Forest Collective: My Heart
October 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
“Nights I wander the world’s city streets, looking for you and talking to you, my heart.” – Danaë Killian
Maverick pianist Danaë Killian will show the world her cracked and shining heart in a thrilling solo recital, inspired by German Expressionist poet Else Lasker-Schüler’s provocative work Mein Herz: Ein Liebesroman mit Bildern und wirklich lebenden Menschen (1912).
My Heart is a musical escape from the scintillating, but ultimately doomed artistic counterculture of pre-World War One Berlin, so powerfully evoked in Lasker-Schüler’s novel.
My Heart is made of music by Danaë’s beloved local composer friends, by Danaë herself, and by Arnold Schoenberg, Lasker-Schüler’s contemporary, who once gave the poet money in a time of need.
Lasker-Schüler’s Berlin of 1911 bleeds through Danaë Killian’s My Heart into our Naarm-Melbourne, and in so doing invokes themes of night-wandering, soul-homelessness, and starry yearning.
A portion of the proceeds from this performance will go towards the creation of an album of My Heart.
Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 (1910) – Arnold Schoenberg
Möbius for solo piano (2012) – Howard Dillon
Asphyxed (1991) – Christine McCombe
My Prussian Blue Heart for pianist, tarot cards, and piano (2017) – Danaë Killian
The Seventh Centre (1992) – Amelia Barden
Birth Music (2006) – Colin McKellar
Two Minds: Four Pieces for Solo Piano, Op. 73 (2004) – Gregers Brinch
Sikinnis No. 3 (2015) – Evan J Lawson
Saturday 19 October 7.30pm
Eleventh Hour Theatre, 170 Leicester St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Located roughly 50m from corner of Leicester and Gore Streets
Accessibility notice: There are steps upon entry to The Eleventh Hour Theatre. The Eleventh Hour Theatre has two steps to enter the venue, and a third step to enter the performance space. Unfortunately, this means that the venue is not wheelchair accessible, and may not be mobility aid accessible.
TICKETS: $35 – $30
Book all three performances in this season with a 30% discount by using the promo code 3SHOW.
