April 2006
Cracking Stuff
Looking for things to do at Easter? We’ve got eggs-actly (sorry!) what you’re after:
• Perhaps Munich’s greatest Easter event takes place at Tierpark Hellabrunn, where some 60,000 Lindt chocolate eggs will be hidden around the premises. Join the hoards of chocoholic adults and kids to hunt for them on Easter Sunday and Monday, from 10 am to 5 pm.
• If you’re looking for inspiration to paint your own eggs, best head to the Residenz the previous weekend, for an exhibition by egg artist Red Waltraud Frischeisen. The show runs from April 7 to 9 and is open Fri., 2 pm–7 pm and Sat. and Sun., 10 am–6 pm. Admission costs € 3 for adults and is free for kids.
• Besides eggs, another essential ingredient for a classic Easter is a rendering of Bach’s Matthäus Passion. Gasteig is staging two performances of the work, both on Good Friday (April 14). The first is at 2 pm and features Munich’s Bach Choir and the Bach Collegium. Tickets cost between € 24 and € 66. Later, one of Munich’s top Baroque Oratorio conductors, Enoch zu Guttenberg, takes to the stage with his choir from Neubeuren. The performance starts at 7 pm and tickets range from
€ 28 to € 68.
• On Easter Sunday, the Bavarian Radio Choir perform Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, also at Gasteig. The concert starts at 6 pm in the Philharmonic Hall.
• If that’s too heavy-going, perhaps this is music to your ears: an Easter Monday concert at Nymphenburg Palace. The program includes Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Beethoven’s Piano Quartet in D-major, performed by string group Goldnagl. Tickets, available from München Ticket, start at € 28 and include a glass of Prosecco, bruschette and an Easter surprise for adults and kids. The concert begins at 6 pm.
• As usual, the Olympic Park is going big on Easter, with its annual Osterfest. From 11 am to 5 pm on Easter Sunday, kids in particular will find plenty to keep them entertained. A favorite attraction is likely to be the Easter egg garden, where youngsters can paint giant cardboard eggs. There’ll also be live music, magic shows and plenty of Easter bunnies in the real, chocolate and giant cuddly varieties.
• Or you could hop along to the Praterinsel, which is hosting a “market of the senses” (Markt der Sinne) from April 15 to 17. Organizers describe the event as a celebration of those little things that make life special, ranging from craft, to art, to lifestyle aspects. Admission costs € 3 and the event is open daily from 11 am to
7 pm. See
www.markt-der-sinne.com for details.
