La Montanara

Cologne Male Voice Choir (KMGV)
Members of the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra
Conductor: Bernhard Steiner

Music: Toni Ortelli
Original text: Author unknown
German text: Ralph Maria Siegel
Arrangement: Andres Reukauf

Live at Kölner Philharmonie 10/04/2015

In its folk song concert on October 4, 2015 at the Kölner Philharmonie, the Cologne Male Voice Choir presented folk songs from Germany and Europe in sonorous arrangements put together especially for this concert.

Although "La Montanara" was only written and published in the 20th century, the song quickly achieved great popularity and today has folk song character in the Alpine region.