Rainer Wieczorek | »Ringo-Variationen«

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Rainer Wieczorek with Uli Partheil | "Ringo Variations"

When Uli Partheil quietly plays the introverted aria of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" on the grand piano and Rainer Wieczorek then reads out the beginning of his "Ringo Variations" with the words "Beat them drums!", the evening's field of tension is clearly marked. Ringo, the Beatles' No. 4, embarks on a literary-musical journey that will take him from drumming to Beatle-mania and beyond into the realm of the undrummed.

Rainer Wieczorek has already presented some of his artist's novellas in the Stadtkirche. In literaturkritik.de, Simon Scharf describes "Ringo Variations" as a "genuinely independent work" and attests to the book's "enormous depth and accessibility". With this artist's novella, Wieczorek once again proves his "importance as a driving force in this genre". Uli Partheil has made a name for himself as a jazz pianist. He received the Darmstadt Music Prize for his artistic merits.

"He embodies musical breadth and roots like few others," said Wolfram Knauer at the award ceremony. On this evening, the pianist ventures into new territory: he plays excerpts from Bach's "Goldberg Variations" without any jazz influence.

Tickets: EUR 10 plus booking fee. Pupils/students: EUR 5 plus booking fee. B.O.: 12/7,50 EUR

This reading is sponsored by the Freundeskreis Kultur in der Stadtkirche Darmstadt e.V.

Price information:

Tickets at 10 EUR plus booking fee. Pupils/students: EUR 5 plus booking fee. B.O.: 12/7,50 EUR