Georg Nigl, Nicholas Ofczarek & Markus Hinterhäuser

For the baritone Georg Nigl, art song should always address the contradictions and danger zones of our time. Together with Nicholas Ofczarek - an actor at the Burgtheater - and Markus Hinterhäuser - pianist and artistic director of the Salzburg Festival - he embarks on the adventure of the texts of Karl Kraus in "The Last Days of Humanity?", pairing them with songs by composers such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Gustav Mahler, and Hanns Eisler. The result is an artistic event that is unforgettable: "The Last Days of Humanity?" is not a concert in the classical sense, but a passionate, poetic, and deeply moving engagement with war, hope, and dignity.

Program
Karl Kraus // 1874-1936
Excerpts from "The Last Days of Humanity" // 1915-22
interwoven with
Hanns Eisler // 1898-1962
Ballad of the Water Wheel // 1934
Horatio's Monologue // 1954
To Hope // 1942
Gustav Mahler // 1860-1911
Urlicht // 1905
The Drummer's Boy // 1901
Hanns Eisler
Saying 1939 // 1939
Gustav Mahler
Where the Beautiful Trumpets Sound // 1898
Hanns Eisler
The Trench // 1959-61
Dmitri Shostakovich // 1906-1975
Prelude in E-flat minor op. 34 No. 14 for solo piano // 1933
Gustav Mahler
Revelge // 1899
Pete Seeger // 1919-2014
Tell Me, Where Have All the Flowers Gone // 1955
Hanns Eisler
And Finally // 1953

Cast
Nicholas Ofczarek | Speaker
Georg Nigl | Baritone
Markus Hinterhäuser | Piano