BartolomeyBittmann & Karl Markovics

That the weekend does not always come with inner or outer highs, even though it is the place of longing for the week, is told in cheerful to cloudy stories by Peter Altenberg, Alfred Polgar, Joseph Roth, Felix Salten, Christoph Ransmayr, Thomas Bernhard, and others. These texts hold up a mirror to us about people and life. A new program presented by Karl Markovics, Austria's award-winning exceptional artist, versatile character actor, director, and multitalent, together with the duo BartolomeyBittmann: they are authors and feuilletonists from a time and environment with which he can obviously relate, and he is able to delve deeply into the abysses of the Austrian soul with a contemplative, detail-oriented, and language-loving approach. It is a musical journey through various sonic environments that BartolomeyBittmann undertakes: as innovative bridge builders between styles, Matthias Bartolomey (cello) and Klemens Bittmann (violin & mandola) succeed in creating sonic connections that are far removed from the conventional. With their original compositions, they open up classical music and blend it with elements of rock, jazz, folk, and chamber music – the unmistakably energetic music of BartolomeyBittmann.