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Barock bis Beatles: A Music History + Livestream

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Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 20:00
Tchaikovsky's Sugar Plum Fairy trades ballet shoes for swing with Uwaga! This crossover quartet grooves to baroque minuets and introduces Mahler and Mozart to disco. The WDR Funkhausorchester joins them for a wild, anarchic romp through music history.

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Uwaga!Crossover-Quartett
WDR Funkhausorchester
David BrophyDirector

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