ALI AND THE MAGIC JUG A musical fairy tale for children
ALI AND THE MAGIC JUG, a musical fairy tale from Ethiopia (text arranged by Peter Hanser-Strecker) is published three times: as a version for symphonic orchestra and narrator in the tradition of "Peter and the Wolf", as an easily realisable chamber music version for flute, harp, string sextet and narrator, ...as well as in a book and audio version with CD recording: famours actor Karlheinz Böhm (narrator) and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Staatstheater Mainz (cond. Catherine Rückwardt). At the centre of the story is the young Ali, who leads a hard, modest life and knows how to conjure up a white ghost with his flute playing, enabling him to escape from his poverty... together with his friend Amina and her fiddle. An exciting fairy tale with music-making in the busy African daily life, with the ghost in the graveyard, - it is about friendship, joy in the village and greed....Amina's mother only runs after wealth and misses the essential moments of happiness!
- HAGOSSA, Ali's Theme as a song for children with lyrics by Stefan Waggershausen.