Saturday 27.7
5:05 p.m. VERDO Concert Hall
Five past Five
Opening Concert
Kuss Quartet with
Julia Hagen – cello
Sào Soulez Larivière – viola
Anna Thalbach – recitation
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) „Verklärte Nacht“ a.o.
The brilliant musical version of a text that is problematic from today's perspective will be the center of yet another extraordinary opening concert in Hitzacker. Arnold Schönberg's Sextet "Verklärte Nacht," a wonder of late Romantic harmonic exploration, is set to receive a new interpretation with bristles, barbs and references to other works when the award-winning Berlin actress Anna Thalbach recites and the Kuss Quartet, joined by two young stars, perform.
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7:07 p.m. VERDO Gardens, Admission free
Seven past Seven
Festival Preview with Oliver Wille, Christian Strehk and Sarah Maria Sun
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7:52 p.m. OKTOGON Gallery, Admission free
Eight to Eight
Opening of the "lmagined Garden", live act I with Sarah Maria Sun
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9:09 p.m. VERDO Concert Hall
Nine past Nine
Markus Becker – piano
Lutz Krajenski – piano
Markus Becker and Lutz Krajenski – Play Brahms!
One of them is a classical pianist with a special love of improvisation, the other a jazz musician with a fondness for Bach and Mahler – an encounter not only of two exceptional artists, but also of a multitude of musical worlds with exciting and surprising junctions. These are excellent prerequisites for a musical expedition that focuses primarily on Johannes Brahms and improvises around him – quite authentically on a grand piano and a 1970s Fender Rhodes piano.