ERSCHROCKEN (STARTLED) with the Orchestra Rudi Fuchs Lyrics and Music by Martin Auer and Christina Zurbrügg, Otto Lechner

« … a very peculiar mixture of words and music, a dazzling up and down between drama and comedy, between delicacy and burlesque.» Wr. Zeitung

Musicians
Christina Zurbrügg (vocals),
Otto Lechner (hammond-organ, keyboards, melodica, valiha, accordion),
Christoph Petschina (e-bass, double bass),
Herbert Reisinger (clarinet, drums, vocals)

Reviews
«A singular chanson-evening … but this evening means much more: Touch, atmosphere and fascination. Owing to the sensitive performance of Christina Zurbrügg, full of different nuances … a quite singular mixture of words and music, an iridescent up and down between tragedy and comedy, between tenderness and scurrility.» (Wiener Zeitung)

«Sensitive miniatures … She provides the miniatures of ordinary feelings with a multilayered structure, an unobtrusive performance, striking with its soft sounds … » (Kurier)

«The voice of Christina Zurbrügg and the excellent musical performance by her musicians make their contribution. A jewel of cabaret.» (Concerto)

«Assonances in lieu of accusations … Christina Zurbrügg sings chansons – and how! … Christina Zurbrügg, who sings these songs in a plain, almost sober way, aims her interpretation mostly at the emotions of her audience.» (AZ)

«She is plating gutter lyrics with the gold leaves of her singing …» (Standard)