Caroline Peters © Mirjam Knickriem
Peter Rosmanith © Hans Ringhofer
Caroline Peters / Peter Rosmanith
Carson McCullers: Madame Zilensky und der König von Finnland
Wednesday
18
January
2023
19:30 – ca. 21:00
Mozart-Saal
Performers
Caroline Peters, Lesung
Peter Rosmanith, Percussion, Hang
Programme
Carson McCullers
Madame Zilensky und der König von Finnland
Der verfolgte Junge
Peter Rosmanith
Karussell
Kamelschlittenfahrt
Habaibi
to come and agogo
schneestaad
Schlafmohn
Note
Medienpartner Ö1 Club
Subscription series
Literatur im Konzerthaus
Links
https://www.peter-rosmanith.at
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
A Heart for People
Among American writers, she was certainly not the one who produced the most extensive oeuvre, but she was nevertheless no less important a voice: Carson McCullers is one of the most important representatives of the Southern Renaissance. She always focused on people - and their fate. In her stories and novels (»The Heart is a Lonely Hunter«), McCullers showed empathy for outsiders and anti-heroes. Her own life was by no means like a Hollywood movie: her health was not the best, her marriage was in crisis, and her love for Annemarie Schwarzenbach remained unrequited. A career as a concert pianist was prevented by rheumatism. But like hardly anyone else, she illuminated the quirks of her main characters - for example in her story »Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland« - with great empathy and a quiet smile. The literature of an extraordinary author is presented by Caroline Peters, Peter Rosmanith on hang and other percussion instruments creates a musical echo.