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bauhaus music: Lunchkonzert - Marc Blitzstein, Cathy Milliken, Jocelyn B. Smith
bauhaus music: Lunch concert - Marc Blitzstein, Cathy Milliken, Jocelyn B. Smith
Event by: Bauhaus-Archiv
Location: the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung, Knesebeckstraße 1, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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Moderated concert in German as part of bauhaus music 2024
You will hear:
• Mark Blitzstein: Parabola and Circula (excerpts)
• Cathy Milliken: Songs from Driving with Fatima, with Jocelyn B. Smith
The festival begins with a sensational find: the 1929/30 avant-garde opera “Parabola and Circula” by the American composer Marc Blitzstein was discovered in the course of research discovered about the musical life at the Bauhaus. It was supposed to premiere at the Dessau Theater, but this never happened. At the opening of “Bauhaus Music” in the temporary bauhaus archive, excerpts from it can now be heard for the first time. Inspired by Blitzstein's involvement with constructivist art, “Parabola and Circula” tells of a romance between rectangle and point with numerous other geometric figures. Along with Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein is considered one of the most important composers of anti-capitalist and anti-fascist theater.
The radio play “Driving with Fatima” by the composer Cathy Milliken from 2017 brings the listener into the South African present. It is dedicated to the author Fatima Dike, who grew up in the township of Langa, where she still lives today. On a journey through Langa, she tells stories of home and exile, modernity and tradition, which Cathy Milliken has woven into a radio play. The singer Jocelyn B. Smith took over the singing part and can be seen live at the lunch concert with songs from “Driving with Fatima”.
Director: Michal Friedländer
Moderation: Kai Hinrich Müller, Cathy Milliken, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Venue: the temporary bauhaus-archiv, Knesebeckstr. 1, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Free entry. Limited number of places. Registration required. Please log in here.
You will hear:
• Mark Blitzstein: Parabola and Circula (excerpts)
• Cathy Milliken: Songs from Driving with Fatima, with Jocelyn B. Smith
The festival begins with a sensational find: the 1929/30 avant-garde opera “Parabola and Circula” by the American composer Marc Blitzstein was discovered in the course of research discovered about the musical life at the Bauhaus. It was supposed to premiere at the Dessau Theater, but this never happened. At the opening of “Bauhaus Music” in the temporary bauhaus archive, excerpts from it can now be heard for the first time. Inspired by Blitzstein's involvement with constructivist art, “Parabola and Circula” tells of a romance between rectangle and point with numerous other geometric figures. Along with Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein is considered one of the most important composers of anti-capitalist and anti-fascist theater.
The radio play “Driving with Fatima” by the composer Cathy Milliken from 2017 brings the listener into the South African present. It is dedicated to the author Fatima Dike, who grew up in the township of Langa, where she still lives today. On a journey through Langa, she tells stories of home and exile, modernity and tradition, which Cathy Milliken has woven into a radio play. The singer Jocelyn B. Smith took over the singing part and can be seen live at the lunch concert with songs from “Driving with Fatima”.
Director: Michal Friedländer
Moderation: Kai Hinrich Müller, Cathy Milliken, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Venue: the temporary bauhaus-archiv, Knesebeckstr. 1, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Free entry. Limited number of places. Registration required. Please log in here.