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Verantwortlich dafür waren der mehrfach diplomierte Pianist und Harmonist Lars David Kellner sowie die Rezitatorin Susanne Sperrhake."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"364f39f25e96","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"981cccbbdc140","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a08b99799bf0","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"266eca423c770","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Gleich zu Beginn des Wort-Musik-Konzerts stellte Sperrhake das mitgebrachte Instrument vor: „Das Kunstharmonium, das Sie hier sehen, ist 100 Jahre alt und eine absolute Rarität“. Welche Vorzüge dieses nur selten zu hörende Instrument gegenüber der klassischen Orgel hat, machte Lars David Kellner durch die Auswahl der Stücke deutlich. Auf dem Programm standen Werke des Kohlberger Komponisten Anton Beer-Walbrunn sowie seiner Zeitgenossen Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Max Reger, Leos Janacek und Franz Liszt, dessen Spätwerk ob seines intimen Chatakters geradezu prädestiniert für die warmen Klänge des Kunstharmoniums ist."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"91f67587ceec","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"785ad9629f880","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a6140884bf31","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"bc48da6bb7c60","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Bei allen Stücken bewies Kellner eindrucksvoll, warum er zu Recht als Virtuose des Harmoniums gilt: Der gebürtige Weidener nutzte alle dynamischen Möglichkeiten des Instruments und wechselte spielerisch zwischen zarten, satten und ausdrucksstarken Tönen. Die für das Kunstharmonium typische Klangmischung aus Akkordeon, Orgel und Orchester erfüllte den Innenraum der gut besuchten evangelischen Nikolauskirche in Kohlberg."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"b025d591e7b5","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"3e9db1dac0c20","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"270e3658d3cf","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"8bd99a5ad5fe0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Dass der Abend zu einem Erlebnis voller emotionaler Tiefe wurde, war auch Susanne Sperrhake zu verdanken, die mit ihrer ausdrucksstarken Sprechstimme überzeugte. Fundiert und unterhaltsam führte sie das Publikum mit Auszügen aus Tagebüchern und Briefen in die Gefühlswelt der Komponisten ein. Klang und Wort wechselten sich ab und bildeten ein harmonisches Ganzes."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"aec4bcfa6a1f","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"d02e3e91e57d0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"89a8d51b2805","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"2e973279e1920","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Am Ende des Abends hatten die interessierten Besucher die Gelegenheit, Fragen zu stellen. Dabei fiel auch das ungewöhnliche Schuhwerk des Harmonisten auf. „Ich trage Ballettschühchen, um an Sohle zu sparen. Nur so bringe ich meine Knie unter die Querleiste des Instruments, das ursprünglich für kleinere Menschen konzipiert war“, erklärte Lars David Kellner mit einem Schmunzeln."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"eae777833e6d","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"c00a351c09410","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Traditionell schlossen die Beer-Walbrunn-Tage auch in diesem Jahr mit einem kirchenmusikalischen Gottesdienst ab, der von Lars David Kellner, Organist Hanns-Friedrich Kaiser und Mitgliedern der Kantorei Weiden gestaltet wurde."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"51f4be26bab0","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"3072521dbdc80","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"}],"en":[{"_key":"789c77f23590","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"3eba7de8899a0","_type":"span","marks":["strong"],"text":"Beer-Walbrunn Days in Kohlberg: A Concert Evening Full of Musical Treasures"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"266823f12c5a","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"3435497cdd320","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"7c22a6e3ce72","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"5207f3cef3690","_type":"span","marks":["12861e1bc73e"],"text":"Harmonist Lars David Kellner and reciter Susanne Sperrhake are providing a musical extravaganza at this year's Beer-Walbrunn Days."}],"markDefs":[{"_key":"12861e1bc73e","_type":"link","href":"https://www.onetz.de/oberpfalz/kohlberg/beer-walbrunn-tage-kohlberg-musikalischen-kostbarkeiten-id5211906.html"}],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"307652926ef6","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"1c6af4f0ea300","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"0997dbf75c51","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"faba654535200","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Kohlberg. 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The performers were Lars David Kellner, pianist and harmonist with multiple degrees, and reciter Susanne Sperrhake."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"a27d006e6d1a","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"bd8bcdbf6cba0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"8f5ba64c84ab","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"f25080af8fdf0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Right at the start of the word-music concert, Sperrhake introduced the instrument they had brought with them: “The art harmonium you see here is 100 years old and an absolute rarity.” Lars David Kellner demonstrated the advantages of this rarely heard instrument over the classical organ through his selection of pieces. The program featured works by the Kohlberg composer Anton Beer-Walbrunn as well as his contemporaries Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Max Reger, Leoš Janáček, and Franz Liszt, whose late works, due to their intimate character, are virtually predestined for the warm sounds of the art harmonium."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"4ced71250324","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"b0641f68188e0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"79c6b2afcd15","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"bbfd8a1628d10","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"In every piece, Kellner impressively demonstrated why he is rightly regarded as a virtuoso of the harmonium: the Weiden native made full use of the instrument’s dynamic range, effortlessly shifting between delicate, rich, and expressive tones. The sound texture typical of the art harmonium—a synthesis of accordion, organ, and orchestra—filled the interior of the well-attended Protestant St. Nicholas Church in Kohlberg."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"47e8509511c7","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"5d59d3af87b00","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"\n"}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"47787367a231","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"52e641298a580","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"The fact that the evening became an experience of profound emotional depth was also thanks to Susanne Sperrhake, who captivated the audience with her expressive speaking voice. With depth and wit, she introduced the audience to the emotional world of the composers through excerpts from diaries and letters. 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