“Das erste Zwölftonstück” by Arnold Schönberg
Michael Maertens reads from Schönberg’s letters and texts from the Salzkammergut.
Before that:
14:00 Exhibition opening (Villa Toscana, Gmunden)
15:00 Boat trip Gmunden-Traunkirchen (included in the ticket price)
The composer, painter and writer Arnold Schönberg spent his summer holidays at Lake Traunsee six times between 1905 and 1923. For some summers he stayed at the Gasthof Hois’n. At the Traunsee Schönberg created chamber music, songs, piano pieces, paintings and drawings. The first twelve-tone composition in the history of music was written in Traunkirchen in July 1921.
Afterwards: Shuttle from Traunkirchen back to Gmunden/ Villa Toscana
- Free shuttle bus: From approx. 7 pm in front of the monastery, second bus approx. 7.30 pm
- By boat: Departure 18:35 by boat, landing stage at Traunkirchen Monastery (for a fee, stops at Villa Toscana on request)
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at
Contributors
Ulrike Anton (Arnold Schönberg Centre, Director)
Therese Muxeneder (Arnold Schönberg Centre, Curator)
Martin Haselböck (Festival Director KIRCH’KLANG)
Michael Maertens (reading)
Eva Resch (soprano)
Michael Schöch (piano)
A co-operation with the Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, and the KIRCH’KLANG Festival Salzkammergut
Martina Rothschädl (Head of Programme remembrance culture)
Christian Haselmayr (Head of Programme Music, Youth, Community Building)
