Der Wanderfalke

In the organizer's words:

Reading with live music

MORE THAN NATURE WRITING _ "The Peregrine Falcon" by the English author John Alec Baker (1926-1987) is a masterpiece of non-fictional literature of the twentieth century. In eloquent poetry, he describes the lives of two pairs of peregrine falcons in the south of England from the position of a close observer.

FASCINATING LANGUAGE _ Andreas Jandl and Frank Sievers have been highly praised for their incredibly strong translation:
"The first reading was indeed something of a shock for me, because what I was reading was far more than the highly acclaimed "classic of nature description", the ornithological account of a fascinating bird of prey that I had expected, no, it was an immediate - almost physical - going-with, seeing-with, experiencing-with."

THE STORY OF AN OBSESSION AND A TRANSFORMATION _ Over the course of six months, Baker approaches the bird and gradually becomes a hawk-like, observant hunter who learns to interpret nature. Birdwatching here is not a technique of observation, it is a way of life, perhaps an attitude to life - driven by an eager desire to understand by looking.

READING WITH LIVE MUSIC ON INSTRUMENTS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED FOR THIS EVENING _ For the reading with the two actresses Bettina Marugg and Caroline Scholz Ott, the composers Daniel Ott and Stephan Froleyks have developed music that accompanies and intensifies the text. The two percussionists Arturo Portugal and Vera Seeberg play instruments specially developed for this text and Baker's world.

Bettina Marugg and Caroline Scholz Ott will read
Live music, percussion Arturo Portugal and Vera Seedorf
Arrangement, text version Frank Heuel
Composition Daniel Ott
Musical advice Stephan Froleyks
Room Annika Ley
Assistant director, dramaturgy Lutz Ackermann