VIDEO and PHOTOS: Josep Carreras sings "Mein größter Wunsch with Udo Jürgens and David Garrett at Jürgens' "Mitten im Leben" gala celebration

Come annunciato, ieri sera alle 20:15 è stato trasmesso dal canale televisivo tedesco ZDF il gala celebrativo dell'ottantesimo compleanno di Udo Jürgens, cui ha partecipato anche Josep Carreras insieme ad altri grandi artisti. Stamattina alle 10:45 è stata trasmessa la replica.

FULL VIDEO HERE

Nel caso in cui non siate riusciti a vederlo su ZDF qui potete vedere la performance del brano Mein größter Wunsch che Josep Carreras ha interpretato insieme a Udo Jürgens e al violinista David Garrett, la cui presenza è stata recentemente confermata per il prossimo José Carreras Gala a Rust del 18 dicembre 2014.

Qui di seguito vedere anche alcune immagini della performance.

David Garrett

Josep Carreras è stato uno dei protagonisti dell'ultima parte del gala.

Prima di esibirsi con Jürgens e Garrett, l'illustre tenore ha rivolto qualche parola all'artista celebrato, mettendone il risalto la generosità con cui collabora per la lotta contro la leucemia e l'energia ed il grande amore per la musica, motivo della sua grande ammirazione.

Ecco il suo discorso integrale.

Dear Udo, Congratulation for this wonderful event. And... Udo, you have been always very generous and supportive, collaborating with us for the fight against leukaemia. And it is a must, and honour for me, to be with you tonight. As you know, I admire you always very much as an artist, and I have been always amazed by the love, the passion you still have for music, that gives you this wonderful, incredible energy we all admire so much. I... (applause)... I very much hope that we can still celebrate together the next ten, twenty, thirty years to come. Congratulations!!

Qui invece il video del medley finale eseguito da Udo Jürgens, in cui è stato incluso anche il brano che Josep Carreras ha definito come suo preferito, Aber bitte mit Sahne.
Potete vedere Carreras, sempre composto, nell'area VIP in mezzo agli altri artisti che, come tutto il pubblico, apparivano estremamente coinvolti, tutti intenti ad omaggiare il grande Udo Jürgens.

ENGLISH

As previously announced, last night at8:15pm, German TV channel ZDF broadcast the gala celebration of Udo Jürgens' eightieth birthday, which was also attended by Josep Carreras along with other great guest artists. This morning at 10:45, it was broadcast once more. 

If you could not watch ZDF here you can see the rendition of the song Mein größter Wunsch Josep Carreras performed with Udo Jürgens and violinist David Garrett, whose presence was recently confirmed for the next José Carreras Gala in Rust, on 18 December 2014. 

Above, further pictures of the performance. 

Josep Carreras was one of the protagonists of the last part of the gala. 

Before performing with Jürgens and Garrett, the illustrious tenor addressed a few words to the celebrated artist, emphazasing his generosity with which he cooperates in the fight against leukemia, his amazing energy and great love for music, reasons why all of them admire him so much. 

Here is his full speech. 

Here, however, the video of the final medley performed by Udo Jürgens, which also included the song Josep Carreras had mentioned as his favorite, Aber bitte mit Sahne. 

You can see Carreras, always still but smiling, in the VIP area in the midst of other artists who, as the entire audience, appeared extremely involved, all intent to pay homage to the great Udo Jürgens.