Entertain Mallets

Instrumentalists:
Piano: Boris Ritter / Prof. Harald Lierhammer / Holger Engel / Rainer Böhm
Bass: Klaus Dusek / Stefan Engels
Drums: Lars Binder / Eckhard Stromer / Goran Mann / Georg Schmid
Mallets: Roland Härdtner

Programme:
The programme „Entertain Mallets“ was originally rehearsed for the 75th anniversary of a global company in 2006 and published in 2007 on the same-titled cd by Roland Härdtner. Acoording to the title the aim was to present well-known music of the past 75 years in entertaining arrangements together with the „Swinging Mallets Quartett“. This resulted in medleys ranging from ABBA and the Beatles to television series and interpretations on film music, operettas and jazz standards.

This programme with up to two hours of music is especially suitable for receptions of any kind, company events, family celebrations and also for special events, cruise ship- and amusement park-events.

Press reviews:

Works (Selection):

  • Harry Warren- overture to the musical "42nd Street"
  • Comedian Harmonists - "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus"
  • Comedian Harmonists - "Ein Freund, ein guter Freund"
  • Ralph Benatzky - "Was kann der Sigismund dafür, dass er so schön ist"
  • Anton Karas - theme from the movie "Der 3. Mann"
  • Thomas Henry Lodge - "Temptation Rag"
  • Dave Brubeck - "Take Five"
  • Bill Haley - "Rock around the Clock"
  • Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
  • Chubby Checker - "Let’s twist again"
  • Beatles - "Yesterday", "Michelle", "Penny Lane"
  • TV-Melodien 1 - Bugs Bunny Show, Flintstones, Paulchen Panther (Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht), Bonanza, Muppets-Show, The Fraggles, Dick und Doof, Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Eine Insel mit zwei Bergen), Tom und Jerry (Vielen Dank für die Blumen)
  • Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful World
  • Josef Zawinul - Birdland
  • ABBA - Money Money, Mamma Mia, Does your mother know
  • TV-Melodien 2 - Die Sendung mit der Maus, Colt Seavers (Ein Colt für alle Fälle), Sesamstraße, Heidi, Dallas, Pipi Langstrumpf, Timm Thaler, Wickie, Tatort, Schwarzwaldklinik, Beverly Hills Cop
  • Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you
  • Nancy & Frank Sinatra - Somethin’ Stupid
  • Duke Ellington - Don’t get around much anymore
  • André Waignein - A Tribute to Lionel (Hampton)
  • Billy Joel - Root Beer Rag
  • Earl Hatch - Jammin’ the Blues
  • Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
  • Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
  • Harry Breuer - Mallets à la Zurke
  • Kurt Engel - Keep Smiling
  • Kurt Engel - Look out little Ruth
  • Henry Lodge - Temptation Rag
  • James Kok - Parade der Xylophonisten
  • Gustav Peter - "Erinnerungen an den Zirkus Renz"