Resonance of the past Six memos for the next millennium was the intended title of a Harvard University lecture series by Italo Calvino. The Italian writer and literary theorist died in 1985 having only completed his notes for five of the six lectures; this material was subsequently compiled and published as a book in 1988 […]
SCHLAG 6 IM ENSEMBLEHAUS is a free, monthly, informal concert format organised by Ensemble Recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester. Sponsored by the Baden-Württembergische Ensemble-Akademie Foundation, programmes and performers are not announced in advance—simply come and be surprised! All performances start at 6 p.m. sharp. Surprise programme without intermission. Donations are appreciated.
Music and history, in other words History – in the sense of a society’s collective memory and understanding of the past – is constructed based on decisions made by older generations about what is worth preserving (in the form of texts, images, icons, monuments...) and what is not. The authors of these decisions (politicians, archivists, […]
