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Loriot – Scenes from a Marriage

An evening full of subtle humour, sharp wit and the timeless art of observation awaits the audience when two of the most renowned actors in German-language television and theatre, Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun, immerse themselves in the humorous world of Loriot. Under the title »Scenes from a Marriage«, they present a selection of trenchant sketches, dialogues and texts about the eternal mystery between husband and wife – masterfully written by the unforgotten Vicco von Bülow alias Loriot.


With their unmistakable voices, subtle irony and a great sense of comedic timing, Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun bring Loriot’s married couples, relationship crises and everyday absurdities to life at the highest level. The typical Loriot characters – as exaggerated as they are human – show how close the tragicomic often is to the real.

The reading will be accompanied by Maria Reiter’s virtuoso accordion, which will provide a musical frame and atmospheric accompaniment to the evening. The music sets accentuated nuances that underline Loriot’s subtle humour and transform the literary evening into an atmospherically dense overall experience.

A feast for Loriot lovers, theatre enthusiasts and all those who love the charming, pointed look at the human element in everyday life. And, of course, an evening with the wonderful acting greats Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun.

PERFORMERS

Senta Berger reading

Friedrich von Thun reading

Maria Reiter accordion

Lucas Debargue / Piano Recital

If Lucas Debargue’s life were ever to be made into a film, there would be plenty to tell: at the age of nine, the Frenchman developed an interest in classical music and taught himself the piano, but a few years later he gave it all up – in order to play the electric bass in a rock band and study literature. Not until Debargue was 20 did he return to the piano, when he also started to perform jazz. Debargue »only« came fourth in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015, but he became the audience’s darling during the contest, which laid the foundation for his international career.

PERFORMERS

Lucas Debargue piano

PROGRAM

Alexander Skrjabin
Impromptu à la mazur in C major

Alexander Skrjabin
Deux Impromptus à la mazur, Op. 7

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Mazurka in E–flat minor, VL 222

Milij Balakirew
Mazurka No. 7 in E–flat minor

Lucas Debargue
Mazurkas No. 1 and No. 2

Miłosz Magin
ndantino und Presto, ma non troppo / from: Sonatina for Piano

Gabriel Fauré
Mazurka in B–flat major, Op. 32

- Interval -

Lucas Debargue
Suite for Piano in D minor

Alexander Skrjabin
Sonata No. 3 in F–sharp minor, Op. 23

Maat Saxophone Quartet

There are countless string quartets – both ensembles and works – but saxophone quartets? The MAAT Saxophone Quartet is making a name for itself in this formation. As one of the European Concert Hall Organisation’s »Rising Stars«, it will be touring throughout Europe in the 2025/26 season. After eight sold-out children’s concerts in 2024, the quartet’s musicians are also returning to the Elbphilharmonie – with a programme that showcases the quartet’s diversity with arrangements ranging from string quartets to piano concertos.

PERFORMERS

Maat Saxophone Quartet ensemble

Daniel Ferreira soprano saxophone

Catarina Gomes alto saxophone

Pedro Silva tenor saxophone

Mafalda Oliveira baritone saxophone

PROGRAM

Jean Rivier
Grave et presto

Lili Boulanger
Nocturne

Lili Boulanger
Cortège

Henriëtte Bosmans
String Quartet

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Two Pieces for String Quartet

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Aleksandra Vrebalov
Four Faces, Four Wings

Kurt Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Mable Preach: Opera of Hope

Mable Preach: Opera of Hope

Migrantpolitan: Community Bathing x Intersectional Discourse

Migrantpolitan: Community Bathing x Intersectional Discourse