Florian Illies © Boris Breuer
Florian Illies / Anton Gerzenberg
Wenn die Sonne untergeht. Familie Mann in Sanary
Friday
14
November
2025
19:30
Schubert-Saal
Performers
Florian Illies, Lesung
Anton Gerzenberg, Klavier
Programme
Florian Illies liest aus seinem neuen Buch »Wenn die Sonne untergeht. Familie Mann in Sanary«, Anton Gerzenberg spielt dazu Wagner-Bearbeitungen von Franz Liszt und Werke anderer Komponisten
Note
In Kooperation mit der BuchWien
Freie Platzwahl
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
When the sun goes down
A family spends the hot summer of 1933 on the French Mediterranean coast, in Sanary-sur-mer: Thomas Mann, whose 150th birthday it is this year, has fled there with his wife and two of his children. After the political situation in Europe came to a head, he was stranded there after an adventurous escape. The new book by Florian Illies is about the loss of the Mann family's home and possessions, the fear of looting by the Nazis, about melancholy, defiance and passion, but also about the ordeal between Klaus and Erika and their father. The author, who has already transformed past eras into the living present with his great successes "1913. The Summer of the Century" and »Magic of Silence« about Caspar David Friedrich, will read from his new book »When the Sun Goes Down«. Anton Gerzenberg will play music on the piano that was of great importance to Thomas Mann, including Wagner arrangements by Franz Liszt.