Au g u s t 2 4 – S eptemb er 9, 2012
artist in residence Quatuor Diotima
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Music
Saturday, August 25
Friday, August 24
8pm Opening celebration
8pm Buchenwald Commemoration
Weimarhalle
New Warsaw Trio
Marian Turski, commemorative words
Constantin Regamey
Quintet for Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Johannes Brahms
Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in A Minor, op. 114
Constantin Regamey’s quintet was composed in occupied Warsaw
in 1941 and was performed for the first time at a secret private concert.
It is a key work of Polish modernism and a testimony to artistic
resistance.
Weimarhallenpark
Damenorchester Salome
Piano Power Station
Blue Wonder Jazzband
LAG Jazz in Thüringen e.V., program selection
Alexander Lanver, light design
Bring your summer spirits and join us with beer and bratwurst to kick
off our new season. Blues talents from Berlin and Dresden will perform
in the gloriously decorated Weimarhallenpark, so you can dance or
listen to the music, stroll about or just meet friends—a long night of
decadence and beauty, exuberance, and perhaps a few secrets as well.
With the friendly support of Brauerei Weimar-Ehringsdorf
Free admission
Thursday, August 30
With the friendly support of the Polish Institute Berlin, Leipzig Branch
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Saturday, August 25
11am
Weimarhalle, Seminargebäude
Opening Matinee, pèlerinages 2012
Igor Levit, piano
Nike Wagner, lecture “Kein Anruf unter dieser Nummer”
Franz Liszt
“Invocation,” Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
“Sposalizio” and “Il Penseroso,” Deuxième année de pèlerinage, Italie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
8pm Call of the Bells
Musikgymnasium Schloß Belvedere
Herbert Schuch, piano
Tristan Murail Cloches d’adieu et un sourire
Franz Liszt “Pater noster,” and “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude,”
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
J. S. Bach / Ferruccio Busoni
Choral Prelude “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”
Olivier Messiaen “Cloches d’angoisse et larmes d’adieu,” 8 Préludes
J. S. Bach “Die Seele ruht in Gottes Händen,” BWV 127
Franz Liszt “Funérailles,” Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Maurice Ravel “La vallée des cloches,” Miroirs
With the friendly support of the ALE-Stiftung
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Photo: Anne-Marie Vellard
Photo: Felix Broede
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Friday, August 31
8pm “Where Is Bread and Wine?”
Jakobskirche
Lamentations
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Dominique Vellard, musical director
One of the most prominent ensembles for early music sings settings
of Jeremiah’s Lamentations from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance:
heartbreaking tales of the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering
of the Jewish people. The expressive character of the texts inspired
lovely settings, each of them unique.
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Sunday, September 9
5pm Light, Dance, Sounds of Nature
Weimarhalle
Staatskapelle Weimar
Michael Boder, condctor
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Photoptosis, Prelude for Large Orchestra
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major
At our finale, our last “invocations,” Zimmerman allows light to fall
on sound surfaces and quotes from Wagner’s Parsifal, the obstinately
repeating dance melody from Ravel’s masterpiece summons primitive
rituals, and Mahler’s “travelling journeyman” tells of going out into
nature.
Saturday, September 1
8pm Franz Liszt “Via Crucis”
Viehauktionshalle
Following the concert, our concluding celebration featuring a festive buffet
will be held at the Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof
Price per person, 65.00 , drinks included.
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Robert Wilson, concept and design
AJ Weissbard, light design
Matthias Middelkamp, sound design
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recording of the original music:
Christoph Keller, piano
Silvius von Kessel, organ
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone
Jie Zhang, mezzo-soprano
Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Jürgen Puschbeck, conductor
The American director and master of theatrical wizardry Robert Wilson
transforms Franz Liszt’s music for the fourteen stations of the cross into
an abstract sound and light installation. The venue was once an auction
house for livestock, essentially a huge barn. In addition, students from the
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and young artists from the Watermill Center
New York under Robert Wilson’s guidance have developed their own
responses to Liszt’s gripping late work using the tools of media art. After all,
Liszt had always wanted to include the visual arts.
The concert will be broadcast by Deutschlandradio Kultur on September 14, 8.03 pm
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artist in residence: Quatuor Diotima
A Kunstfest Weimar production in cooperation with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Hochschule für
Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. Sound partner: IOSONO
With the friendly support of Wüstenrot Stiftung, Rudolf Augstein Stiftung, U.S. Consulate General
Leipzig, Palazzetto Bru Zane, McKenzie Family Charitable Trust, Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst, Deutsche Bank AG, Jan Stephan Hillebrand
Special thanks go to the following supporters:
Adapoe, Berufsfeuerwehr Weimar, Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof, Blueprint, E.ON
Thüringer Energie AG, Eurovia, Evangelisches Kirchspiel Martini-Luther, Graphisoft Deutschland
GmbH, Katholische Kirchengemeinden Dom St. Marien und Pfarrkirche St. Severi Erfurt, Kontinent
Spedition GmbH, Konsumgenossenschaft Weimar eG, Kreativfonds Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, LEG
Thüringen, LSS – Licht-, Steuer- und Schaltanlagen GmbH, MA Systems, Mehler Texnologies, Nüssli
Gerüstbau, Oper Zürich, Pabst & Partner Ingenieure, SCHOTT JENAer GLAS GmbH, Schwerpunktfonds
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Tutorienfonds Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Vitra GmbH,
Wasserversorgungszweckverband, Werit Kunststoffwerke
Additional performances:
Yun-Peng Zhao, violin
Guillaume Latour, violin
Franck Chevalier, viola
Pierre Morlet, cello
Sunday, September 2, 11am and 8pm
Tuesday, Sept. 4, Wednesday, Sept. 5, Thurs., Sept.
6, Fri., Sept. 7, Saturday, September 8, 8pm
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Sunday, September 2
Wednesday, September 5
8pm John Cage: A Chance Acquaintance
mon ami
5pm
Late Works
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
Quatuor Diotima
At this mischievous birthday celebration for the inventor of the
aesthetics of chance, everyone attending the concert will receive a card,
on which is printed the title of one of John Cage’s piano compositions.
The pianist will then play the piece as stipulated by the audience.
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in A minor, op. 132
Dieter Schnebel
String Quartet “Im Raum” (2005/06)
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Schießhaus
Tuesday, September 4
8pm Music of the Future
Festsaal, Schloß
Quatuor Diotima
Herbert Schuch, piano
Photo: Richard Haughton
Franz Liszt
Am Grabe Richard Wagners, version for string quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet C# minor, op. 131
César Franck
Piano Quintet in F Minor
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Thursday, September 6
8pm
Musikgymnasium Schloß Belvedere
Music from the Viennese Schools
Saturday, September 8
8pm Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
Babel (Words)
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, choreography
Antony Gormley, staging
Quatuor Diotima
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E flat major, op. 127
Anton Webern
6 Bagatelles for String Quartet, op. 9
Arnold Schönberg
String Quartet No. 2 in F# Minor, op. 10
The concert will be broadcast by Deutschlandradio Kultur on September 24, 8.03 pm
With the friendly support of the newspapers Thüringer Allgemeine,
Ostthüringer Zeitung, and Thüringische Landeszeitung
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»Babel« is philosophical and religious dance theater. For building the
Tower of Babel, God punishes the peoples of the world with language
confusion and disperses them to all the ends of the earth. How do the
many nations communicate with one another, how compatible are
their religions? Thirteen performers and five musicians go in search of
a polyglot identity: confusions, conflicts, comedy, chaos. The one holy
language has long been lost . . .
With the friendly support of Škoda Auto Deutschland and the Vlaamse
Vertegenwoordiging in Berlin
In cooperation with Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
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Friday, September 7
8pm
Transgressions
Jakobskirche
Quatuor Diotima
Photo: Koen Broos
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887
Pierre Boulez
from Livre pour quatuor (1948/49)
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat Major, op. 130 with Große Fugue, op. 133
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Exhibition
Dance
Sunday, August 26
Saturday, August 25
6pm Gnosis
11am Weimarhalle
Akram Khan, dance and choreography
Fang-Yi Sheu (guest artist), dance
“Gnosis” means “knowledge.” Inspired by an ancient Indian legend in
which a queen follows her blind husband in the world of darkness,
the internationally successful choreographer Akram Khan explores
contrary worlds of knowledge, “seeing in the dark,” and “being blind in
the light.”
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Neues Museum
Exhibition opening
Arte Povera
A Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein exhibition
Friedemann Malsch, curator
Under the patronage of H.S.H. Ambassador Prince Stefan of
Liechtenstein
August 28–September 21, 2012, Tues–Sun., 11am–6pm
Arte Povera was the most important art movement in Italy of the late
1960s and early 1970s. Using the most simple, despised materials (lead,
fat, wire, neon), the artists of this “poor art” sought to create a new
aesthetic that abolished the distance between art(work) and life.
Film
Photo: Stefan Altenburger copyright Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Friday, August 31
8pm
Absolute Wilson
Audimax Bauhaus-Universität
Germany/US 2006, 101 min., D: Katharina Otto-Bernstein (German
subtitles)
On the premiere of Robert Wilson’s Via Crucis staging, we show a film
portrait of the artist who grew up as a shy outsider in Texas and came to
redefine the world of international theater and art.
In cooperation with Bauhaus Film-Institut
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Film Series on John Cage
Jannis Kounellis, Senza titolo, 1969
The exhibition shows works by Alighiero Boetti, Jannis Kounellis, Mario
Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and others. From today’s perspective,
arte povera remains striking due to the current relevance of its subject
matter and autonomy of its artists.
With the friendly support of the Artphilein Foundation, Ivoclar Vivadent
AG, the Ministry of Culture, Principality of Liechtenstein, Mariann Steegmann
Foundation, Gerda Techow Gemeinnützige Stiftung, Vaduz, Ospelt-Gruppe, VP Bank
Stiftung
r 5.50, reduced admission r 3.50, schoolchildren r 1.50
Literature / Discussions
Wednesday, August 29
8pm John Cage: The Sound Traveller (premiere)
Germany 2012, 60 min., D: Allan Miller
Directly following the screening, there will be a conversation with codirectors Paul Smaczny and Steffen
Schleiermacher
John Cage was the chameleon of the twentieth century American avantgarde: an expert in chance, an inventor of sound, a mushroom specialist,
a performance artist, and a writer. In his film portrait, Oscar prizewinner
Allan Miller explores the effective power of the composer today, twenty
years after his death. Alongside rarely shown archival material and
concert recordings will be presented as well as the so-called “short
stories”: musicians, composers, companions, and friends speak about
“their” John Cage.
Monday, August 27
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7pm, Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv
What Can the Word Do?
A conversation with the winners of the Goethe-Medaille
2012
Thursday, August 30
With Irena Veisaite· , Bolat Atabayev and Dzˇevad Karahasan
Christina von Braun, host
8pm I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
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US 1992, 90 min., D: Henning Lohner
In cooperation with Goethe-Institut e.V.
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Tuesday, September 4
Sunday, September 2
8pm, Four American Composers: John Cage
With Otto Kallscheuer, Navid Kermani, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and
Tilman Spengler
“Invocation” is a religious, spiritual concept: a cry for help, a form of
summoning, an urgent appeal in times of need: “As the hart panteth
after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God,” Psalm 42.
Experts from the secular and the spiritual worlds ask for the meaning of
this “vertical” need today.
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Lichthaus Kino
US 1990, 56 min., D: Allan Miller
The prizewinners have all come into contact with war, repression,
persecution, and expulsion. In a conversation with Christina von
Braun, they will explore the possible functions of art and culture in
surroundings shaped by conflict. How important is the contribution of
those from the world of culture to facing national trauma and current
social problems? How great is the power of the word?
11am Studienzentrum Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
“As the Hart Panteth after the Water”
A Conversation
Lichthaus Kino
Monday, September 3
8pm John Cage: One11 and 103
Lichthaus Kino
Lichthaus Kino
UK 1983, 60 min., D: Peter Greenaway
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Friday, September 7
ARTE Film Night Lichthaus Kino
6pm
Foi/Glaube (ARTE/ZDF 2004, 90 Min.)
8pm
Babels-Träume (ARTE France 2009, 60 Min.)
9.30 pm Myth (Toneelhuis 2007, 120 Min.)
Free admission
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The Liszt jubilee year has come to an end, but Kunstfest Weimar continues
to celebrate this inexhaustible musician, European, and Weimar’s local
hero.
The motto for 2012 is “Invocation,” the title of a piano piece by the deeply
religious Franz Liszt.
Invocations are calls to angels or saints in times of deepest need. Art has
made this visible and audible for centuries. Art itself is an inexorable
“calling”: but to whom? Ourselves? Artists from all over the world come to
Weimar for the festival. This time a string quartet plays the role of artist
in residence: Quartour Diotima. Familiar with all avant-garde playing
techniques, this French quartet has already achieved international fame.
The late Beethoven quartets form the basis of their varied, intelligently
selected concert programs.
Sacred works by Franz Liszt will be performed by the successful young
pianists Igor Levit and Herbert Schuch, while guests versed in theology
will ponder our spiritual needs, and there will be no lack of tributes to
John Cage.
The festival features an emphasis on dance: world religions and world
cultures appear in the work of the Flemish-Moroccan choreographer
Side Larbi Cherkaoui. Babel is the title of his bafflingly charming
gesamtkunstwerk of dance, music, cabaret, and sculpture. The BritishIndian “dervish” Akram Khan takes a different approach in Gnosis,
where Indian and contemporary art mix in a dance theater performance
that explores paradoxical states of consciousness.
This year’s large exhibition is presented by Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein.
The retrospective looks at arte povera, the then scandalous and influential
Italian art movement from the 1960s and 1970s. The artists aimed at the
aesthetic and social transformation of everyday life; the “poverty” of the
materials was their intellectual concept.
The high point of 2012 is a spectacular new production of the American
director, light designer, and stage magician Robert Wilson. In his staging
of Franz Liszt’s Via Crucis, the music to the fourteen stations of the cross
will be transformed into a fascinating sound and light installation.
In addition, under Wilson’s guidance students from Bauhaus-Universität
Weimar and young artists from Watermill Center New York have created
their own media art commentaries on Liszt’s gripping late work. What was
once a huge livestock auction hall becomes the center of this invocation.
You are cordially welcome to a take part in this years “spiritual” art festival!
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Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv
Hans-Wahl-Straße 4
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n Friday, August 24
Buchenwald Commemoration
Works by Johannes Brahms and Constantin Regamey
Commemorative words: Marian Turski
Jakobskirche
Rollplatz
99423 Weimar
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Lichthaus Kino
Am Kirschberg 4
99423 Weimar
mon ami Weimar
Goetheplatz 11
99423 Weimar
Saturday, August 25
Opening matinee with Nike Wagner and Igor Levit,
Works by Beethoven and Liszt
Akram Khan: Gnosis
Opening party, Weimarhallenpark
n Sunday, August 26
Exhibition opening “Arte Povera”
Musikgymnasium Schloß Belvedere/Orangerie
99425 Weimar
Neues Museum
Weimarplatz 5
99423 Weimar
Schießhaus Weimar
Am Schießhaus 1
99423 Weimar
Stadtschloß/Festsaal im Schloß
Burgplatz 4
99423 Weimar
Studienzentrum Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
Platz der Demokratie 4
99423 Weimar
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Gala menu at the historical Restaurant Alt-Weimar
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Literary tour through Weimar
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Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Bauhaus Film-Institut
Weimar GmbH
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Martini-Luther
katholische Kirchengemeinden Dom
St. Marien und Pfarrkirche St. Severi Erfurt
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