A small reading for soloists, conductors, and the entire ensemble: Eduard Mörike describes the melancholy of a harp, and Alfred Polgar talks about the unkempt fingernails of a clarinetist. Mela Hartwig recounts a sluggish orchestra rehearsal, Georg Trakl finds poetic words about trumpets, and Heinrich Böll gets upset about his coughing cousin in the concert hall. Whether in the orchestra pit or at a chamber music evening – wherever music is played, there are little stories, anecdotes, and poems. They all share what Nietzsche already knew: "Without music, life would be a mistake.".