Today we were reminded that the 1965 movie, The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, was filmed here in Salzburg, Austria.

Since the film was in English and the local population speaks German, the film is not very well known here.

However there is a whole industry built up for tourists who come from all over the world to see for themselves where the movie was filmed.

Recognize these scenes from the movie?

We learned that Hedwig von Trapp (1918-1972), the fifth child of the original Trapp Family Singers on which the movie is based, actually ended up in Kailua on the island of Oahu! Who knew! She directed a children’s choir, teaching handicrafts, carpentry, and cooking. She later taught music at St. Anthony School in Kailua throughout the 1960s, living in a small cottage next to the school grounds and continued to wear her traditional German/Austrian dirndl every day. (Wikipedia)

All this makes me want to see the movie again!

In the morning, we were divided into three smaller groups for a walking tour, and each of our guides wore a dirndl. We saw Mozart’s birthplace, the house where he lived, and the homes of conductor Herbert von Karajan and Arturo Toscanini.

Speaking of the sound of music, the husband of Sarah Lambert Connelly, Pat Connelly, has captured video of some of the Hawaii Masterworks Chorus performances and has given permission for me to post part of the Haydn Nicolaimesse rehearsal which we performed at the Bergkirche. Watch on Youtube by clicking here.