Klingende Residenz: Hymnen an die Nacht

For its 17th edition, the "Klingende Residenz" series transforms the Ahnensaal of Rastatt's baroque palace into a musical and literary journey through the night. The internationally acclaimed Vocalensemble Rastatt performs alongside pianist Anne Le Bozec (professor at the Conservatoire supérieur de Paris) and speaker and presenter Elisabeth Verhoeven (known from WDR Köln, among others). The evening is directed by Holger Speck, founder and artistic director of the Vocalensemble Rastatt and professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Verhoeven's most recent appearance at the Klingende Residenz featured incidental music for Goethe's Faust.

The programme brings together choral and piano music by Fanny Hensel, Johannes Brahms - including "In stiller Nacht", "Verstohlen geht der Mond auf", and the ghostly "Nächtens" - and Robert Schumann, whose "Träumerei" rounds out the night. Elisabeth Verhoeven recites corresponding texts by Eichendorff, Brentano, and the evening's namesake, Novalis.