Both Thomas Quasthoff and Kirill Gerstein have a resolutely modern vision of their art, putting their considerable renown at the service of powerful messages. They perform Viktor Ullmann's Melodrama, composed in July 1944 shortly before his deportation.
Programme
VIKTOR ULLMANN (1898-1944)
The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, a melodrama for narrator and piano, based on the prose poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
Concert without interval
Cast
Thomas Quasthoff narrator
Kirill Gerstein piano
