!

    Me too!!!

    My next video!

    The beautiful Vocalise of Sergei Rachmaninov!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFxLYadqts

    Birgit

  • 01-25-2010 10:27 PM In reply to

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    Thank you for the video Birgit!!!  It sounds even better than the CDBig Smile

  • 01-27-2010 4:35 PM In reply to

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    Birgit K:

    Finally I made it to upload my first video Cologne!

    David Garrett and the Staatskapelle Weimar and his band performing Edvard Grieg "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb3FVavZ3To

    Birgit

    I think he actually saw you in this one too!  At the end it looks like he is looking right at ya!

     Thanks so much for all these posts, pics, videos - they are keeping my days very entertained!

     

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