Concert | Sun 4. December 2022
Spirituals
The Voice of the Oppressed
Sun 4.12.2022 .
Start 16:00 Uhr .
Entry 15:45 Uhr .
STUDIO Olgastrasse .
Olgastraße 93b .
70180 Stuttgart .
Entrance fee 25,00 Euro .
Reduced 10,00 Euro .
The program presents songs and poems of the oppressed in spirituals and lyrics by black Americans Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) and Langston Hughes (1902-1967), and by contemporary Belarusian Dmitri Strotsev (b. 1963).
Spirituals emerged from the combination of African rhythms and melodies, and the church songs that slaves heard from their white masters. Especially in the Old Testament texts that speak of the hardship and liberation of the people of Israel, they found scenes that corresponded to their own situation. Trapped in dependency and oppression, they sang of a better world in heaven or a new more just society on earth. With the deep feeling and melancholy, the spirituals in their simple and direct way find the access to the souls of the people.
Information
- Language: bilingual
- Artists: Aylish Kerrigan, Mezzosoprano; Vladimir Valdivia, Piano; George Burden, Reciter; Günter Eyb, Reciter
- Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m
- get together after the event
- Entry: 25 euros, Pupils: 10 €
- Ort der Veranstaltung: Studio Olgastraße 93 B, 70180 Stuttgart
- Public transport: Bus 43 Wilhelmsplatz/Olgastraße; U1/12/14/15 Österreichischer Platz; U5/6/7/15 Olgaeck
- Cooperation partners: Cultural Office Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Europa-Club, Deutsch-Irischer Freundeskreis in Baden Württemberg e.V., Höfinger Heimat- und Kulturverein