
What Happens to Tears: Rainer Maria Rilke at 150
Juilliard Rush Hour celebrates Rainer Maria Rilke at 150 with an evening of poetry, chamber music, and song, featuring settings of Rilke’s texts by a trio of his contemporaries (Berg, A. Mahler, and Schreker) and by a trio of Americans (Barber, Bernstein, and Lieberson), a Rilke-inspired chamber work by Stephen Hough, a melodrama by Viktor Ullmann, and a selection of Orpheus-inspired works alongside readings from Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus. Program to follow.
Doors open at 5:00 PM, free admission.
More information at: https://www.juilliard.edu/stage-beyond/performance/calendar