| Freitag 21 August 2026 | 19:30 |
| Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933-2020) | The Awakening of Jacob | |
| Neuwirth, Olga (b. 1968) | Zones of Blue, for clarinet and orchestra | |
| Teilnehmer:innen des Composer-Conductor-Workshops Ink Still We | New work (world premiere) |
| Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich | |
| Brad Lubman | Musikalische Leitung |
| Teilnehmer:innen des Composer-Conductor-Workshops «Ink Still Wet» | |
| Jörg Widmann | Klarinette |
A meeting of generations: Music by Krzysztof Penderecki, the first Composer in Residence in Grafenegg, and Olga Neuwirth, who will be the 20th to hold this title in 2026, will be at the centre of a concert evening that also features the latest works by participants of the «Ink Still Wet» Composer-Conductor Workshop. The soloist for Olga Neuwirth’s rhapsody for orchestra «Zones of Blue» is the Composer in Residence 2014, the dedicatee Jörg Widmann. The Composer in Residence 2017, Brad Lubman, will be conducting. Olga Neuwirth’s score «Zones of Blue» opens with the poem «Blue Song» by Tennessee Williams, in which it reads, among other things: «I am tired. / Tired of speech and of action.» The composition was written in memory of her father, Harald Neuwirth, who passed away in 2023.
Tickets: €20 |15
How to book: Members of the Friends of Grafenegg Festival (Bronze / Silver / Gold / Diamond / Young Friends Association) can purchase tickets from 12 November 2025. Grafenegg Card holders can purchase tickets from 19 November 2025. General sales will begin on 10 December 2025.
