Sunday Song#41 Vaterlandsliedl

Coming Friday, October third, there will be another ‚Tag der deutschen Einheit‘: when the leaders of west and east Germany discussed the modalities of the unification, they also discussed the music. Lothar de Maiziere, last boss of the GDR, suggested a mix the two hymns. But Helmut Kohl, boss of west germany, didn’t like the idea. And, of course, he had the final decision. Here is our tribute the great idea of the unification of the two German Hymns: Played by Paul Bordy, Paul Thiessen, Gleb Vacensko, Constantin Predescu and guest vocalist Susanne Ockelmann! Taken from my radio play ‚Heimat 2.0‘. Weiterlesen →

Sunday Song #29 Als die Kunden frech geworden

This is a little recording from todays Mitsing-Konzert at TFF in Rudolstadt with David Saam, Christoph Lambertz, Rees Richter and the audience of Rudolstadt. We are celebrating Peter Rohland, who rediscovered old German folk songs 50 years ago. ‚Als die Kunden (=Landstreicher) frech geworden‘ is a song about people living on the road. We will play another version of that song on Sunday on the big stage! https://soundcloud.com/jan-tengeler/als-die-kunden-frech-geworden

Sunday Song#26 Kieler Sprotte

Kiel at the Baltic sea is famous for the channel and the Kiel Week, that starts next week with a lot of sailing events. It is really beautiful in summer, in case the sun is shining. Here is a comittment to my home town. Taken from the RadioPlay ‚Heimat 2.O‘ with Austrian writer Hazel Rosenstrauch. Weiterlesen →