TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

MAX RAABE
& PALAST ORCHESTER

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012, 7:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

“A natural baritone, he pitched his singing voice high, relying on a nasal head tone with a bit of a snarl behind it, and then rising —a born crooner—to a soft white-colored falsetto calculated to melt your heart..” – The Washington Post

Step into the streets of nocturnal Berlin with charismatic German cabaret crooner Max Raabe and his 12-piece big band ensemble Palast Orchester, Sunday, February 26 at Bass Concert Hall. Since 1986, Raabe and Palast Orchester have transported audiences to Berlin’s Weimar-era cabaret scene of the 1920s and early ’30s with nostalgic renditions of Cole Porter and George Gershwin—and cabaret-style parodies of Britney Spears and Tom Jones. The evening is filled with romantic melodies such as Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht (You Can’t Live Without Love), big band arrangements of standards like Amapola, and a variety of classics like Sie Sind mir so sympathisch (I Find You So Sympatico). Slick, nostalgic, and unmistakably modern, their performances are executed with uncanny precision, drama, and humor.

Max Raabe captures this timeless music with debonair charm and wit. A singer of incredible range, he has a singular ability to capture the cunning rasp of the cabaret singer, the confident belcanto hero, the oily melodiousness of the revue beau, the carefree timbre of early jazz, as well as the falsetto of ragtime, all backed by his stellar 12-member band, many of whom have been with him from the beginning. Max Raabe’s art lies in revealing the enigmatic intelligence, ambiguity, musical power and complexity of the “German chansons” from the turbulent Weimar Republic. In his amazing performances he keenly reminds us that between melancholy and irony, rebellion and resignation, elegy and slapstick there is often only half a measure, sometimes just a single note, or a mere word.

Program:
Berlin Nocturne

CALENDAR LISTING
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Max Raabe & Palast Orchester at Bass Concert Hall (E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($24 – $32 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632
gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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