„Unerhört! – Lieder von Liebe, Abschied, Schmerz und Tod“

In the organizer's words:

Heinrich Heine was involved with music in many different ways. His work is and was also an inspiration for numerous composers. Heine's relationship to music fills a 12-volume encyclopaedia (author: Günter Metzner), which is not surprising given that almost 10,000 of his texts have been set to music to date. The record holder among Heine composers is the Viennese Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883): he set 117 poems by Heinrich Heine to music.

Under the title "Unheard! - Lieder von Liebe, Abschied, Schmerz und Tod", baritone Klaus Mertens has released a CD containing 26 of these songs. Together with pianist Volodymyr Lavrynenko, he will present them at the Heine Institute.

Moderator: Martin Wiemer

Price information:

reduced 6 €