Which of those hearts shall it be? We have the choice (Wir haben die Wahl)! This former member of the Cologne a-cappella group “Basta” sports a vein of humor that consists in taking potshots at life’s contradictions. Wahl enables us to take them more lightly, even when hardships are difficult to swallow. And when everything seems to be going too easy for us, he brings a little mordacity back into play. Wahlgesänge are songs for life-lovers, Romanticism for realists, widescreen Panavision shots that zoom in on little details – fresh cabaret, completely dusted off. “Wahl’s scope is enormous, ranging from slapstick rhymes on people’s names to solemn chansons on the subject of death,” wrote the Kölnische Rundschau. When William Wahl gives his show in Rheinberg within the framework of the Ruhr Piano Festival, we will be able to appreciate the entire range of his subtle humor.