Members of the Frankfurter Opern and Museumsorchester, who joined forces with the Orchestra for Change in 2020, responsible for projects throughout the country aimed at protecting the climate, nature and endangered species, are giving a benefit concert in aid of "Rückenwind" (Tailwind) and their work in Madagaskar helping 300 women their on their way towards economic independence by providing education, basic medical care and support in achieving greater social stability.
Initiator Marie Daniels and Jelena Rothermel from the Archive for Women and Music will give insights into the background of this project and the composers featured this evening before the concert starts.
The programme features works by three remarkable composers spanning three centuries: a string quartet by Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn, followed by a work by the British composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth and Jessica Meyer's, 2024: "with a gift for burning," inspired by poems by the American poet Adrienne Rich.
An evening celebrating artistic excellence and a call to action - combining music with meaningful support for global social change.
Proceeds from the box office go towards the Orchestra of Change e.V.'s Madagaskar-Projekt
Fanny Mendelssohn 1805–1847
String Quartet in E flat Major (1834)
Jessica Meyer (*1974)
with a gift for burning
– interval –
Ethel Smyth 1858–1944
String Quartet in E minor (1902)
