Die größere Hoffnung - Ilse Aichinger - Sargfabrik

Sargfabrik - Verein für integrative Lebensgestaltung, Wien

Concert reading in a version by Anne Bennent, Otto Lechner and Peter Rosmanith

Anne Bennent, Otto Lechner and Peter Rosmanith approach Ilse Aichinger's masterpiece with playfulness, imagination and virtuosity. The novel tells of persecution, expulsion and annihilation, but even in horror, language regains its magical power - and the world its voice.

In the midst of the overwhelming darkness, children let history speak. Images, dreams, stories and judgments fly through space and time, unstoppable, daring, ever new. Their games set them free without overlooking the shadows of their pursuers; and the glow of their words cannot be captured.

Anne Bennent unleashes the boundlessness of the language that oozes from the book, bursting the boundaries of fear. Peter Rosmanith and Otto Lechner respond with virtuosity and imagination, turning everything on its head. A small accordion becomes an orchestra, hermetic structures dissolve into absurd results. And suddenly you realize: even in the midst of cruelty, a little dance is still possible.

Anne Bennent - voice, Otto Lechner - accordion, drums, Peter Rosmanith - percussion