Pianist Reginaldo Mordente gave his famous annual Neulingbach concert in the new middle school hall. The programme, conducted by the artist himself, was full of anecdotes, and largely featured works by composers outside the norm: it began with four sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, which the master penned with his usual precision and clarity, the final piece matching the high tempo with great virtuosity.
This was followed by four pieces by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, who has always known himself to be connected to people and nature in his work: In “To Spring,” the interpreter made the delicacy and color of the music shine, rhythmically powerful and precise in time. With a virtuoso conducting the “Dwarf Train,” Mordente closely and sensitively crafting the melody in the kaleidoscopic texture of “I Love You,” “The Wedding Day at Troldhugen” sounded joyful and somewhat march-like.
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Otmar Weissenlehner, City Councilor Maria Riegler, Hannelore Osek, Reginaldo Mordente, Silvia Zoubek, Werner Weibert and Günter Zoubek at a morning ceremony at Neulingbach Middle School.
Loyal fans Renate Kugler, Maria Brocchi and Beate Rabi-Chasing were enthusiastic.
Elisabeth Weiser, Gabriele Hofbauer and Helmut Weiser enjoyed the morning concert.
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A standing ovation for pianist Reginaldo Mordente in Neulingbach.
The new middle school trainee impressed the audience once again.
The second half began with American composer Luis Moreau Gottschalk, but this time not with his imagination about the Brazilian national anthem, but rather with “A Souvenir from Andalusia.” This was followed by the pianist with “Souvenir from Puerto Rico” with typical Cuban rhythms, as well as “Gallup Tournament”, in which he carried out the instructions given several times in the musical text “Hurry” as best he could and finished at a pace that was, even for him, astonishing.
The final item on the program is equally unusual: “Soiree de Vienne,” a fantasy by the rarely performed composer Alfred Grunfeld. As a friend of Johann Strauss, he wove themes from waltzes and his own ideas with virtuoso toy motifs to create music that Mordente made sound with wit, verve and brilliance. The audience thanked him with thunderous applause.
Mordente then announced the encore with poignant words: “I dedicate the concert to Fritz Ojek, who has always helped me in my concerts and has left us forever. With this in mind, I play Villa-Lobos’s Valsa da Dor.”
The audience should not go home in such a sad mood, so at the end there was a lively piece by Zequinha de Abreu called “Pitinhos no trerreiro.” The concert was very well received, the performance (“brilliant”), but also the successful compilation: “Some little-known compositions, always something very famous,” said Werner Weibert, world accordion champion and president of the Austrian Harmonica Association. Put it down.
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