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Berliner Luft (Berlin Air): Overture
by Paul Lincke (1866–1946)
Not the most sophisticated of German composers, Paul Lincke lacked nothing in popularity. The Overture to his 1904 operetta Berliner Luft is a characteristically boisterous example. (There is a YouTube video of a 2005 outdoor performance by the Berlin Philharmonic with Sir Simon Rattle – not conducting but playing the bass drum and adding to the delight of the crowded audience at the Berlin Walbühne).
From Gerald Larner’s files: “Berliner Luft.rtf”