Duo Runge & Ammon – Musik der goldenen 20er

In the organizer's words:

The new album "OPIUM" by the classical duo Jacques Ammon, piano, and Eckart Runge, cello, paints a musical portrait of an era that danced on a volcano between decadence and depression - the "Roaring Twenties". With music by Debussy, Ravel, Hindemith and Gershwin, among others.

"OPIUM" is a tribute to the "Roaring Twenties" - a time characterized by new beginnings, an intoxicating zest for life and artistic innovation, but also by social tensions and dark harbingers of upheaval. The music on the album is directly linked to the TV series "Babylon Berlin", for the second to fourth seasons of which Runge and Ammon arranged and recorded the film music. Their expertise in jazz, tango and the music of the 1920s made them ideal partners for director Tom Tykwer, who not only brought the duo into the studio, but also in front of the camera: in one of the legendary pub scenes from the last season, both musicians can be seen as part of the vibrant nightlife of "Babylon Berlin".

Eckart Runge and Jacques Ammon have compiled music by eleven composers and one female composer for their new album, reflecting the special atmosphere of the 1920s. Whether in "Prayer" from "From Jewish Life" by Ernest Bloch, Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" or George Gershwin's "Americans in Paris", whether in original or - mostly original - arrangements: Eckart Runge and Jacques Ammon always find the convincing sound of this era bursting with energy and conflict.

Price information:

Reduction for young adults: €10 admission for pupils, trainees and students on presentation of ID. Tickets are also available from Nordwest Ticket.