Oder of Time

"Marius and I have known each other for ages. We first met in 1980, when we went to the cinema together. He was sitting on top of the screen in a Volvo articulated lorry and I was sitting below, in the front row of the Grindel cinema. At the time, I also weighed about 52 kilos, wore size 28 jeans and, like him, had this nondescript, fringed hairstyle. I could totally identify with the dynamic ferret on the screen – not only because we actually looked alike, but because this little thin man named Theo, whom he embodied so magnificently, who was mercilessly inferior to ‘the rest of the world’ but walked around with his chest puffed out, had something in common with me. Because anyone who comes across as such a loudmouth is, in reality, only too familiar with the old monkey called fear."

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city's five main churches.

Herbert von Karajan was the most renowned conductor to emerge from Europe in the post-World War II era – and through fortuitous timing throughout his career, and in spite of controversy that dogged his early years, he was the most recorded conductor of the 20th century, and is likely to remain one of the most visible (and biggest-selling) conductors well into the 21st century. Born in Salzburg and descended from a family of Greek origin with deep roots in Austria – including scholars and physicians in Vienna and Salzburg – he was a music prodigy, playing the piano at three and playing his first recital a year later.

Ewald „Sunny“ Pfleger – Mastermind, Songwriter, Gitarrist und Produzent der Band „Opus“ (u. a. "Live Is Life") – hat vor Kurzem sein zweites Solo-Album veröffentlicht: „Time Flies“ enthält zeitlosen, von den Seventies geprägten Pop-Rock. Den Titelsong hat Sohn Paul getextet, das Lied reflektiert einen Umstand, der mit dem Älterwerden einhergeht: „Je älter du wirst, steigt das Gefühl, dass die Wochen, die Tage immer schneller vergehen. Daher ist es wichtig, die Zeit, die wir für uns haben, gut zu nutzen und zu genießen, sagt dazu Pfleger. Den Titel aufgenommen und produziert haben ebenfalls Vater und Sohn gemeinsam.