Sun. 17. Mar.

11:00 Matinee Rainer Maria Rilke's Jahreszeiten A Musical Reading


rilkes gewicht/rilke wird um sein/gewicht erleichtert/ so rauh erzieht die erde ihren sohn/ernst jandl: der gew”hnliche rilke rilke's weight/rilke's being/ relieved of his weight/ so harshly the earth/brings up its son/ernst jandl: the common rilke (trans:KK)

Especially for Sunday early birds, we're presenting - at this uncommon hour - a "musical reading" of texts from Rainer Maria Rilke's Jahrezeiten (The Seasons), together with the Theater des blauen Dachs (Blue Roof Theater).

Admission: AS 100

21:00 Pago Libre feat. Arkady Shilkloper A/GUS/CH/I



Pago: Viennese version of the Spanish word Pako (Lama pacos, or alpaca: a domesticated South American animal related to the llama). Accordingly, the name Pago Libre refers to the free llama, used here as a musical Leitfigur. You certainly know from experience how the llama behaves out in the wild, so I can probably refrain from giving a musico-sociological rendering of the celebrated standard - Pako Libre or Anarchy of the Mounted Sound. In other words: Not a lame event, but a llama event - of a special kind. Come together! RD

Admission: AS 120

24:00 PianoNightLine Erwin Schmidt Trio



Vienna produces the world's best grand pianos (although the B”sendorfer company has since passed into American hands), yet there are always too few suitable instruments in the city's diverse musical establishments to accomodate the large number of good pianists active here. This has led to a somewhat arrogant stance on the part of the piano (and of its owners) as opposed to the relative helplessness and frustration of the players, who often must accept having the clatter of knives and forks drown out the poor sound of their instruments. Erwin Schmidt has overcome this helplessness, however: His playing has steadily improved in recent times and is endowed with that singing quality which is the mark of the specially sensitive and musical pianist. MR

Free Admission


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