WAITING FOR IDS 2011
Cultural highlights at IDS 2011 From ancient to modern and once around the world
Mozart, Threepenny Opera and Chris de Burgh
The fact that Cologne is one of the world’s top travel destinations when it comes to art is well known. The collections presented by the numerous museums from some of the major attractions.
Music lovers can definitely look forward to a broadly structured programme. At the Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne Philharmony) the Gürzenich Orchester Cologne will be performing Mozart and Tschaikovsky on 22nd March, and on 23rd March soloists from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra will be presenting a musical potpourri featuring among others works by Chopin and Hector Berlioz, while on 25th March the WDR Big Band will take to the stage.
During IDS, the Museum Ludwig, famous for its outstanding Picasso and Pop-Art presentation, is showing special exhibitions from Lucy Mc Kenzie and Joel Shapiro. The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum with works from Stefan Lochner through to Rembrandt up to Renoir and van Gogh is for the first time dedicating a separate exhibition to one of the most important French artists of the 19th century, Alexandre Cabanel.
In contrast, as far as opera and theatre are concerned, the artistic collaboration between Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill will be on the agenda: the theatre aspect is provided by the Threepenny Opera (Dreigroschenoper), while the opera side features “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany). Due to the restoration and redevelopment of the opera district, you can however also experience operas in an exceptional setting. In this connection, the “The Turn of the Screw” opera from James Britten will be performed on 24th and 26th March in the Trinitatiskirche (church) and in actual fact - what is pleasing news for the many international guests at IDS - will be performed in English with German supertitles. In addition, on 26th March in the LANXESS Arena, Chris de Burgh & Band will be presenting the MOONFLEET Tour 2011 - another option for the visitors to the world’s largest and most significant fair for dental medicine and dental technology to bring IDS 2011 to a close. You will also get tickets at www.koelnticket.de
At the same time, the Romano Germanic Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum), which is providing an insight into Cologne’s Roman history through select finds, is presenting “Magic in Amber” (“Zauber im Bernstein”). The exhibition will show multi-member necklaces, magnificent diadems, precious belts or enchantingly carved lucky charms, created by jewellery artists as early as the 8th century B.C. Also worth a visit is a newly built Cologne museum. The Cologne Kulturquartier opened its doors as recently as the end of October 2010. Located in the new museum complex is the Museum Schnütgen, one of the most significant museums housing medieval art in Europe, along with the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, which features the cultures of the world.
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