Die lange Nacht des Meeres 1

Sea literature & sea music (Quadriga Consort & Caribbean Jazz Band)
Homer: "Odyssey", narrated by Rainer Hauer
Bürger: "The Sea Adventures of Baron Munchhausen", narrated by Tobias Moretti
Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", narrated by Heilwig Pfanzelter
Ringelnatz: "Kuttel Daddeldu, the Sailor", narrated by Wolfgang Kaven (schedule see details!)
Review Kleine Zeitung from July 7, 2008
Review Kronenzeitung from July 8, 2008

The oceans are nature's biggest mystery. They combine all of man's longings and fears in their uncontrollable, enigmatic vastness. Since the beginning of civilisation, artists have time and again tried to capture the fascination of the sea in images and stories, bringing world literature into being that has characterised our cultural landscape.

For the "Long Weekend of the Sea", the pick of German-speaking actors will meet in the Helmut-List-Halle to tell the most beautiful sea stories of world literature. In a reading marathon, prefaced both evenings by an exciting programme for children, adaptations for children of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Treasure Island" will be read; versions of the same stories for adults will be read later in the evening. Unfortunately Otto Sander had to cancel his reading at the styriarte due to an illness. Wolfgang Kaven will read from Ringelnatz instead of him.

Two images in particular emerge over and again in world literature about the sea: the swaying sailing vessels of explorers and pirates, who explored and conquered foreign lands, and the heavenly beaches found on the islands of the South Seas, which promise an enchanting, primordial existence so entirely different to life within the constraints of civilisation.

The music to be heard between readings on the "Long Weekend of the Sea" will reflect both these scenes. The Quadriga Consort will be playing old sea shanties and pub songs as they were played in the English port taverns in the 18th century. And our Caribbean Jazz Band bewitches with music from the natives of those distant South Sea islands, which, from the opposite side of the world, enticed seamen to take great hazards, risking everything, to be able to set foot on these paradisiacal shores.

To be continued on July 6...

6 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. Music Quadriga Consort

6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Homer: Odyssey, narrated by Rainer Hauer

*** Intermission with Caribbean Jazz Ensemble (foyer Helmut-List-Halle)

7.50 p.m. – 8.50 p.m. Bürger: The Sea Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, narrated by Tobias Moretti

*** Intermission

9.10 p.m. – 9.40 p.m. Music Quadriga Consort

9.40 p.m. – 10.40 p.m. Andersen: The Little Mermaid, narrated by Heilwig Pfanzelter

*** Intermission with Caribbean Jazz Ensemble (foyer Helmut-List-Halle)

11 p.m. – 12 p.m. Ringelnatz: Kuttel Daddeldu, the Sailor, narrated by Wolfgang Kaven