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Musical recital Etty & Rilke, a quest for the Absolute
Music · Saturday, November 28 · 18:00 · Paris
Bibliothèque Rainer Maria Rilke, 88 Ter boulevard de Port-Royal
Free
Etty Hillesum tells, in her diary written in Amsterdam between 1941 and 1943, about her spiritual opening even as the threat of deportation looms. The meeting with an analyst and her reading of the mystic poet Rainer Maria Rilke will be the essential nourishment of her soul. In this recital, we hear excerpts from Etty's diary that dialogue with Rilke's poetry. These texts of extraordinary beauty and power “help to live.” Performed here in French and translated…
