Eigenzeit-Festival: Metropole Paris

In the organizer's words:

Metropolis Paris

Sergei Prokofiev
Five Melodies op. 35a for violin and piano
Sonata for violin and piano no. 2 in D major op. 94a
Claude Debussy
Sonata for violin and piano
G minor
Maurice Ravel
"Tzigane" in D major M.76
for violin and piano

Accompanied by texts by Sergei Prokofiev

Alissa Margulis violin

Dörte Lyssewski recitation

Polina Leschenko piano

"Paris is a feast for life." This quote from Ernest Hemingway wonderfully captures how vibrant the French metropolis was at the beginning of the 20th century. It was a time of new beginnings: painters, writers and musicians met in the salons and cafés and inspired each other. This evening in the Liebfrauenkirche takes the audience on an atmospheric journey to this exciting time in the cultural capital of Europe, which also attracted many artists from other countries. One of the globetrotters was Prokofiev, who, at the suggestion of a number of violinists, composed a multifaceted collection of songs without words in 1925 with his popular five melodies. His second violin sonata turns out to be an equally imaginative work. He even turned to writing, for example a whimsical tale about the Eiffel Tower, which decides to walk on its iron legs towards Babel and thus to the tower of all towers. Debussy's piece was his last completed work in 1917, which plays with various musical ideas in a fascinating way - and the crowning finale is Ravel's "Tzigane", composed in 1924, a masterpiece shimmering with tonal colors.