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Rainhard Fendrich - 45 years live

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2025 will be a very special year for Rainhard Fendrich: On 27 February, the music legend celebrates his 70th birthday and also his 45th stage anniversary! The Austrian is giving himself the best present for these two occasions with the upcoming studio album "Wimpernschlag" and a big live comeback! Fans can look forward to brand new music as well as a joint musical concert tour through more than four decades of his artistic work, which will also take the singer-songwriter and his band to the Olympic Hall in Munich on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 as part of their anniversary tour "45 Years Rainhard Fendrich Live - Nur ein Wimpernschlag"!

Rainhard Fendrich recently returned to the charts with the release of his live album "Symphonisch in Schönbrunn" and at the same time announced a new studio album entitled "Wimpernschlag" for the beginning of 2025, a good six years after his last studio album "Starkregen" and in time for his 45th stage anniversary. Now the Viennese hit-maker is coming up with another bang: this release will be accompanied by an extensive anniversary tour entitled "45 Years Rainhard Fendrich Live - Nur ein Wimpernschlag". Fans can look forward to unforgettable concerts, the as yet unknown songs from the new album as well as Fendrich's greatest hits and cult songs from his 45-year career such as "Tango Korrupti", "Macho Macho", "Es lebe der Sport", "Weus'd a Herz hast wia a Bergwerk" and many more!

Rainhard Fendrich has achieved everything there is to achieve - especially in his native Austria: He has released countless number 1 albums, was the first pop artist to open the Vienna Festival and twice had the opportunity to play concerts with a classical symphony orchestra. Countless of his songs have become evergreens that are now almost folk songs, and his song "I Am From Austria" is regarded as Austria's secret national anthem.

Fendrich does not see himself as a legend, but simply as a songwriter. The exceptional artist has 45 years of career behind him. He no longer has to prove anything to himself and this certainty gives him the freedom to devote himself completely unconstrained and with inexhaustible energy to exactly what fulfils him most: shaping his thoughts into songs and presenting these songs live in front of an audience!

The songs on the new album will once again be an impressive mixture of catchy melodies and profound, thought-provoking lyrics, sometimes paired with a humorous wink. Fendrich is and remains Fendrich - an astute observer and chronicler of his time, who focusses on the essentials both lyrically and musically. But "Wimpernschlag" is also a very personal retrospective: Rainhard Fendrich looks back on the stages of his life, provides insights into his childhood and youth and takes stock. Being young again today? No, certainly not. His focus is on the here and now.

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Rainhard fendrich hits the ground running again in 2025.

What was already quietly announced this year is now becoming reality: 2025 will be Rainhard Fendrich's big year. He celebrates his 70th birthday, releases his new studio album "Wimpernschlag" and returns to the spotlight on the country's big stages. We have all the information for you.

With the double album "Rainhard Fendrich - Symphonisch in Schönbrunn", the successful Austro bard returned to the limelight a few weeks ago. It features the already legendary concert from the summer of 2022 in the courtyard of honor in front of Schönbrunn Palace, where the Viennese singer, together with Christian Kolonovits and the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra, dressed his greatest hits in an orchestral guise and reached the next milestone in his extraordinary career.

Another big start Fendrich will really hit the ground running in 2025. He celebrates his 70th birthday on February 27, is already hard at work on his brand new studio album "Wimpernschlag" and then there are 45 years on stage to celebrate. Fans can look forward to brand new music as well as the joint musical concert tour through more than four decades of his artistic work, which will then take the singer-songwriter and his band throughout Austria on their anniversary tour "45 Years Rainhard Fendrich Live - Nur ein Wimpernschlag" in April 2025.

The songs on the new album will be an impressive mix of catchy melodies and profound, thought-provoking lyrics, sometimes paired with a humorous wink. Fendrich is and remains Fendrich - an astute observer and chronicler of his time, who focuses his attention lyrically and musically on the essentials. But "Wimpernschlag" is also a very personal retrospective: Rainhard Fendrich looks back on the stages of his life, provides insights into his childhood and youth and takes stock. Of course, you can also look forward to all the great live hits such as "Es lebe der Sport", "Tango Corrupti", "Macho Macho" and of course "I Am From Austria".

Ticket sales start Rainhard Fendrich can be seen live in Austria on the following dates in 2025: on April 25 at the Wiener Stadthalle, on April 27 at the Salzburgarena, on May 1 at the Vorarlberghalle in Dornbirn and on May 5 at the Linzerarena. Further gigs are not ruled out. Tickets for the Austropop highlights are available from Friday, June 28, 10 a.m. at www.oeticket.com. A few hours steeped in history are guaranteed.

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Das Konzert an sich war ok. Die Anekdoten zwischen den Liedern waren für meinen Geschmack zu politisch gehalten und haben mir nicht gefallen. Eigentlich hat jeder nur auf die "alten" Klassiker gewartet. Die kamen zum Großteil dann aber erst bei der Zugabe. Das Ende des Konzerts konnte ich nicht mehr genießen. Wir haben Karten in der ersten Reihe gekauft und die sind es mir normalerweise auch Wert. In diesem Fall sind dann irgendwann die kompletten hinteren Reihen (die natürlich auch günstiger waren!) zur Bühne gestürmt, so dass wir auf unseren 1-Reihe-Plätzen nichts mehr gesehen haben. Einfach nur ärgerlich. Für mich ein No Go. Hat mir das komplette Konzert vermiest und wir sind mit ziemlich schlechter Laune gegangen.

Hammerkonzert mit minimalistischer Aufmachung. Super der Reinhard mit Band. Besser geht es nicht. Kein Chor oder sonstiger Firlefanz, aber "Super-Stimmung" rundum. Der Reinhard kanns halt!!! und das schon seit 40 Jahren. Louis

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Es war ein unglaublich tolles Konzert! Viele Lieder, ein paar Anekdoten zwischendurch. Rhetorisch super und auf das Wesentliche beschränkt. Die Stimmung war sehr gut. Und die Klassiker haben natürlich nicht gefehlt. Über 2 Stunden pure Unterhaltung!

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Ein sehr eindrückliches Konzert! Seine tiefsinnigen und zum Teil provokativen Texte gefallen immer noch sehr! Daneben hat er auch viele der ehemaligen Hits gespielt, sowie zum Schluss noch solche, die auch heute noch unter die Haut gehen! Kurz: Ein sehr schönes Konzert!

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Reinhard Fendrich habe ich seit 20 Jahren erstmals wieder live erlebt. Er hat nichts von seiner Spritzigkeit und seinem Witz verloren. Seine Band war grossartig und da die Instrumente alle unplugged waren, spielte er quasi ein Bio-Konzert, wie er witzigerweise meinte. Einzig, dass man die Songtexte nicht allzu gut verstand war etwas schade. Er war vielleicht zu nahe am Mikrofon.

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Im Jahr 1981 gelang Rainhard Fendrich mit „Strada del sole“ der Sommerhit des Jahres und zugleich der große Durchbruch im deutschen Sprachraum. Wie Perlen an einer Kette reihen sich seitdem unzählige Songs aus seiner Feder aneinander, die allesamt zu Evergreens wurden und längst schon zum allgemeinen Kulturgut gehören. Erstklassige Texte kombiniert mit zeitlosen Melodien, die man immer wieder gerne hört.

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

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This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

• 4 months later...

scubacruiserx2

Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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