200 years since his birth, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Karl Marx Exhibitions Organisation present a series of concerts, soundart installations and events commemorating the life and work of Karl Marx in Trier in Germany and Birmingham and London in the UK.

Insight & Season Launch Event

Thursday 30 August, 7.30pm
CBSO Centre, Birmingham

Concerts

Specially commissioned music by Robert Reid Allan, Sergej Newski, Celeste Oram, Frédéric Pattar, Kaspar Querfurth, Richie Wang and nine winners of the Wilde Lieder Marx.Music International Call for Scores, performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Michael Wendeberg with soprano Elizabeth Atherton & baritone Marcus Farnsworth.

Instrumental - Trier

Please note the programme differs between performances.

Saturday 1 September, 8pm
Promotionsaula der Universität

Sunday 2 September, 11.30am
Kurfürstliches Palais

Soundart - Trier

Saturday 1 September 2018, 10pm
Stadtmuseum Simeonstift Trier, Germany

Instrumental - Birmingham

Tuesday 4 September, 7.30pm
CBSO Centre

Pierrot Laborieux [work & The Work]
Soundart Installation by Celeste Oram

Trier

Open: 16 August-2 September
Stadtmuseum Simeonstift

Birmingham

Saturday 29 September, 6pm
The Dome, University of Birmingham

London

Saturday 15 - Sunday 23 September 2018, London Design Festival at the V&A
Celeste Oram’s work & The Work open to public as part of London Design Festival.

Call for Scores Competition Winners

Winners of the Wilde Lieder Marx.Music International Call for Scores will be announced on 16 August 2018. 

Thank you to our partners, supporters and funders.
Wilde Lieder Marx.Music is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
UK performances are supported by Diaphonique.