Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern

About the show

Lachenmann’s two-part Musik mit Bildern reworks Andersen’s tale of the little match girl through added political and philosophical texts. The work explores icy cold and social indifference; Lachenmann described Gudrun Ensslin as a distorted variant of the girl, while Leonardo da Vinci’s text adds a wider perspective. Its two sopranos and choirs narrate and reflect on the story in an experimental musical form. The entry does not give a continuous plot.