A musical and literary program
...as seen in the works of Goethe, Heine, Busch, and others / For Johannes Kirchberg, the time has now come to talk about love. What are the right words? Where can they be found? Isn’t “I love you” too trite for what he feels? Do these words truly convey everything he has to say? Wouldn’t it be better for him to write his own song—or have one written for him? Or to seek refuge in the eloquent words of his predecessors, of famous authors? What words did they find in this extraordinary situation? A journey through time, exploring declarations of love spanning several centuries, begins.
