CORNELIUS OBONYA & PETER HAVLICEK MIT FREUNDEN

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Sunday, August 2, 2026Aperitif: 6:30 PMStart: 7:15 PM Reading with ConcertHAYDN AND JAZZ Cornelius Obonya Voice Emily Stewart Violin Bertl Mayer Harmonica Peter Havlicek Contraguitar Peter Rosmanith Percussion Cornelius Obonya reads and sings poems by the Scottish national poet Robert Burns, translated into Viennese dialect by Dieter Berdel.These poems were not created in the safe confines of an ivory tower, but at the beer tables of 18th-century Scottish pubs. Joseph Haydn, during and after his two stays in England, with great joy and enthusiasm, made over 400 arrangements of these very melodies, mostly to the words of Robert Burns.Emily Stewart, Bertl Mayer, Peter Rosmanith, and Peter Havlicek view Haydn's music from today's perspective - enriched by Havlicek's compositions - thus laying the perfect carpet for Obonya's touching and at the same time witty interpretations. Enjoy y...