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Les Saxosythes Weihnachtsensemble: Kontrafaktur Et Cetera at Loft
Courtesy of LOFT | Posted on November 8, 2023
When
Wed, December 20, 2023
20:30
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Musicians
Chamber choir Les Saxosythes
vocalsDietmar Bonnen
pianoAbout
tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET
Brecht already believed that classics should not be played anew, but rather rewritten to see whether they still have something to say to us today. The composers who wrote new a cappella settings of old and very old Christmas carols at Dietmar Bonnen’s request in the mid-1990s must have had something similar in mind. Since then, these arrangements have offered listeners the opportunity to rediscover for themselves what the old carols want to sing and say....