REQUIEM FÜR EINE MARODE BRÜCKE

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by Anna-Sophie Mahler and Viola Köster | with the Cologne Cathedral Choir and the Experimental Choir Alte Stimmen

If urban planning were a concert, what would it sound like, the liveable city of the future? How do you sing about "bridge renovation" and "transformation", how do you intonate "shading strategy"? And which voices herald ecological change? We talk to people from the construction industry and urban development, economists, futurologists and activists about the existing plans for a sustainable Cologne - and about the resistance they face. The resulting sound bites will be used to create a musical theater piece by Cologne residents for Cologne, a concert of voices for three actresses, two Cologne choirs and a city of the future. "For we have here no lasting place, but the future we seek", says Johannes Brahms' "Requiem", which is sung by the Cologne Cathedral Choir and emanates from the dilapidated city walls. Director Anna-Sophie Mahler is a specialist in interweaving research material and music. She became known for her production of "Mittelreich" at the Münchner Kammerspiele, which was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen in 2016. Most recently, her production of Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" at the Volkstheater Wien, with the band Calexico live on stage, was a hit.

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