WIRKLICHKEIT UND TRAUM - RUTH ZECHLIN ZUM 100. GEBURTSTAG

REALITY AND DREAM - RUTH ZECHLIN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

A program for percussion and 2 organs with musical discoveries by Ruth Zechlin, combined with improvisations and a work for glass marbles by the up-and-coming Hamburg composer Sebastian Zaczek.

Works

Ruth Zechlin (1926-2007)

World premiere: Reality and Dream for organ (1st version 1982)

Commissioned by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra for the organ dedication in the Berlin Konzerthaus

Traum und Wirklichkeit for organ, 2nd version 1983

Synthese for organ and percussion (1986) Composed for the Wiener Festwochen

Ruhe und Bewegung for 2 organs (1996), improvisation on Ruth Zechlin Unendlicher Kanon (1996)

Sebastian Zaczek (*2002) murmeln (2024) for 4 musicians with glass marbles

Participants

Cornelia Monske percussion, Sebastian Zaczek glass marbles / composition,

Benjamin Saupe organ, Kerstin Petersen organ / direction, Ellen Freyberg dramaturgy

With the kind support of Musikfonds e.V., Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Luthergemeinde Bahrenfeld, Pauluskirche Altona, GEDOK Hamburg, vamh Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg, Festival Blurred edges, Altonale, Altonaer Vielfaltswoche, Friedensdekade 2026, Orgelstadt Hamburg