Anyone who has had the pleasure of listening to the classic verbal attacks of a CSU general secretary or the trains of thought of Hubert “Opfelsoftschorle” Aiwanger certainly does not think: Bavaria sounds so beautiful. This is more likely to apply to the Isar Valley brass bands. The Baierbrunn-based ensemble led by Adi Stahuber has made this slogan – “Bavaria sounds so beautiful” – its own with a certain right: the brass band founded in 1955 by Stahuber’s father of the same name has been committed to playing Bavarian music, To present the way of life and tradition authentically and adeptly – whether at home or in Japan, whether on radio or television.
The popular brass band, which Stahuber took over in 2010 from his father, who died in 2019, has a lot more to it than “The Merry Woodcutter Boys” or the Bavarian parade march. This Sunday, January 15th, she will demonstrate this again at the home game in Baierbrunn: At her New Year’s concert in the church of St. Peter and Paul, the people of the Isar Valley will go on a varied musical journey between swing, dancing three-four time and tradition. “Every year we choose from the most beautiful classics of New Year’s literature. Polkas and waltzes by Johann Strauss, but also well-known pieces by Glenn Miller and James Last are included, operetta melodies by Emmerich Kálmán, great solos and an alphorn is also used,” explains Stahuber.
Further performances will take place in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Olching on January 22nd and in St. Benedict in Ebenhausen on January 29th. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the anticipation is great to be able to hold these traditional and popular events in the Isar Valley again at the turn of the year: “We’re happy that we can start again. It’s going to be great,” says Stahuber. With the net proceeds from the concerts, the people of the Isar valley support a social project every year. “Projects whose concept and benefits we are convinced of,” emphasizes Stahuber. In the past, brass band music has supported the meeting place for people with disabilities in Wartaweil am Ammersee, the Sternstunden campaign of the BR and the DKMS, which is dedicated to fighting blood cancer.
All three benefit concerts for the New Year begin at 4 p.m. Admission is not required, donations are welcome.