German winter trip
The German Winterreise is a nationwide art project by the author Stefan Weiller. In this project, the song cycle Winterreise by Franz Schubert is connected with the life stories and experiences of homeless and socially excluded people from German-speaking cities. The project has been performed in public spaces - mostly in churches - since 2009.
aims
The aim of the Deutsche Winterreise project is to use art to promote understanding, helpfulness and solidarity for homeless and socially excluded people. At the same time, a new and contemporary interpretation of the song cycle by Franz Schubert and Wilhelm Müller emerges .
The core of the art project are the life stories and experiences of the homeless or formerly homeless people. They were collected in individual interviews and then written down by Stefan Weiller, the project initiator. The resulting, sometimes very short text fragments give an insight into the emotions and experiences of the interlocutors.
Performances
The memories and reports of the interviewees are presented by a professional speaker between the individual songs of the winter trip. Due to the different stories and the different performance locations, a completely new performance is created in every city. The usual performance practice of a winter trip is deliberately broken because several singers and various instruments such as piano, organ, guitar or harpsichord are used. The musical arrangement of the winter trip is also tailored to the specific situation in the respective city. The winter trip in each city thus has its own concept, direction and musical implementation developed by Stefan Weiller. The clients for this project are mostly responsible for social work.
Speaker (selection)
- Christian Brückner (2011 Frankfurt winter trip, 2011 Darmstadt winter trip),
- Leslie Malton (2011 Wiesbaden winter trip, 2012 Berlin winter trip),
- Michael Fitz (2012 Augsburg winter trip),
- Hansi Jochmann (2011 Frankfurter Winterreise 2),
- Georgette Dee and Terry Truck (2011 Frankfurter Winterreise 2, 2012 Hamburger Winterreise),
- Jochen Busse (2012 Velbert Winter Tour),
- Michael Schenk (2012 Osnabrück winter trip),
- Ulrich Matthes (2012 Berlin winter trip),
- Jens Harzer (2012 Hamburg winter trip),
- Oliver Rohrbeck (2012 winter trip to Freiburg),
- Felix von Manteuffel (2013 Winter Tour in Mainz),
- Gustav Peter Wöhler (2014 Karlsruhe winter trip),
- Renan Demirkan (2014 Düsseldorf winter trip),
- Stefanie Tücking (2014 Koblenz winter trip),
- Helmut Krauss (2014 Koblenz winter trip, 2016 Trier winter trip)
Musical ensemble
Christina Schmid - soprano; Dirk Schneider - baritone, Hedayet Djeddikar - pianist.
Musical guests
- Claus Bantzer - conductor, organist, composer, choir director
- Nohad Becker - mezzo-soprano
- Mareike Bender - mezzo-soprano
- Heike Bleckmann - pianist
- Theodore Browne - tenor
- Max Ciolek - tenor
- Hilko Dumno - pianist
- Susanna Frank - mezzo-soprano
- Gabriel Heun - tenor
- Moritz Kallenberg - tenor
- Achim Kleinlein - tenor
- Wolfgang Mechsner - pianist
- Elisabeth Popien - alt
- Claus Temps - baritone
- Wolfgang Vetter - tenor
- Petra Woisetschläger & Udo Betz - Duo FraGile
Previous locations
- Trier Winterreise, October 23, 2016, Liebfrauen Basilica
- Koblenz Winter Tour, March 23, 2014, Christ Church
- Düsseldorf Winter Tour, March 15, 2014, Johanneskirche
- Karlsruhe Winterreise, January 26, 2014, Ev. Christ Church
- Neunkircher Winterreise, September 8, 2013, St. Marien
- Kassel Winter Tour, January 20, 2013, Martinskirche
- Winter Tour in Mainz, January 13, 2013, Christ Church
- Freiburg Winter Tour, November 25, 2012, St. Martins Church
- Hamburg Winter Tour, November 21, 2012, St. Petri Church
- Winter trip in Berlin, November 11, 2012, Holy Cross Church
- Osnabrück Winter Tour, November 4, 2012, St. Marien Church
- Velbert Winter Tour, March 3, 2012, Christ Church
- Augsburg Winter Tour, January 22, 2012, St. Ulrich and Afra Basilica
- Frankfurter Winterreise II, December 18, 2011, Matthäuskirche Frankfurt
- Long winter trip, November 20, 2011, Ev. City Church Langen
- Darmstadt Winter Tour, October 30, 2011, Ev. City Church Darmstadt
- Frankfurter Winterreise I, January 30, 2011, Matthäuskirche Frankfurt a. M.
- Wiesbaden Winter Tour II, January 16, 2011, Ringkirche Wiesbaden
- Krefeld Winter Tour, December 12, 2010, Friedenskirche Krefeld
- Luxembourg Winter Tour, October 1, 2010, Bonneweg Cultural Center
- Saarbrücken Winter Tour, February 7, 2010, Ludwigskirche Saarbrücken
- Wiesbaden Winter Tour I, November 15, 2009, Ringkirche Wiesbaden
publication
In 2019 Deutsche Winterreise was released on CD, read by Eva Mattes , Jens Harzer , Wolfram Koch , Helmut Krauss and Birgitta Assheuer , piano: Hedayat Djeddikar .
Web links
- Homepage of the German winter trip project
- Winter trip to the homeless. Augsburger Allgemeine from January 25, 2012, accessed February 5, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ speak-low - publishing and media production - Franz Schubert / Wilhelm Müller / Stefan Weiller German winter trip. Accessed April 30, 2019 (German).