Frauen und Musik

In the organizer's words:

"Women and music"

A musical and literary journey through 200 years of women's art

The Bremen choir ensemble d'accord will be performing a program dedicated to well-known and lesser-known female composers and their works from the last 200 years on 15 September at 6 pm in the Protestant church of St. Ansgarii.

The program will include works by Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann as well as compositions by Amy Beach, the first American woman to write a symphony; by Lily Boulanger, the first winner of the Prix de Rome in 1913; by the Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée; by Ethel Smyth, one of the campaigners for the British suffragettes, by Rebecca Clarke, Cecilia McDowell and others.

The choral music of the 21st century will be represented by the British composer Errollyn Wallen, the Swiss composer Caroline Charriere and Rucsandra Popescu, Romanian-German composer and choir director, who has written a new composition especially for the ensemble d'accord choir and especially for the project.

The performance will also include a reading by the writer Ursel Bäumer, who deals with the life stories of women in her works; most recently in her recently published novel about the life of the artist Louise Bourgeois. She will read from her collection of stories "Wenn ich so denke, die Welt", the story about Lise Cristiani, who was the first solo cellist to go on concert tours with her cello. The work for cello and piano "Lied ohne Worte" op. 109, which Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dedicated to Cristiani, will also complete the program.

The project was supported by funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the Amateur Music Fund.

Free admission / donation requested

6 pm (admission 5.30 pm)

More information at: www.ensembledaccord.de

Price information:

Donations very welcome