Ballads Forever
From the epic songs of Homer to the ballad of Mackie Messer, and beyond both of these historical landmarks, storytelling accompanied by music has fulfilled a deeply human need for thousands of years.
Taking the cue from Ernst Krenek's ‘Italian Ballads’, living composers continue along this path in our concert: the broad spectrum of texts ranges from nursery rhymes and Carinthian folk ballads to poetry by Joseph von Eichendorff, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, James Joyce and Jonathan Perry. The interpretative and intensifying tones are created by Robert J. Crow, Philipp Manuel Gutmann, Peter Barcaba, Leopold Brauneiss, Hubert Pöll and Wolfram Wagner.
This will be performed by the up-and-coming young singer Judith Sauer, accompanied by the internationally renowned Lower Austrian pianist, organist and artistic director of the Melk Abbey Summer Concerts, Ines Schüttengruber. The Donautheater, a well-known theatre company in Krems, and the students of Musikschule Krems Anna Dorn, Felix Dorn and Anna Ecker will provide recitation and reading.
Saturday, 23 November 2024
at 5 p.m.
Salon Krenek
Minoritenplatz 4
3500 Krems/Stein
Program
Robert J. Crow: „Nor for all our wild dances in all their wild din“. Eine Ballade nach Kinderreimen aus James Joyces Finnegans Wake (first performance)
Peter Barcaba: „Die Beiden“, aus: 3 Lieder, op. 26. Text: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Hubert Pöll: „Mondnacht“. Text: Joseph von Eichendorff (first performance)
Ernst Krenek: „Italienische Balladen“, op. 77b. Text: Volkslieder
- Pause -
Leopold Brauneiss: „Das Geheimnis der Rosen“. 5 Kärntner Volksballaden. Text: Volkslieder (first performance)
Philipp Manuel Gutmann: „Im Gesang des Vogels“. Text: Jonathan Perry (first performance)
Wolfram Wagner: „Orpheus“, aus 3 Balladen nach Texten von Kristine Tornquist
Judith Sauer, Soprano
Ines Schüttengruber, Piano
Helmut Mayer, Hanna Mayer (Donautheater Krems), Recitation
Julia Hörmann and Theresa Kaltenbrunner (Musikschule Krems, class: Astrid Fröhlich), Flutes
Anna Dorn, Felix Dorn, Anna Ecker (Musikschule Krems), Recitation
Admission is free!
Reservation: office@krenek.com
(limited seatings!)
A concert by Salon Krenek in cooperation with Leopold Brauneiss, the Donautheater Krems and the Musikschule Krems.
With kind support of Stadt Krems and INÖK.
