Funkelkonzert L / Twinkle Concert L / Unterwegs nach Umbidu / Journey to Umbidu
Concert for Children: Ages 5-7
Longing is one of the most powerful of human emotions and it is often impossible to describe in words. Fortunately we have music. We can arguably express ourselves better through sound than with language… A concert for children aged 5 to 7.
Four strange and uncommunicative figures meet one cold evening. None of them knows what to do with themselves or how to shake off their dark melancholy. But their encounter brings light to the darkness of the night. All four have an instrument with them. Note by note, they get to know each other and decide to look for Umbidu, the place where happiness is said to reside.
Through fantasy language, improvisation and music by György Ligeti, Erik Satie and others, a moving, sensitive, yet funny story about friendship develops – beautifully and warmly played by the Austrian ensemble Die Schurken. »On the Road to Umbidu« was awarded the »Junge Ohren Prize« in 2015.
Performers
Die Schurken
Stefan Dünser trumpet
Martin Deuring double bass
Martin Schelling clarinet
Goran Kovacevic accordion
Programme
Umbidu
Ein inszeniertes Konzert, eine Geschichte über die Sehnsucht
Estimated end time
12:00