One night, consumed by a dark secret. One night, radiant with happiness. In his poem Verklärte Nacht, Richard Dehmel describes a couple walking through a dark forest gradually taking control of their future. The young Arnold Schönberg later composed enchantingly beautiful, late Romantic music for the piece. This “Transfigured Night” inspired Anneleen Lenaerts to create a unique literary concert about the dual nature of Viennese fin de siècle: radiant and dark at the same time. Lenaert pulls out shimmering romantic melodies from the treasure chest of the Viennese opera, while Erwin Mortier (Marcel, Shutter Speed, While the Gods Were Sleeping) gives voice to the friction hidden under the Viennese patina.

Credits

Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
Erwin Mortier, narrator