About Walking in Duisburg: Marie Borger and Thorsten Töpp Connect Four Centuries
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About Walking: A Concert of Songs Between Longing, Home, and Departure
On Sunday, December 13, 2026, Marie Borger and Thorsten Töpp invite you to an intimate concert evening at the Protestant Community Center Neudorf. Under the title About Walking, the duo unites mezzo-soprano and concert guitar for a musical journey through nearly 450 years of song history.
A Musical Journey Through Four Centuries
The program spans from the lyrical gems of John Dowland through the solitary songs of Franz Schubert to a new composition based on texts by the poetess Mascha Kaléko. The historical range gains a clear dramatic line through the common motif of the lonely wanderer.
Between Renaissance, Romanticism, and the Present
Marie Borger shapes the poetic lines with her warm mezzo-soprano, while Thorsten Töpp opens intricate sound spaces on the concert guitar. Dowland's artful Renaissance songs meet Schubert's romantic introspection and Kaléko's modern perspective on displacement and rootlessness.
Intimate Live Atmosphere in the Community Center
The reduced ensemble creates closeness and makes every nuance audible: the breath before a vocal phrase, the lingering sound of a guitar string, and the fine synchronization between voice and instrument. The concert experience thrives on chamber music concentration, sensitive stage performance, and an immediate audience atmosphere.
Marie Borger and Thorsten Töpp
The Cologne mezzo-soprano Marie Borger and the Duisburg guitarist, composer, and improviser Thorsten Töpp regularly work on genre-crossing concert formats. Töpp combines classical concert guitar with contemporary composition and improvised music; his artistic profile also includes theater music, radio play, and event work.
Conclusion: A Concert for Soft Tones with Great Impact
About Walking promises a concentrated and emotional concert evening about loneliness, disappointed love, loss, and the search for a home. Those who want to experience music as a narrative sound space will find a special encounter of voice, guitar, and poetic words here. Entry is free; donations for the artists are requested.
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