Animal compositions as a bridge between magic and reality

The lively Fledermaus Overture by Johann Strauss opens this year's winter concert of the Per-Tu Orchestra. Premiered in 1874, the opera is one of the most famous of this genre, telling of love and intrigue and arousing a buzzing excitement in the audience - long before the clock strikes twelve. Maurice Ravel composed the work "Ma Mère l'Oy "e (MuPer Goose) for children of friends, based on various fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, The Little Thumbelina and Beauty and the Beast. It is worth going back in your mind to childhood for this piece - and rediscovering the magic in the world that Ravel masterfully wove into his composi&on and which remains far too often hidden from the disenchanted ears of adults in everyday life.

The following piece "Les Biches" by Francis Poulenc from 1924 serves a completely different genre. It accompanies a balleP seemingly without a real plot, set at a summer party full of young people; the title is as ambiguous as the accompanying music: is it about deer cows? Or is it more about women who break the rules of society? Logic and fantasy, natural law and riddles are interwoven in five movements full of tempo and key changes. As always open to new experiences and unusual projects, the Per Tu, Orchestra presents a composition by a contemporary composer at the end of the concert. In 2012, Ro Kuijpers musically and narratively rewrote the well-known ballet "Swan Lake" into a new piece in which more diverse body forms are allowed to appear than in the original. The Per-Tu orchestra also accompanied the world premiere at Theater Freiburg. Now the piece is experiencing a revival as the crowning finale of the concert.

The Per-Tu,-Orchestra is looking forward to your visit at the winter concerts!
Admission is free. A donation to cover expenses is requested. Seating is free.