Contemporary history in text and music based on the epistolary novel by Kathrin Kressman Taylor
An exchange of letters that begins with friendship - and ends in the abyss. On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's harrowing epistolary novel "Adressat unbekannt" will come impressively to life in St. Laurentiuskirche Schönberg: as an artistic combination of recitation, music, image and historical reflection.19 Letters and a telegram tell of the disintegration of a friendship between a German and his Jewish friend in the years 1932-1934 - and reveal in an oppressive way how ideology, exclusion and violence penetrate the private sphere.19 With Melanie Hirsch (soprano), Alexander Stein (recitation), Markus Hirsch (quotations & texts) and Alexandra Ismer (piano), the result is an intense evening of contemporary history that touches, stirs and resonates.
