| Thursday 08 January 2026 | 20:15 |
| Goebbels, Heiner (b. 1952) | Walden | |
| Rezaei, Mariam | New work |
| Ensemble Klang | |
| Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop | |
| Keir Neuringer | Spoken word |
Walden by Heiner Goebbels, the enfant terrible of German music theatre, draws inspiration from the philosophies of American writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau, who lived in the 19th century, was a forerunner of today’s environmental movement and the concept of civil disobedience. In his Walden, Goebbels creates nine ‘environments’: nine sound worlds like the rustling forests where Thoreau sought solitude. Through Keir Neuringer’s spoken word, Thoreau’s visionary writings gain a new level of urgency.
In the roughly hour-long Walden, Ensemble Klang and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop evoke different sound worlds. They use specially built instruments such as a 'steel cello' and bow chimes which resonate their sound through sheets of steel. Whereas Goebbels creates meditative musical theatre, the English/Iranian Mariam Rezaei presents urban sound sculptures that combine industrial noise, scratching, and electronics in an improvisational DJ-set style.
‘I have been waiting for such an effective and creative adaption of my Walden for 10 years. Ensemble Klang made it!’ - Heiner Goebbels
Tickets
€ 12,50–€ 39,00
