KAMMERSTÜCKE im MuTh | 2025 — 26

Philipp Hochmair has revived Adalbert Stifter’s story Der Hagestolz to mark his 50th birthday. In the story, a young man who has no intention of marrying visits his elderly uncle. After hearing the uncle’s life story, the young man is left with a deep yearning for connection and companionship. Hochmair, Rainer, and Clasen have set this to music with a fusion of electro-jazz. "He doesn't scream, he doesn’t rip off his clothes, he doesn’t jump – he just sits and reads,” they promise. Caught between generations himself, Hochmair seeks to bring Stifter’s beautiful yet little-read text to life for the audience.   Available with a subscription! Seats for this event are available with a CHAMBER MUSIC subscription – with 20% discount. Regular advance ticket sales start on 1 September.

Anna Baar, born in Zagreb in 1973, received the Grand Austrian State Prize in 2022 and is recognized as one of the most important voices in contemporary Austrian literature. The daughter of a Dalmatian mother and an Austrian father, she was raised bilingually between Vienna and Carinthia. This cultural diversity deeply shapes her writing. Her stories – such as Selfie im Bambiland (Selfie in Bambiland), Schöne Tage (Beautiful Days) and Tausendmal schöner als ihr (A Thousand Times More Beautiful Than You) – explore themes of identity, culture and human relationships. This material is perfectly suited for the versatile and socially engaged artist Katharina Stemberger (known for SOKO Linz), as well as the talented band Die Strottern, featuring Klemens Lendl and David Müller.   Available with a subscription! Seats for this event are available with a CHAMBER MUSIC subscription – with 20% discount. Regular advance ticket sales start on 1 September.

"Here is magic. In the realm of a spell, the common word seems lifted up above... and yet is really like the call of the male, who calls for the invisible female dove!" This is how Rainer Maria Rilke's poem “Magic” ends. Rilke, a poet who is still greatly admired today, knew how to put feelings into words like no other. Twin brothers Alexander and Konstantin Wladigeroff delve into his poetic universe, offering a musical homage through their original compositions and arrangements for piano, clarinet, trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals. Gerti Drassl, renowned for her work in film and television, captivates the audience with a reading of selected poems.   Available with a subscription! Seats for this event are available with a CHAMBER MUSIC subscription – with 20% discount. Regular advance ticket sales start on 1 September.

“I am a Frenchman from the East, a humanist, a rationalist touched by religion, a Catholic with a Jewish mind, a true revolutionary” – this is how Joseph Roth, the acclaimed writer born in 1894 in Eastern Galicia (present-day Ukraine), described himself. Erwin Steinhauer, together with Ukrainian-born accordionist Andrej Serkov, brings Joseph Roth’s literary worlds to life. Their performance features Der Vorzeigeschüler (The Model Pupil), the tale of an ambitious man who appears to succeed at everything, yet is denied both laughter and love. They also present the novella Die Büste des Kaisers (The Emperor’s Bust), in which Roth sends Count Morstin on a journey through the waning days of the monarchy – an exile mirroring Roth’s own, which began in 1933.   Available with a subscription! Seats for this event are available with a CHAMBER MUSIC subscription – with 20% discount. Regular advance ticket sales start on 1 September.

Television brought Stefan Jürgens fame, but he has long since captivated audiences on the theatre stage and as a singer-songwriter. Now, the Nestroy Award winner is celebrating poetry with his first collection Loveletters – mutwillige Liebesergüsse (Loveletters – Wilful Outpourings of Love), and his reading performance Nenn’ es Liebe (Call it Love). Through these works, he explores the many facets of love – the healing power it holds, its fierce and sometimes destructive passion, its freedom and its readiness for sacrifice. Drawing from world literature and his own creations, Stefan Jürgens concludes that love follows no rules. It is what shapes us and, ultimately, what matters most.   Available with a subscription! Seats for this event are available with a CHAMBER MUSIC subscription – with 20% discount. Regular advance ticket sales start on 1 September.