Hänsel und Gretel

School performances of Hänsel & Gretel on wed 03/12 at 9.00 am & 10.15 am.

To book tickets for school events, please contact the St. Pölten ticket office at karten@festspielhaus.at or +43 2742/90 80 80 600. If you have any questions about the programme, the content or the extended offer for this performance, please contact the cultural mediation office at kulturvermittlung@festspielhaus.at.

Who doesn't know the world-famous story of Hansel and Gretel? Musicians from the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich immerse themselves in the fantastic fairytale world of the Brothers Grimm together with children from the age of four.

Chamber music/visuals This staged chamber concert is based on a commissioned work written by the Krems composer Matthias Werner for the Tonkünstler-Orchester's music education programme. Chamber music that manages without words, because sounds and images, play and movement speak for themselves! Five members of the orchestra take the audience on a journey full of colour and adventure. They tell the story of how Hansel and Gretel defy their fears and finally return home stronger and more self-confident. Perhaps the best-known of all fairy tales is given a new guise. Plus impressive live music and visual splendour - and an intense atmosphere full of fun and excitement!

For 15 years, the Tonspiele – the Tonkünstler-Orchester's music education programme – has been building bridges between classical music and its young and young-at-heart audiences.

PROGRAMME

*Matthias Werner: Hänsel & Gretel

CAST & CREDITS

Richard Schmetterer concept, director, Künstlerkollektiv OMAi visuals

Sunniva Monstad violin, Thomas Grandpierre violoncello, Sagit Zur flute, Kurt Franz Schmid clarinet, Sebastian Kolarz-Löschberger horn