In the organizer's words:

His raspy, deep voice is instantly recognizable - and you won't forget it. He was Bettina Wegner 's singing partner at the Distel for many years; at this concert, she will honor him with a guest appearance and several of her songs.

Troyke loves old chansons and folk songs, but the themes of his programs are firmly anchored in the present day. He collects songs from mouth to mouth - such as "Yiddish forgotten songs" by Sara Bialas-Tenenberg -, presents cabaret chansons and writes new songs and rewrites. He masterfully combines the grotesque with the melancholy and always finds his way to humor.

El Alemán is back on guitar - a terrific instrumentalist and songwriter who also contributes his own songs.

Karsten Troyke knows how to strike a completely different, differentiated tone; even when the subject matter is oppressive, he still manages to combine the cynical with the comical, the horrific with the grotesque. Although his voice is less "beautiful", it is no less haunting and has an astonishing versatility.
Both are committed to a way of singing that initially presents beautiful songs, including folk songs, but is forced by political circumstances to perform political songs.

Bettina Wegner, with Berlin charm ("Ick probier et einfach mal") and with the sensitivity for which she stands, allows the various facets of melancholy to touch a latently perceptible aggressiveness. The angry crescendo, heightened by powerful vocal vibrato, is broken by relaxed and even ironic moderation, which is based on a natural love of humanity.