King kommt noch
Program
Ulrich Kreppein
for an actor, children's choir, and orchestra. Libretto by Andrea Karimé based on her book of the same name.
Cast
Mariano Chiacchiarini
Conductor
12 Elementary School Classes from Cologne
Gürzenich-Orchestra Cologne
Ruth Dobernecker
Choreinstudierung
Maike Hiller
Choreinstudierung
Johanna Risse
Choreinstudierung
Clara Siegmund
Choreinstudierung
A collaboration between the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and KölnMusik.
Dates
The boy has been in this new country for a few days now, where everything is completely different from home. The whole family has come with him and they are now living together in a single room: Mom, Dad, and the baby; only King, the boy's beloved dog, is not there. Not yet, because “King is coming,” says Mom, and so the boy passes the time waiting by closely examining his new surroundings. He shares all the strange things he discovers with King via his wind phone. Why, for example, do people here put dog poop in bags? Why can't he and his parents read anything in the new country? And who is the woman from the yoga yogurt shop or the woman with the blue light? It's all very strange.
“King kommt noch” is a musical story about arriving in a foreign country. Over a period of two months, 300 second-grade students work with vocal instructors to prepare the piece “King kommt noch” (2018), which will be performed in two concerts with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne at the end of the project.
