Der Mann im Fahrstuhl
The Man in the elevator

Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1987)

staged concert with words by Heiner Müller

composed and directed by Heiner Goebbels
stage and light Thomas Dreissigacker

with Heiner Müller, Arto Lindsay, Fred Frith, Don Cherry, George Lewis/Johannes Bauer, Peter Hollinger/Charles Hayward, Peter Hein/Holger Hiller/Ernst Stötzner, Tim Berne/Dietmar Diesner, Heiner Goebbels


Details

for voice, git, dr, trb, trp, sax, keyboards
premiere: Artrock Festival, Frankfurt 1987, 75'

further performances between 1987 and 1990 in Berlin, Vienna, Leipzig, Paris, Strasbourg, Bonn, Bruxelles, New York, Victoriaville (CAN), Freiburg, Frankfurt (Mousonturm) etc.

produced by artmobil, frankfurt(main)

Related

» Der Mann im Fahrstuhl based on a text by Heiner Müller (cd)

Texts

  • Hörstück "Der Mann im Fahrstuhl/The Man in the Elevator" (Article, DE)
    Wie "FÜNF MINUTEN" Zeit und Text zerbrechen
    by Barbara Kordes
    Barbara Kordes. Musikalische Lesarten: Heiner Goebbels und Heiner Müller. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2009. S.208-220.
    2009

Past dates

  • 9 May 2003, 10:05 pm
    » BR 2, Radio (Germany)
    HR / ECM 1989