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Forget me not - stories Lieder tell
Seht ihr den Mond dort stehen
er ist nur halb zu sehen
und ist doch rund und schön,
so sind wohl manche Sachen 
die wir getrost belachen
weil uns're Augen sie nicht seh'n.

These are hard times for the lied. Yet especially children rejoice in singing and making up songs. Forget me not takes us into a world of Lieder and thus, into the invisible...
Internationally acclaimed altoist Ingeborg Danz and pianist and composer Michael Gees compiled a programme especially for a youthful audience. [more]


Forget me not – what Lieder tell
A children’s concert for ages 8 and up

Der Mond ist aufgegangen (Matthias Claudius / J. A. P. Schulz)
Der Erlkönig (J. W. v. Goethe / Franz Schubert)
Der Tod und das Mädchen (Matthias Claudius / Franz Schubert)
Fisches Nachtgesang (Joachim Ringelnatz)
Das Veilchen (J. W. v. Goethe / W. A. Mozart)
Jägers Abendlied (J. W. v. Goethe / Franz Schubert)
Der Rattenfänger (J. W. v. Goethe / Hugo Wolf)
Der Zauberlehrling (J. W. v. Goethe / M. Gees)

Available as CD.

Singing Ingeborg Danz
Piano & Presentation Michael Gees
Dramaturgical Advisor Andrea Kramer
Based on an idea by Sara Liebe


"... She normally occupies the most prestigious European and American stages. But come Sunday, Ingeborg Danz, one of the foremost altoists of the younger generation, will perform for "little people" at the Consol Theater located at Bismarckstraße. … A programme unheard of: A children’s concert made up of Lieder..."
Ruhr Nachrichten

"… the children’s concert for ages eight and up was a fascinating flight of fantasy. Ingeborg Danz sang with her phenomenal voice, congenially accompanied by Michael Gees at the grand piano. … Gees led through the programme with childlike naiveté, a wink and a smile; and related each lied’s content so strikingly that the many children in the audience listened attentively. …"
WAZ

"… Gees even found child-adequate and good images for incomprehensible concepts like death. He artfully took in the audience. Who would have thought: Even the youngest ones liked the Lieder and ballads a lot. …"
Buersche Zeitung