A roundtable discussion centering around the festival motto: What is so ultra today that we as a society have difficulty keeping up? And what parallels have there been in the past?
Fri. 19.9.2025
17:00, Kreuzkirche
But Everything is Ultra Now!
- Discourse, Vocal
- Past Event
- € 10
Contributors
- Anna-Lena Elbert soprano
- Amadeus Wiesensee piano
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Schäfer philosopher, University of Bonn
- Dr. Manfred Osten cultural historian und author
- Moderation: Barbara Stach Beethovenfest Bonn
Programme
Carl Friedrich Zelter
»Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt« from: »Zwölf Lieder am Clavier zu singen« Z. 120
Franz Schubert
»Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt« D 481
Carl Friedrich Zelter
»Heiß mich nicht reden« from Z. 120
Franz Schubert
»Heiß mich nicht reden« & »So lasst mich scheinen« from »Vier Gesänge aus ›Wilhelm Meister‹« D 877
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
»Die Liebende schreibt« from: »Sechs Lieder« op. 86
Aribert Reimann
»Die Liebende abermals«
Panel Discussion
»But everything, my dearest, is ultra now!«
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Description
This year’s motto »Alles ultra« comes from a letter Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote to the composer Carl Friedrich Zelter exactly two hundred years ago, in which he spoke about feeling overwhelmed in the face of an increasingly complicated world. Experts from the fields of philosophy, cultural studies, and music discuss social crises then and now – and the possibilities of art. Anna-Lena Elbert and Amadeus Wiesensee will also present music by Zelter, Schubert, and others.
In cooperation with the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Bonn
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