The texts tell of survival, of resistance – and of the saving power of art. A sensitive portrait – musically framed by compositions that reflect, mirror and comment on Bernhard's world.

Music:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Fragment from the overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620, for violin, cello and piano

Till Alexander Körber (born 1967)

‘Des Todes Schrecken so mächtig sind’ (The terrors of death are so powerful), from Microscopic Reflections I and II

Louis Spohr (1784–1859)

Sonata for violin and piano in D major, Op. 114

“Zauberflötenparaphrasen”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” WoO 4 for piano and violoncello.