novembrig

Images, texts, poetry, and music: The poem cycle "novembrig" by Swiss poet Elsbeth Maag describes the naturalness of dying and death as a self-evident stage in the ongoing process of becoming and passing away. In vivid imagery, the poet approaches the often-repressed theme—delicately, gently, and encouragingly. She succeeds in crafting verses of enchanting sensuality, reconciling while preserving the mystery. Ulrich Zeitler's musical setting was inspired by Swiss cultural promoter Alois Bischof. The foundation is the High German version created by the poet of the text originally written in Swiss dialect in 1997. Zeitler's composition draws inspiration from the richness of colors and images that the poet's powerful yet concise words evoke in the reader. He listens and feels into the atmospheric density, into the unspeakable that lies between the lines. From the many layers of the theme emerges a cosmos of sounds that lightens the weight of heaviness.