Saturday 30.7

3.03 p.m. – VERDO Concert Hall
Bas Böttcher – Slam Poetry
Yui Kawaguchi – Choreography, Dance
Ruben Reniers – Choreography, Dance
Johannes Fischer – Percussion and Composition
Óscar Escudero – Electronics
Kuss Quartett – String Quartet
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Three past Three: Kokon (Premiere)

Enno Poppe (*1969): Freizeit für Streichquartett (2016), komponiert für das Kuss Quartett
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): aus Partita Nr. 2 d-Moll für Violine solo, BWV 1004: 3. Sarabande
Manfred Trojahn (*1949): aus V. Streichquartett (2018), komponiert für das Kuss Quartett: Molto Adagio
Johannes Julius Fischer (*1981): Under Ground für amplifiziertes Ölfass und Tamtam (2021)
Helmut Lachenmann (*1935): Toccatina – Studie für Violine allein (1986)
Thomas Adès (*1971): aus Arcadiana für Streichquartett (1994): VI. O Albion
George Benjamin (*1960): A Lullaby for Lalit für Violine solo (2001) (Viola)
Óscar Escudero (*1992): POST für Streichquartett, Publikum mit Konzertprogramm und Elektronik (2021), Uraufführung
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Streichquartett C-Dur, op. 20,2 (1772)
Armenische Volksweise, Violoncello solo
Johannes Julius Fischer : Duft für Sprecher, Schlagzeug und Streichquartett (2020)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847): aus Streichquartett f-Moll, op. 80: 2. Allegro assai

Texts by Bas Böttcher appear again and again throughout the program.

Much too often, the arts tend to avoid direct contact with each other. Not at the Hitzacker Summer Festival! In the spirit of our “Space.Time” motto, the opening concert brings the spoken word, the art of the dance and music together, effortlessly creating a mental painting. The Kuss@Kokon project, which is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, links the creativity of eight artists and director Daniel Finkernagel. In individual components and historical echoes of the likes of Mendelssohn, time in the concert hall seems to drift away. Enno Poppe’s work “Free Time” is on the program and a work by Óscar Escudero – "POST for string quartet, audience with a concert programme and electronics" – is scheduled to premiere. Duration: approx. 70 minutes, no interval
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6.06 p.m. – VERDO in the garden area (admission free)
Six past Six: Hörgarten digital
Listen to excerpts from the day's program or thoughts on the festival's focus in a relaxed atmosphere (in German language)
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7.07 p.m. – VERDO in the garden area (admission free)
Seven past Seven: Festival Forecast and Members’ Reception with Oliver Wille and Christian Strehk
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8.08 p.m. – VERDO Konzertsaal
Ian Bostridge – Tenor
Saskia Giorgini – Piano
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Eight past Eight: Duo

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Zwölf Gedichte op. 35, Liederreihe nach Kerner (1840)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936): Deità silvane
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976): Michelangelo sonnets

The British star tenor Ian Bostridge is not only considered one of the world’s greatest interpreters of the Lied. He is also a particularly erudite program curator. In Hitzacker, he brings together Robert Schumann’s 1840 cycle on 12 poems by Justinus Kerner with rarities by Respighi and modern classics by Benjamin Britten. This concert also formally opens this year’s small but exquisite master class for vocalists.