Composer Marcus Schmickler explores the theme of memory in a concert/show for choir and instruments, which is based on the story of one Daniel Schreber: the archetype of what it is to be a contemporary survivor, as a person who managed to impose reason, logic and coherence to his apparently insane world. It is a subject that allows for the exploration of changes in social structures, of the failures of modernity and of the attempt to build a new, more rational and enlightened reality.
Credits
controtenore (Schreber): Daniel Gloger
Neue Vocalsolisten: 5 voices
string quintet + percussion: Zafraan Ensemble
Composition and sound direction: Marcus Schmickler
Film and direction: Titus Selge