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by Peter Wiest
It's called Schwetzingburgh from now on
Chris de Burgh in the Schlossgarten
Schwetzingen. Nobody should say, he hasn't tried. No, Chris de Burgh
really gave his best during the fourth and last concert of this year's
open air season in the Schwetzinger Schlossgarten. The bard was in best
spirits, he offered a solo program for more than two hours with
(unfortunately) many new and (unfortunately) only few old songs;
furthermore he offered excellent entertainment with funny jokes
specifically targeted on his audience ("I know it is called Schwetzingen,
not Schwetzingburgh"). Chris de Burgh in the Schlossgarten: that was a
show as the audience had expected it. And that was good: for after all
there were over 3000 who came to the concert, so that the organizer could
finally be happy about a sold out house for the final of the open air
season.
Felicity everywhere with most of the fans who didn't get tired to bring
flower bouquets, bottles of wine and other presents to the stage after
every single song. But somehow something was missing that night: an
initial ignition maybe, a spark like it had been with Al Jarreau's
concert a week before from the first song on. Maybe that was because of
de Burgh's new songs from the "Road To Freedom" album: all wonderful
ballads, every single one neatly knitted, great vocal passages (apart
from the falsettos that de Burgh should better do without), catchy
melodies: but somehow everything a bit too flat, too streamlined, too
much dabbling along.
Who wonders that the real enthusiasm only came up towards the end, when
there was not only the expected cuddle song "Lady In Red", but finally
also the up beat tracks "Don't Pay The Ferryman", and "High on Emotion".
So the master bard sent the true fans back home in absolute high feelings.
And the others had at least experienced another of these uniquely
beautiful evenings as only an open air concert in the Schlossgarten is
offering.
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