Rudi Mauser

Bread and games were alre­a­dy a tried and tes­ted means in anci­ent Rome to give peo­p­le plea­su­re on seve­ral sen­so­ry levels at the same time. “Panem et Cir­cen­ses” was also the name of the con­cept first rea­li­sed by Hans-Peter Wodarz in Munich in 1990 and ren­a­med “Pomp Duck And Cir­cum­s­tance” three years later. The restau­rant-theat­re in the “Salon Zazou”, a his­to­ric and air-con­di­tio­ned mir­ror palace, not only enter­ta­ins its guests with a fast-paced mix­tu­re of vau­de­ville, arti­stry and slap­stick, but also spoils them with a veri­ta­ble fire­works dis­play of culina­ry delights.

INITIAL SITUATION

A show of high artis­tic and culina­ry qua­li­ty requi­res equal­ly high qua­li­ty, strong and varied music, which has to ful­fil dif­fe­rent func­tions. It forms the musi­cal frame­work of the event, accom­pa­nies the artis­tic per­for­man­ces, is often also part of the scenic action and ser­ves as back­ground music for the various food courses.

REALISATION

In clo­se con­sul­ta­ti­on with the respec­ti­ve direc­tors, artists and pro­du­cers, tail­or-made pie­ces were com­po­sed and arran­ged, which were inte­gra­ted into the respec­ti­ve over­all con­cept of the show. Pomp Duck And Cir­cum­stace affor­ded its­elf a six-pie­ce live band, pep­pe­red with gre­at musi­ci­ans. The unu­su­al instru­men­ta­ti­on with trumpet, saxo­pho­ne and flu­te, vio­lin and gui­tar, pia­no and syn­the­si­zer, bass and drums allows them to pre­sent a lar­ge reper­toire of musi­cal gen­res from baro­que to rock, jazz and folklore.

RESULT

The music of Pomp Duck And Cir­cum­s­tance con­tri­bu­ted signi­fi­cant­ly to the glo­ry and suc­cess of the world-famous show and enter­ta­ins its guests with esprit, varie­ty and sur­pri­se at a con­sis­t­ent­ly high level.