{"id":939,"date":"2017-05-10T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T09:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefanlitwin.eu\/wp\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2022-11-22T14:57:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:57:05","slug":"nacht-mit-gaesten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stefanlitwin.com\/en\/pianist\/kompositionen\/nacht-mit-gaesten\/","title":{"rendered":"Nacht mit Gaesten (Night with Guests)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2026 a gruesome play about a world in which everyone is everyone else\u2019s wolf,
\nin which everyone kills for their own gain.
\nPeter Weiss<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Composition<\/h3>\n
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Several years ago I came across \u00bbNacht mit Gaesten\u00ab, a drama by Peter Weiss. It is a street ballad penned in Knittelversen (a kind of doggerel, or poetry irregular in rhyme and verse) that revives the old concept of the \u201cSchaubude\u201d (travelling wooden theatre), as well as adopting elements of the 'Kasperltheater' (classic puppet theatre). Hiding behind the fa\u00e7ade of the supposedly humorous is the horror of a cutthroat world in which everyone fights against one another and everyone betrays one another. I regard the piece, which premiered in 1963, as a parable for the brutalization of society.<\/p>\n

The musical language orients itself around the genre of the street ballad and the Kasperltheater. With few exceptions that involve singing, the main characters speak in rhymes. They are portrayed as graphically as possible in their one-dimensional, simplistic form. Nothing is musically 'psychologized'. <\/p>\n

The composition complies with the text at a structural level, too: mixtures of exuberant triads and fourths and tritones are as omnipresent in the score as rhymes in Peter Weiss\u2019 work. They bring about a similar simplification despite the contrapunctal and rhythmic complexity of the whole.<\/p>\n

Since the murderous world of the adults is told from the perspective of the children, the technique of the canon \u2013 a popular singing form among children \u2013 is brought to bear, as well as the manipulation and alienation of catchy melodies, children\u2019s songs and other musical citations.
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The Premiere<\/h3>\n
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NACHT MIT GAESTEN (NIGHT WITH GUESTS)
\nMusic theatre for 6 performers
\nand 8 instruments (2016)
\nbased on Peter Weiss\u2019 theatre piece of the same name
\nWorld Premiere 21. 10. 2016 Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Saar (University of Music Saarland\/Germany)<\/p>\n

A production by the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Saar (HfM Saar) with the support of the friends and sponsors of the HfM Saar (FuF) and the Ministry for Education and Culture of the Saarland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\u00bbNacht mit Gaesten\u00ab
\nExcerpt (Szene 1) from the world premiere (6 min.)<\/p>\n

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\n\u00bbNacht mit Gaesten\u00ab - Ouverture \/ Students of the der Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Saar \/ Musical direction: Stefan Litwin
\nLive recording of the world premiere (5 min)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Photo: Tobias Heitz<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Cast of the World Premiere<\/h3>\n
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Musical direction: Stefan Litwin \u2022 Production: Frank W\u00f6rner \u2022 Stage and costume design: Annette Wolf \u2022 Dramaturgy: Eva Behr<\/p>\n

Guest: Johannes Kruse \u2022 Mother: Lisa Stroeckens \u2022 Father: Antonio di Martino \u2022 Children: Lisa Bebelaar, Natalie Jurk \u2022 Warner (Alert): Patrick Bullinger<\/p>\n

Violin, Viola: Lorenz Blaumer, Kiril Tsanevski \u2022 Piccolo, Flute, Bass Flute: Sonja D\u00f6rner, Marie Puzzioli \u2022 Clarinets: Antonia Uerschels, Frederik Versik \u2022 Double Bass: Gabriele Basilico, Stephan Goldbach \u2022 Drums: Patrick Kraus, Fabian Scheid, Wolfram Stifel \u2022 Guitar, Banjo: Ender Rangel, Juan Pablo Gonzalez Tobon \u2022 Piano: Bokyon Chang, I-fang Shih, Ji-Hye Yang<\/p>\n

Musical Assistance: Felix Schauren \u2022 Stage Design and Costume Assistance: Kathrin Engel \u2022 Project Office: Julia Hartnik \u2022 Assistant Director: Amanda Aatz, Lara R\u00fcter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Production<\/h3>\n
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It was clear to us all that such a topical piece should also reach young people. Working closely with the university administration and with the generous support of the Vereinigung der Freunde und F\u00f6rderer der HfM (Association of Friends and Patrons of the HfM), who commissioned me to write a composition, our team designed a concept that has allowed us to stage the music theatre productions at other venues as well without too much effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Reviews<\/h3>\n
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\u2026 a gruesome play about a world in which everyone is everyone else\u2019s wolf, in which everyone kills for their own gain. Peter Weiss Several years ago I came across \u00bbNacht mit Gaesten\u00ab, a drama by Peter Weiss. It is a street ballad penned in Knittelversen (a kind of doggerel, or poetry irregular in rhyme and verse) that revives the…<\/p>\n

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