Andreas Pietschmann Bild © Puria Safary

Once a month on a Sunday morning, the event series »hr2-Kulturlunch« invites its audience to enjoy a matinée of music, literature and culinary art. In spring 2021, Rainer Heute and his band will dedicate their concert to one of the most popular types of sports there is: football. The ex-football player Andreas Pietschmann will recite literature by Delius, Genhardt, Wolf, Handke, Goosen and many more.

Rainer Heute & Friends
Rainer Heute, saxophone
Martin Scales, guitar
Franco Petrocca, bass
Valery Brusilovsky, drums
Tom Schlüter, piano
Andreas Pietschmann, recitation
Angelika Bierbaum, host

Sunday, April 18th 2021

11.00 h

Frankfurt

hr-Sendesaal

German version and ticket link

Bild © hr

»Village Vanguard« - in white capital letters on a red background these words mark the entrance of the famous jazz club on Seventh Avenue in Manhatten, New York. For decades, the musicians of the Vanguard Orchestra have been meeting here to play the arrangements of their favourite bandleaders Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer and Jim McNeely. For two nights, however, the Village Vanguard will be moved to the hr Sendesaal where the Frankfurt Radio Bigband will celebrate the music of the groundbreaking ensemble. Also part of this tribute: Dick Oatts and Gary Smulyan, two of the most outstanding and pioneering soloists of the Vanguard Orchestra. Together with their chief conductor Jim McNeely, the Frankfurt Radio Bigband is proud to present their »Night at the Village Vanguard« in Germany's very own Ma(i)nhattan – Frankfurt.

Dick Oatts, alto saxofone
Gary Smulyan, baritone saxofone
Jim McNeely, conductor

Thursday, April 22nd & Friday, April 23nd 2021

20.00 h

Frankfurt

hr-Sendesaal


Saturday, April 24th 2021

20.00 h

Heppenheim

Halber Mond

German version and ticket link