bauhaus music 2024 - Arnold Schönberg, Kurt Schwitters, Ruth Crawford Seeger

In the organizer's words:

Moderated concert in German

You will hear:

• Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate (excerpts)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra
• Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot lunaire op. 21

Arnold Schönberg, a prominent protagonist of New Music, fled into exile in America. His melodrama "Pierrot lunaire" was produced by the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1922. The atonal music and innovative Sprechgesang of the piece made it a key work of musical modernism. For "Bauhaus Music" it is interpreted by Claudia Barainsky.

Kurt Schwitters also worked with new linguistic means, but much more radically, in his "Ursonate". The sound poem, written between 1923 and 1932, reduces language to individual sounds and blurs the boundary between music and poetry. Schwitters also performed the "Ursonate" during one of his guest appearances at the Bauhaus. Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson recites excerpts from the Dada poem.

Ruth Crawford Seeger's "Music for Small Orchestra" completes the evening with a piece from the American avant-garde. This study of timbre and atmosphere is one of the few works by this radically modern composer who, after initial success, withdrew creatively and devoted herself to researching folk music. "Music for Small Orchestra" was composed shortly before Seeger's visit to the Bauhaus Dessau, which she found particularly liberating and which inspired the festival motto of "Bauhaus Music": Freedom.

With: Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson, Claudia Barainsky

Conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens

Moderation: Kai Hinrich Müller

The motto of this year's bauhaus music festival is FREEDOM and is made possible by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. A total of five concerts will take place over three days at two venues, the temporary bauhaus-archiv and the church/Villa St. Elisabeth.

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Moderated concert in German

You will hear:

• Kurt Schwitters: Original Sonata (extracts)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra
• Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot lunaire, op. 21

Arnold Schönberg, a prominent figure of New Music, also lived in American exile. His melodrama "Pierrot lunaire" was produced at the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1922. His characteristic atonal music and innovative recitatives made it a key work of musical modernism. Claudia Barainsky will perform it for the "Bauhaus Music" festival.

Kurt Schwitters also incorporated novel linguistic elements - though far more radical - in his famous "Ursonate" (Sonata in Primal Sounds). In his sound poem, created between 1923 and 1932, he reduces language to its primal sounds and blurs the boundary between music and poetry. Schwitters recited his "Ursonate" at one of his guest performances at the Bauhaus. On Saturday evening Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson will be reciting excerpts from the Dada poem.

The evening will conclude with Ruth Crawford Seeger's "Music for Small Orchestra", a work of the American avant-garde. Her study of acoustic timbres and atmosphere is one of the few works by this radically modern composer who withdrew from the public eye after some initial success and devoted herself to studying folk music. Seeger composed "Music for Small Orchestra" shortly before she visited the Bauhaus Dessau - an experience she found especially freeing. It is this sentiment that inspired the 2024 "Bauhaus Music" festival motto: freedom.

With: Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson, Claudia Barainsky

Direction: Karl-Heinz Steffens

Host: Kai Hinrich Müller (in German)

The motto of this year's bauhaus music festival is FREEDOM. Five concerts will take place over three days at two venues, the temporary bauhaus archive and the church/Villa St Elisabeth.
bauhaus music 2024 is made possible with the generous support of the Capital City Cultural Fund.

Price information:

Regular 20 euros, *reduced 10 euros, plus fees *Entitled to a discount: Pupils under the age of 18, trainees, students, volunteers (BFD, FSJ, FÖJ), senior citizens, severely disabled persons, recipients of ALG 1 and citizen's benefits, Berlin Pass holders, holders of the St. Elisabeth community culture card, members of the Bauhaus-Archiv e.V. Please bring proof. Please carry proof with you. Regular 20 euros, *reduced 10 euros, plus fees *Eligible for discount are: Pupils under the age of 18, trainees, students, volunteers (BFD, FSJ, FÖJ), senior citizens, severely disabled persons, recipients of ALG 1 and citizen's benefits, Berlin Pass holders, Members of Bauhaus-Archiv Association. Please carry proof with you.