Concert | Salon of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation as a Guest of MaerzMusik
Since its founding in 1991 – originally consisting of five former members of the Regensburger Domspatzen and a soprano – the vocal ensemble Singer Pur has developed into one of the most outstanding in its field. For the project ‘Tenebrae’, which was first performed in Rome in 2001, composer Wolfgang Rihm, who dedicated his ‘Seven Passion Texts’ to the Singer Pur ensemble, set two Passion texts to music. The result was a series of expressive motets, which were juxtaposed in concert with a composition by Salvatore Sciarrino and early works from the 16th century.
As part of MaerzMusik, another setting of a text from Wolfgang Rihm's ‘Seven Passion Texts’ will be premiered at the Sophienkirche. Together with Salvatore Sciarrino's composition Responsorio delle Tenebre, in which he has set part of the Good Friday liturgy to new music, and old works from the 16th century, the ensemble's own compilation of compositions offers a new perspective on the idea of ‘spiritual’ or ‘sacred’ music.
anonym (Gregorian)
Responsorium: Omnes amici mei
Salvatore Sciarrino
Responsorio delle Tenebre (2001)
Jacobus Arcadelt
Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae
Caph. Defecerunt prae lachrymis oculi mei
Wolfgang Rihm
from: “Sieben Passionstexte” (2001)
Tristis est anima mea
Hans Leo Haßler
Ad Dominum cum tribulaer
Wolfgang Rihm
from: “Sieben Passionstexte” (2001/2002)
Ecce vidimus
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Vide homo
Wolfgang Rihm
from: “Sieben Passionstexte” (2002)
Velum templi scissum est UA
Orlando di Lasso
In monte oliveti
Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder
Fuerunt mihi lacrymae
Ivan Moody
Lamentation of the virgin (1995)
anonym (Gregorianisch)
Communio: Pascha nostrum
Singer Pur (Regensburg)
Claudia Reinhard – soprano
Klaus Wenk – tenor
Markus Zapp – tenor
Andreas Hirtreiter – tenor
Guido Heidloff – baritone
Marcus Schmidl – bass
Dr. Wilhelm Matejka – Moderation
A co-operation of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Siemens Arts Program, Siemens Berlin, MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele, RADIOkultur