Forum Lied by Various, Dv. 30 Des. 2022, De (2022/2022), Theater, Gütersloh, Germany

His Quickborn, a collection of Patt German poems, was very well known during his lifetime, but the poet Klaus Groth was not to be forgotten until Johannes Brahms. The story of the two unequal friends is told, the "long skinny one and the little fat one". The North German origin connects the two, their love of home and insatiable longing "back to children's land" lead to masterpieces of song literature. In a humorous tone, the musical-biographical collage tells of encounters between the two, of their common plans and their great differences. And then they fell in love with the same young woman, the poet and the composer. The singer Hermine Spies really confuses the two gentlemen, while at the same time taking care of the youngest of our program,