Berlin Philharmonic cancels concert ‘due to several illnesses’

Berlin Philharmonic cancels concert ‘due to several illnesses’

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norman lebrecht

April 23, 2017

Tweet just in from the superorch: Leider kann das heutige Konzert der Blechbläser der Philharmoniker nicht stattfinden, wir bitten um Verständnis.

The longform version (in English):

‘Unfortunately, today’s concert of the brass players of the Berlin Philharmonic cannot take place due to several illnesses in the ensemble and must be postponed to a later date.’

The performance was meant to be:


BRASS ENSEMBLES OF THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER:
Sarah Willis Horn

Christhard Gössling, Olaf Ott, and Thomas Leyendecker, Jesper Busk Sørensen Trombone
Alexander von Puttkamer Tuba

Jan Schlichte drums

Works by William Byrd, John Dowland, Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Malcolm Arnold, Werner Pirchner and Christian Mühlbacher

photo: Peter Adamik/Berlin Phil

Comments

  • Robert Holmén says:

    I guess the trumpeters were too sick to even be listed.

  • Steve P says:

    Trumpeters are far too narcissistic to be happy with a mere listing: I’m sure seeing the names of other instrumentalists listed at all caused them to suffer severe nausea, hence the cancellation.
    This from a trombone player, by the way.

  • Thomasina says:

    They were too tired (drank?) after the last Tosca…?

  • Hubert van Caravan says:

    It appears that Sarah is bleeding from the left foot. Or is she just “feeling crook”?

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