CONCERT | Christian Muthspiel ACF Composer Portrait Series presents Christian Muthspiel TUESDAY MAR 02, 07:30 PM |
Christian Muthspiel presents the solo performance für und mit ernst. The program is an homage to the Austrian poet Ernst Jandl, one of the most important figures in German language poetry after World War II. Jandl’s work is replete with wordplay, and comes alive when read out loud. In his performance für und mit ernst, Muthspiel invites the audience to experience his imaginative dialogue with the works of the poet.
About 30 poems by Jandl, some of them recorded at readings with the poet, others translated into English, are melded with Muthspiel’s music. The meaning of the poetry is enhanced by the music, which in some cases reads between the lines. Ernst Jandl was convinced that poems need to be heard and not only read. Muthspiel’s program introduces another layer of meaning to this concept.
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