Postscript, Jed Wentz & Shunske Sato

Postscript, Jed Wentz & Shunske Sato

A man who no longer seeks redemption, not even from the devil: in Lord Byron’s Manfred, the protagonist cultivates his own downfall. Declamation artist Jed Wentz presents the sensational ‘closet drama’ as a dark narrative in which spoken word and music are inseparable. Excerpts from works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, and brother Felix, accompany Manfred’s steady descent, from guilt to cataclysm. The immaculate string work in this thriller is by Shunske Sato, Artem Belogurov, and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde.

With introductory interview by host Simon Mulder
Language: English

Programme

• Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn

  Fantasia in G minor
  Trio in d, op. 11

  1804-1874
• Felix Mendelssohn

  Trio in c, op. 66

  1809-1847
• Clara Schumann

  Pièces caracteristiques, op. 5
  Romances, op. 11
  Romances, op. 22

  1819-1896
• Robert Schumann

  Manfred, op. 115
  Abendlied, op. 85
  Papillons, op. 2
  
  Programme subject to change

   1810-1856

Musicians

• Jed Wentz storyteller
• Shunske Sato violin
• Postscript
• Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde cello
• Artem Belogurov harpsichord