The Lay of Love and Death of The Cornet Christoph Rilke

2008-06-07 1

This video-clip shows the beginning of the musical piece "The Lay of Love and Death of the Cornet Christoph Rilke" composed by th Austrian Composer Viktor Ullmann in 1944 at the concentatrion camp of Theresienstadt remembering his personal experiences in World War I at the Italian frontline. The clip is taken from a night performance at the Italian-Austrian frontline at the Valentinalm in Austria performed by Rupert Bergmann and Alfred Melichar (accordion) in a production of ARBOS - Company for Music & Theatre directed by Herbert Gantschacher as part of the project "War = daDa"