Sound of
Cultures
mdw (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), Joseph Haydn-Saal, 27.05.2022 19:00
Through the poem "Bodies attuned" by Lars Saabye Christensen as a central piece, the music tells us stories from different countries, cultures, and people about why we need Art.
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"without human life
no music
without music
no humanity
for such is music’s fire
that unlike ordinary heat
which just rises up and beyond until
it disappears up into the heavens
its heated tones seek beneath
to thaw hearts
melt the ice from shoes
drive chill from the earth and cheat the permafrost
music shares love’s peculiarity: it
appears from empty spaces, aided by
your breath, your thoughts and your hands
just as waves and heavy tree tops make the wind visible
and without music
no humanity
without humanity
no musicality
for music shall join together
all that is separate
lifting the fallen
and singing all that is silent
so breathe easy now
you are also an instrument, breathe easy, and
quietly, this is no solo, you are
not alone, together
we are the great orchestra, the big
band, breathe in, breathe out
that’s it,
we are almost in tune
and none can hold a tone the way we can"
Translation: Kevin Reeder

