Coco Chanel was a phenomenon, a legend. Her rise from extremely poor living conditions to become the richest woman in France and owner of a global fashion empire has a fairy-tale quality. She ingeniously gave just the right impulses at the right time, freed women from corsets, and made their clothing functional, yet at the same time sophisticated in an entirely new way. Determined, at times ruthlessly selfish, she expanded her business until it became the world corporation that still exists today.
She did not leave anything private from her own hand to posterity, no letters, no diaries. Who was the woman who became this icon? She skillfully avoided clear and definitive answers in interviews - what was a lie, what was the truth, can one still find out? The ensemble Tityre lifts the veil and tries to understand: Who was the person behind the intertwined Cs?
In her friendships with artists, she was clearly generous, supporting poets, painters, and musicians. Paris was buzzing with a spirit of renewal, it's hard to imagine just how many talents were simultaneously frequenting the clubs, cafes, theaters, and concert halls. And Chanel in the midst of it all - costumes for a ballet by Milhaud, long concert nights with Poulenc, two years of shelter for Stravinsky and his family - with this music that she heard, loved, and promoted, the ensemble Tityre takes you to a special sound world, fresh, charming, sometimes cheeky - distinctly French!
Flutist Annette Hermeling and pianist Bettina Pfeiffer founded the ensemble in 1994, naming it after a composition by Albert Roussel and a flute-playing shepherd, almost a colleague of Pan: Tityre.
With the addition of an oboe and an actress, the "Weibermusik" was created and along with it the format that has become the defining feature of Ensemble Tityre, an intimate merging of music and acting:
"The blend of literature and music is certainly not new, nor is it an invention of Ensemble Tityre. In the form presented, however, something unique and original has emerged. Not onomatopoeia, not mere showmanship. A splendid dramaturgy."
The concert is being held in collaboration with the Commissioner for Gender Equality of the city of Vechta.
Admission: 3:30 p.m.
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