A musical and literary matinee reflecting on humanity and its place in nature – with songs from the Romantic period and the present, and with a reading by Markus Gabriel.
Sun. 17.9.2023
11:00, University of Bonn, lecture hall 1
Matinee: Humans as Animals
- Past Event
- € 28
© Alan Ovaska 
© Sammy Hart 
© Sandra Then
Contributors
- Anna-Lena Elbert soprano
- Amadeus Wiesensee piano
- Birte Schrein reading
Programme
Konstantia Gourzi
»Rezitativ Antigone« op. 81
Robert Schumann
from »Liederkreis« after poems by Joseph von Eichendorff op. 39
I. »In der Fremde«
II. »Intermezzo«
III. »Waldesgespräch«
Olivier Messiaen
»Catalogue d’oiseaux« for Piano, Book 3:
VI. »L’ Alouette Lulu«
Robert Schumann
from »Liederkreis« after poems by Eichendorff op. 39
IV. »Die Stille«
V. »Mondnacht«
VI. »Schöne Fremde«
Béla Bartók
»Klänge der Nacht«, from: »Im Freien« Sz. 81 for Piano
Hugo Wolf
Selection of songs after poems by Joseph von Eichendorff:
»In der Fremde I«
»Der Soldat II«
»Das Ständchen«
Johannes X. Schachtner
»Nebenwege. Lyrische Strophen nach dem Skizzenblatt zu Joseph v. Eichendorffs Gedicht ›Mondnacht‹« for Soprano and Piano
Hugo Wolf
from the songs after poems by Eichendorff:
»Verschwiegene Liebe«
»Waldmädchen«
»Nachtzauber«
Reading from Markus Gabriel: »Der Mensch als Tier« (»Humans as Animals«)
The concert at at glance
What awaits me?
What is special about the concert?
Markus Gabriel was a philosophy professor at the University of Bonn before becoming director of the Hamburg think tank The New Institute. He is one of the pioneers of an ethical and social reorientation in the face of climate change. Pianist Amadeus Wiesensee also studied philosophy. In the concert, musical and philosophical ideas enrich each other.
How does it sound?
Description
»Der Mensch als Tier. Warum wir trotzdem nicht in die Natur passen« (»Humans as Animals: Why we are still strangers to nature«) – that is the title of the philosopher Markus Gabriel’s latest book. In it he considers the place of humankind in nature as he seeks answers to the crises of our time. As part of the reading, soprano Anna-Lena Elbert and pianist Amadeus Wiesensee perform art songs from the 19th century to the present day.
This event is in German.
