Othmar Schoeck Festival Brunnen 2023

The fifth Othmar Schoeck Festival after 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2022 will focus on the composer's place of origin and the environment in which Othmar grew up with his three brothers Paul, Ralph and Walter. How have the cultural conditions there changed since the beginning of the 20th century? And what is the current state of culture in the canton of Schwyz?

Motto

"Le plus beau pays du monde?"
Like his colleague Alfred Schoeck (1841-1931), Othmar's father, the landscape painter Alexandre Calame (1810-1864) had studied under François Diday (1802-1877) in Geneva. He was fascinated by the view of Lake Uri and the snow-covered Alps. He described these surroundings as "the most beautiful stretch of land on earth".

The Othmar Schoeck Festival puts a question mark behind Calame's quote, which still adorns a stone in front of the long since burnt down Hotel Axenstein. How were the four Schoeck brothers able to pursue their artistic inclinations there at the time?

Music

Schoeck's songs can be heard in Cornelia Kallisch's master class: how they are first polished and then how they sound when performed.

In concert with the Swiss Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Schoeck's Prelude op. 48 will be performed. The program also includes works by his contemporaries Hindemith and Weill as well as current pieces by Oliver Waespi and Stephan Hodel. The Othmar Schoeck Festival has honored the versatile Swiss composer Stephan Hodel commissioned a work: Information overload will be premiered on September 2 in the Werkhalle Dettling. The Swiss Symphonic Wind Orchestras plays under the direction of Niki Wüthrich.

The former park around the artists' villa and the Hotel Eden invites you to linger each evening from August 31. An installation with light and sound transforms the grounds into a "Garden of Eden".

Discussion

Cultural policy issues from the past and present are at the center of both Heidy Greco-Kaufmann's lecture on Oskar Eberle as well as on the podium Cultural issues under the direction of Bruno Steiner.

Details on the program under this link: https://schoeckfestival.ch/2023-le-plus-beau-pays-du-monde/

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