Ode to Joy
Composers meet poets meet composers

Thu, 23 June 2005, 8 pm
Konzerthaus Berlin
Werner-Otto-Saal
Gendarmenmarkt
10117 Berlin

Tickets: 15/10,50 €

With: Silke Evers (soprano)
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Axel Bauni (piano)
Kairos Quartett

Works by:
Marcel Beyer/Enno Poppe, Björn Kuhligk/José Sánchez-Verdú
Michael Lentz/Sergej Newski, Ulrich Schlotmann/Jean-Luc Hervé
Nikolaus Schneider/Thomas Hummel, Ulf Stolterfoht/Knut Müller
Anja Utler/Larisa Vrhunc, Uljana Wolf/Tiziano Manca

For the Schiller Year 2005 eight composers will set to music poems by eight poets and premiere the resulting works. The works will be performed by Silke Evers (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Axel Bauni (piano) and the Kairos Quartett.

Project direction: Noren Fritsch  

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Konzerthaus Berlin in the realisation of “Ode to Joy“.

With the kind support of the French Embassy, the Kulturforum Österreich and the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung.

The poesiefestival berlin is funded by