A sarcastic portrait of a jewish avant-garde composer.
German composer Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) was one of the leading figures of the anti-fascist and social movement during the Weimar-republic. Being a leftist intellectual Jew, he emigrated to the USA after spending a few years in Palestina. His music, including dozens of songs for cabaret, workers-organisations and street theatre, gained a popularity comparable to Eisler’s. Wolpe’s oeuvre is a mix of Western, Eastern and jazz-influences, melted into sarcastic cabaret, speeches, street music, opera-imitations, foxtrot and sentimental waltzes, chorals and war-reports.
With texts, songs and works for piano, Johan Bossers, Gunnar Brandt, Viviane De Muynck and Caroline Petrick join their forces to explore and confront this fascinating oeuvre.
Credits
- Piano • Johan Bossers
- Tenor • Gunnar Brandt
- Set Design • Herman Sorgeloos
- Thanks to • Anne-Catherine Kunz
- Coach • Caroline Petrick
- Play • Viviane De Muynck
