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Pünktchen und Anton

Reading and music around Erich Kästner's famous novel
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4/27

Saturday | 4/27/2024
4:00 pm Start of Concert
Konzertsaal im Kulturpalast, Dresden
Floor Plan
22 | 5 € Children under 18

About the Concert

"Only those who grow up and remain children are human", Erich Kästner once claimed and diligently stuck to it. Virtuously alternating between playful fantasy and philosophical thoughtfulness, he narrates his novel "Pünktchen und Anton". It is about deception, responsibility and the power of unconditional friendship. And about a saving blow with a wooden club. To turn the book into a musical story for the Kästner Year 2024, the narrating main characters meet an entire symphony orchestra. The music awakens the lively Berlin of the 1930s.

Program

Erich Kästner / Composition: Philipp Matthias Kaufmann
"Pünktchen and Anton

Contributer

Ulrich Kern
Dirigent
Christoph Bertram
Sprecher
Eva Marianne Kraiss
Sprecherin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Ulrich Kern

“Magical, enchanting!” wrote La Provence about Ulrich Kern’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Ulrich Kern is distinguished by his stylistically confident interpretations on opera and concert stages and is besides passionately committed to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Born in Stuttgart, the internationally acclaimed conductor studied at the music academies in Stuttgart and Weimar. He received further decisive impulses from Bernard Haitink, Jorma Panula and, in the USA, from David Zinman.

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Eva Marianne Kraiss

Eva Marianne Kraiss was born in Bonn in 1980 and completed her acting training at the Freiburg Drama School. Since then she has worked full-time as an actress and speaker.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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