When does The big La Lu La ... or when words dance take place?

The event takes place on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 6:00 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The venue is the Capella Hospitalis at Teutoburger Straße 50, 33604 Bielefeld.

What does the admission cost?

Admission is free. A donation is welcome.

Who performs in The big La Lu La?

Hajo Bernard plays and Margret Oetjen speaks. Voice, piano, saxophone, and ukulele are among the instruments used.

Which texts are in focus?

The focus is on poems by Christian Morgenstern, especially characters and texts from his gallows song cosmos.

Is the event a classical concert?

The program combines concert, reading, and stage performance into an evening between sound and poetry.

When words dance: Morgenstern's poems transform Bielefeld into a sounding dream world

Name: The big La Lu La ... or when words dance
Start: 2026-11-15T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-15T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Capella Hospitalis

When poems sound and words dance

On Sunday, November 15, 2026, "The big La Lu La ... or when words dance" in the Capella Hospitalis connects wit, music, and poetic onomatopoeia. Hajo Bernard and Margret Oetjen open the access to the fascinating world of Christian Morgenstern – between subtle humor, surprising sound colors, and philosophical moments.

Morgenstern's gallows songs as a sounding stage world

The moon sheep, the Ginggans, the werewolf, and the Nasobem emerge from Morgenstern's literary cosmos. In the performance, the poems unfold their full rhythmic energy: syllables jump, images light up, and apparent nonsense gains a profound, meaningful dimension.

Voice meets piano, saxophone, and ukulele

Margret Oetjen's language design encounters the playing of Hajo Bernard. Voice, piano, saxophone, ukulele, and other instruments merge into original arrangements. The orchestration remains mobile and pointed: Sometimes a musical impulse carries the wordplay, other times a pause places the crucial accent.

A concert experience between subtlety and humor

The Capella Hospitalis provides the perfect setting for this evening between concert, reading, and stage performance. A concentrated live atmosphere, clear acoustics, and immediate audience closeness make the texts not only audible but nearly visible. The result is an unusual sound and poetry experience for literature lovers, curious concert guests, and anyone who wishes to experience language from a new perspective.

Conclusion: Discovering poetry live

"The big La Lu La ... or when words dance" promises an evening full of surprising sounds, linguistic sparks, and poetic images. Anyone wishing to experience Christian Morgenstern's gallows songs as a living stage performance should mark this date in Bielefeld. Admission is free, donations are welcome.