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Ethel Merhaut
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The works of the 1920s and 30s are imbued with a deep sense of longing. A longing for love, for fun, for affection, for a home, for a good drink, for friendship, for empathy. A complicated mixture of desires that shape life and make it worth living.
In her new program “Here&There,” Ethel Merhaut revives songs that, despite being nearly 100 years old, have lost none of their intensity and frivolity. Especially now, in times of social and political upheaval, the lyrics feel strikingly relevant.
The ensemble around Ethel Merhaut virtuously weaves together many stylistic genres into a unique sound world while remaining true to the original music in its elegance and precision.
The album is a call to joy of life and courage to live, and it simultaneously reminds us of the diverse music scene before the Nazis came to power.
Ethel Merhaut cannot be put in a box. Coming from classical singing, she infuses elements of jazz and swing into her voice, breathing new life into the songs of the 1920s and 30s with charm and feminine modernity. (Press text)
Program and cast
Ethel Merhaut: vocals
Belush Korenyi: piano
Chris Kronreif: clarinet
Marc Osterer: trumpet
Ilse Riedler: tenor, soprano saxophone
Clemens Gigacher: bass
Maria Petrova: drums
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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