⏱︎ Saturday · September 26 2026 · 7:30 pm

⚲ Rittersaal · Stockalper Castle · Brig

$ CHF 30/15

ⓘ The concert is planned as an open-air event in the arcades of Stockalper Castle. In case of uncertain weather, the concert will be held in the Rittersaal. No reservation is required for either venue. Open seating. 70 minutes without interval.

CARLOTTA LIPSKI MEZZO-SOPRANO

MAGDALENA WOLFARTH PIANO

CHARLOTTE KAISER MANDOLIN

TIMM KORNELIUS BASSOON

What does it mean to let go and to grow anew from what has gone before? Requiem für einen jungen Künstler enters the poetic world of Rainer Maria Rilke, approaching death not simply as an ending, but as a space for transformation.

In a staged, performative setting, songs, fragments of text, improvisation and sound installations come together to form a musical requiem exploring fear, loneliness and doubt, but also new beginnings, artistic rebirth and inner peace. Voice and piano encounter the distinctive sounds of mandolin and bassoon alongside electronic elements.

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arnold Schönberg, Wolfgang Rihm, Libby Larsen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Alma Mahler, Ruth Schonthal, Dora Pejačević and Johannes Brahms is taken up, transformed and placed within a new dramatic context. Rather than treating art song according to established conventions, the performance explores it as artistic material and reimagines its possibilities on stage.

Despite its existential themes, the evening also leaves room for unexpected shifts and moments of self-irony. The result is a poetic and compelling experience between art song, sound installation and staged performance, offering a fresh perspective on both Rilke’s poetic world and the art-song tradition.

Winner of the #LIEDINNOVATION 2026.

PROGRAMME

Introit
W. A. Mozart (1756–1791): Introitus – Requiem in d-Moll KV 626

Kyrie
A. Schönberg (1874–1951): Lied der Waldtaube (Jacobsen) – Gurre-Lieder
R. M. Rilke (1875–1926): Textauszug – Die Aufzeichnungen des M. L. Brigge

Gradual
W. Rihm (1952–2024): Vorfrühling (Rilke) – Gesänge op. 1

Tract
R. M. Rilke (1875–1926): Textauszug – Die Aufzeichnungen des M. L. Brigge

Dies irae
D. Pejačević (1885–1923): Viele Fähren aus Mädchengestalten (Rilke)

Offertory
B. A. Zimmermann (1918–1970): Imaginärer Lebenslauf (Rilke)

Procession
L. Larsen (* 1950): Requiem und If I Had Grown Up – Three Rilke Songs
Eugen Meier (* 1934): Weischus Dü? – Lieder us um Tal (Taugwalder)

Sanctus
A. Mahler (1879–1964): Bei dir ist es traut (Rilke) – Fünf Lieder

Agnus Dei
D. Pejačević (1885–1923): Ich war ein Kind – Mädchengestalten (Rilke)

Communion
R. Schonthal (1924–2006): Ich will ein Garten sein – Acht Lieder (Rilke)

Recessional
W. A. Mozart (1756–1791): Lacrimosa – Requiem in d-Moll KV 626