UND IMMER SINGEN DIE AHNEN MIT

Scenic-musical narrative by Maria Riccarda Wesseling & Goran Kovačević

What motivates an internationally celebrated singer to bring her personal story to the stage?
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Postremise, UND IMMER SINGEN DIE AHNEN MIT is a new in-house production by Maria Riccarda Wesseling and Goran Kovačević. The work exemplifies the artistic profile of the museum: thoroughly researched, formally free and independent in terms of content.

In it, the mezzo-soprano Maria Riccarda Wesseling, who comes from Graubünden, asks herself a fundamental question of her artistic biography:
"I have always interpreted for others – but what is my own music?"
Together with accordionist Goran Kovačević, she embarks on a personal and at the same time open journey to her musical roots.
Memories of family celebrations, at which folk songs were sung with great devotion, flow into it as well as the sonic proximity to Balkan traditions, to the earthly gravity of the tarantella or to traces of an eventful, perhaps nomadic family history. Mementos appear on stage that seem like small gateways to the past; Fragments that gradually come together to form a multi-layered picture of their identity.
The questions that the piece asks – about origin, inner sound and artistic foundation – are pursued with seriousness, without losing sight of humour, lightness and the unexplained. The result is a poetic web of reflection, narration and musical gesture.
Musically, Wesseling and Kovačević move freely through different sound spaces. Classical echoes stand next to Swiss folk music, rhythms of the Balkans, traces of jazz and elements of contemporary music.

UND IMMER SINGEN DIE AHNEN MIT, was developed in the Postremise and combines the joy of artistic experimentation with careful research. The production marks a special accent in the anniversary year of the house.